Comments on: On Voting, Banking, and Bad Analogies http://benlog.com/articles/2007/03/02/on-voting-banking-and-bad-analogies/ crypto applied to public policy Sat, 11 Oct 2008 22:29:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: ben http://benlog.com/articles/2007/03/02/on-voting-banking-and-bad-analogies/#comment-14833 ben Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:32:41 +0000 http://benlog.com/articles/2007/03/02/on-voting-banking-and-bad-analogies/#comment-14833 The cell phone camera problem is an issue for sure, though I think you're not really seeing what I'm talking about. It's not about watching the servers, it's about watching all the clients. Maybe your spouse is looking over your shoulder as you vote. So yes, in fact, it is much easier to watch polling stations than it is to watch every single home. The cell phone camera problem is an issue for sure, though I think you’re not really seeing what I’m talking about. It’s not about watching the servers, it’s about watching all the clients. Maybe your spouse is looking over your shoulder as you vote. So yes, in fact, it is much easier to watch polling stations than it is to watch every single home.

]]> By: [estonia] http://benlog.com/articles/2007/03/02/on-voting-banking-and-bad-analogies/#comment-14792 [estonia] Wed, 07 Mar 2007 07:27:54 +0000 http://benlog.com/articles/2007/03/02/on-voting-banking-and-bad-analogies/#comment-14792 Consider this: The voter gets his paper ballot, goes to the booth, marks a candidate on the ballot, then PHOTOGRAPHS the ballot with his CELLPHONE, then sends it as an MMS to a buyer, who VALIDATES the vote, then the seller checks his BANK BALANCE via the same CELLPHONE, exits the booth and slids the paper-ballot into a sealed box. Voila! Internet voting. Human nature is always more dangerous than technology and only the latter is improving. Isn't monitoring a few servers easier than monitoring numerous election personnel? What if we put up webcams to monitor the servers, so that whoever in the world could see what is happening to them from setting them up to the actual counting? And I am not suggesting any of these systems should be privately owned. Oh and of course there would be actual people looking it over too. OSCE said it hasn't yet enough IT-skilled people. Consider this:
The voter gets his paper ballot, goes to the booth, marks a candidate on the ballot, then PHOTOGRAPHS the ballot with his CELLPHONE, then sends it as an MMS to a buyer, who VALIDATES the vote, then the seller checks his BANK BALANCE via the same CELLPHONE, exits the booth and slids the paper-ballot into a sealed box.
Voila! Internet voting.

Human nature is always more dangerous than technology and only the latter is improving. Isn’t monitoring a few servers easier than monitoring numerous election personnel? What if we put up webcams to monitor the servers, so that whoever in the world could see what is happening to them from setting them up to the actual counting? And I am not suggesting any of these systems should be privately owned.
Oh and of course there would be actual people looking it over too. OSCE said it hasn’t yet enough IT-skilled people.

]]> By: Gentry http://benlog.com/articles/2007/03/02/on-voting-banking-and-bad-analogies/#comment-14462 Gentry Sat, 03 Mar 2007 17:16:01 +0000 http://benlog.com/articles/2007/03/02/on-voting-banking-and-bad-analogies/#comment-14462 I run a blog on this topic called, No Vote By Mail. http://www.novbm.com A lot of us are worried about the move to close all the polls, eliminate the secret ballot, and move to a fully privatized voting system. Regards, Gentry I run a blog on this topic called, No Vote By Mail.
http://www.novbm.com

A lot of us are worried about the move to close all the polls, eliminate the secret ballot, and move to a fully privatized voting system.

Regards,
Gentry

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