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Monthly Archives: September 2006
Disbelief
For the past few days, and today more so than before, I’ve been in complete disbelief over the detainees bill pushed by President Bush. I can’t believe McCain caved. I can’t believe Democrats are thinking of not standing up to … Continue reading
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Slides from My Voting Review Talk
Well, I had far too much material for my talk today… it’s not easy giving an overview of the works of Benaloh, Chaum, Neff, and other greats in the field! But I tried, and it was fun. I’ve posted the … Continue reading
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Fixing Bugs and Breaking Certification
During the primaries, voting machines in Maryland broke down. As a result, the manufacturer, Diebold, has been hard at work on a fix. Today, they claim to have fixed the problem, though the Maryland Election Commissioner is cautiously waiting until … Continue reading
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A Talk on the History of Cryptographic Voting
I’m giving a talk at Harvard CRCS, my new home, about the history of secure voting using cryptography. Here’s the full announcement: CRCS Privacy & Security Lunch Seminar Speaker: Ben Adida, Harvard CRCS Date: Wednesday, 27 September Time: 12-1:30 (lunch … Continue reading
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The Secret Ballot is not Optional
Over on Scott Aaronson’s blog, I read an interesting post about voting, and one comment from Bram Cohen regarding a new voting proposal called VoiceVote. A few minutes into reading the proposal, I find the following: Why VOICE Permits Voters … Continue reading
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Princeton, Diebold, and the elephant in the room.
Feldman, Halderman, and Felten (from Princeton) have just released an in-depth review of an actual Diebold Touchscreen voting machine. There isn’t anything surprising about their results, but it is a very good thing that it was done with this level … Continue reading
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Yeeeehah, the Thesis, she is done.
My PhD thesis is complete (250 pages of crypto voting goodness). It’s been one crazy month of August! In the process, I’ve updated my publications and presentations pages to reflect new work: thesis defense slides, Scratch & Vote final version, … Continue reading
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