Re:Vulnerability found in Dutch voting software
by PeterStuer on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @01:06PM
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Because we have such a great track record of protecting the plebs from the powerfull, right? The secrecy of the vote is not the problem at all. What happens after with that vote is.
Re:Vulnerability found in Dutch voting software
by helpfulContrib on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @01:17PM
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.. which is why what happens during the vote is important.
If it can be determined - by treating open, free and immutable communication as a public utility - that a significant set of voters made statements about corruption, or if this moment of protection of communication were available to whistleblowers .. we would have the forum we need to root out corruption.
Open. Publicly. Transparently.
You enter the booth, the light goes on, anything you want to say will be recorded for posterity by the state, for the public sphere, and you state who you support. Its an open public record, and therefore also the right place to let the government know that you are under duress and need assistance with exercising your right to vote.
So it goes more like, "I'm Jimmy, and I'm being forced to vote for Madam X, I want my government to address this grievance", and so it does.
I mean, the point of this theoretical is to realize that we have the mafia shit-storm we have right now, because things are secret.
That secret veil, once removed and turned instead into 15-minutes of fame for everyone, because its your right to do so, means you're gonna have a lot more people interested in voting, buddy.
No matter how many chumps Madam X has on the payroll.