ised
Windows and killed IBM's OS/2 in the process.
3. Embedding keys in mass-produced chips has
great sales potential. Now we may have to upgrade
processors also because the key is compromised ;-)
Cheers,
Ed Gerck
PS: We would be much better off with OS/2, IMO.
Ross Anderson wrote
This solution, like others based on the same principle, may not
scale past ~150,000 users because of clock drift problems.
Cheers -- Ed Gerck
Marc Branchaud wrote:
> Any thoughts on this device? At first glance, it doesn't seem
> particularly impressive...
>
> http://www.quizi
conceal from a communication
service provider the existence or place of origin or destination of
any human involved in the communication. Humans can't send
electrons in the wire, airwaves in the ether -- there is always a
piece of technology in-between.
Cheers,
Ed Gerck
on if that
receipt can be used to determine how the voter voted, e.g. by
matching a number or pattern on the ballot, even if to the voter.
Otherwise, vote selling and coercion cannot be prevented.
Cheers,
Ed Gerck
Ian Grigg wrote:
>
> Trei, Peter wrote:
> > Frankly, the whole online-v
otes under best efforts.
Perhaps a trustee could be chosen who would be immune even from a US
court order?
Well, not for a US election, which is 100% under state and/or federal
jurisdiction.
But there are additional scenarios -- a bug, Trojan horse, worm and/or
virus that infects the systems used by all trustees would also
compromise voter secrecy and, thereby, election integrity.
Cheers,
Ed Gerck
me.
You don't have this option when the public at large is considered, for
a public election. You can do it in a private election for a club,
for example, but even then only if the bylaws allow it.
Cheers,
Ed Gerck
Yeoh Yiu wrote:
>
> Ed Gerck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > The 'second law' also takes precedence: ballots are always secret, only
> > vote totals are known and are known only after the election ends.
>
> You get totals per nation, per state,
nd silent
fraud modes become possible. Coercion and vote selling are just
the most obvious.
Ed Gerck
