Software to capture votes in upcoming German national election is insecure

Re:Software to capture votes in upcoming German national ele... by pfg on Thursday September 07, 2017 @08:38AM (#15191255)

All experts I've heard from on this agree that we're decades from being able to implement such systems in a secure way, if it's possible at all. Most people trying to tell you that's not true are trying to sell you something, usually with some vague blockchain reference.

I'd recommend the various talks and papers J. Alex Halderman has given/written on this topic, especially on Estonia's e-voting system.

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Re:Software to capture votes in upcoming German national ele... by pdkl95 on Thursday September 07, 2017 @09:37AM (#15191690)

I also recommend Andrew Appel's talk on the mechanics of voting. In addition to the dangers inherent in any complex electronic system, he also discusses how we invented the secret paper ballot. It may look "low tech", but the secret paper ballot is several hundred years of bugfixes and security features that we would be foolish to ignore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abQCqIbBBeM

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