Re:Decentralized internet is planned for Dubai, courtesy of ...
by Jhsto on Friday December 15, 2017 @11:34AM
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I think that is unlikely. A vote is tied to a person, not a location. That said, I think voting system like Estonia's, where you have a cryptographic key on your ID, is the only correct way to do e-voting.
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Re:Decentralized internet is planned for Dubai, courtesy of ...
by Quarrelsome on Friday December 15, 2017 @11:38AM
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you're still thinking old system. In new system geography is fine because elections are cheap and you can do them weekly/daily. Fraud matters much less because you can't do much damage in a day/week as opposed to the sort of terms we have today. You can also temporarily back to the last known good recent from a particular quadrant/zone.
What matters is long-term, persistent fraud and this can be audited against using geography and plausibility.
Sure a tourist can vote in one week but their vote is gone the next week after they fly home. It would be a new paradigm so try not to use the mindset of the old system where elections are expensive and results long-term.