Apologies for speaking out of turn. Is this an OpenBSD mailing list?
Vivek Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone. Original Message From: Joel Wirāmu Pauling Sent: Tuesday 15 November 2016 20:46 To: gwes Cc: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: Why on earth would online voting be insecure? On 15 November 2016 at 09:47, gwes <g...@oat.com> wrote: > On 11/15/2016 00:55, Joel Wir��mu Pauling wrote: > >> So yes, back to my original point. A Civic's blockchain, one that does not >> rely on the integrity (or rather is resilient to) the system it runs on, >> or >> the security of the transmission media ; as a platform for use in civic's >> - >> needs to exist first. >> >> > Combining two systems entirely separate in concept, implementation, > and space increases the probability of a correct answer. Three > would be better. Using the electronic system as a supplement to > the traditional one could be good as long as it does not compromise > the virtues of the old system. > > The blockchain starts after the votes are entered. Two physically > separate systems composed of entirely different CPUs and peripherals > at the voting place would be good. > > You still haven't addressed the problems of privacy while casting > the vote. > > I think that your concepts for the technical parts of the > system are good. You haven't addressed some serious problems > where your system can be subverted. > > Suggesting weekly votes is a very bad idea. Search science > fiction, for instance, to see very plausible predictions > of voter burnout. > > I think this is no longer a computer systems discussion. > > ���This. Once you start to think about the problem further in terms of distributing the ledger via a public blockchain - as the datastore and mechanism for recording and verification, and that the blockchain exists entirely independently of the systems it runs on you are at least in the right place to start tackling this issue.
