Monthly Archives: August 2006

Peace in the Middle East: 200 soldiers outta do it

Posted on August 18, 2006 by ben

I’ve been so buried in thesis writing and editing work that I have not written about the war in the Middle East. I have strong opinions about it, which I will write about later, when my mind is not so … Continue reading →

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Scratch & Vote in the Press

Posted on August 9, 2006 by ben

MIT Technology Review just published a description of Scratch & Vote, the simple paper-based cryptographic voting scheme that Ron Rivest and I devised. It’s great to see growing interest in cryptographic voting from the scientific press, especially since the debate … Continue reading →

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DRM: failure by presumption of guilt

Posted on August 6, 2006 by ben

Since the launch of the Apple Music Store, I have used filesharing software maybe twice. I simply haven’t found the need, and when I want a song, I’m happy to pay $1 for it. I was never super happy about … Continue reading →

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