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Re:To Protect Voting, Use Open-Source Software by EGreg on Wednesday August 09, 2017 @02:53PM (#14972416)
The same way you verify that the person using the banking app is the one they are supposed to be. Or any other service.

Obviously you use your device, and you can lock it with a password. You can use two factor authentication.

It's straightforward, really. You sound like identity has never been solved electronically.

If anything, holding a physical paper id document is far less secure than a personal device with your private keys in the Secure Enclave.

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Re:To Protect Voting, Use Open-Source Software by _joel on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:06AM (#14979784)
It's not been solved though, at least here in the UK where people are against mandatory ID cards.
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Re:To Protect Voting, Use Open-Source Software by EGreg on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:14AM (#14979867)
That's a separate issue. Why would you want to allow voting without any ID?
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Re:To Protect Voting, Use Open-Source Software by _joel on Friday August 11, 2017 @10:33AM (#14990008)
It's definitely not a separate issue, it's fundementally linked. Voter registration is separate and not tied to any electronic ID, so you saying it's a solved problem isn't true.
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