I think we’re well past the open/closed discussion when hackers have repeatedly shown how easy it is to compromise the voting machines.
Heck, even electronic voting systems in the US is closed-source.
How can elections even be trusted to be fair in that case?
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 months ago
uis@lemm.ee 2 months ago
By claiming that everyone who do not trust is
communisttrumpist
timewarp@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Simply, you can’t. I’m personally all for an open source alternative for electronic voting. I can bank online, but not vote online. I’d trust an open source online voting platform more than I’d trust poll workers to not skew some votes. I’d also like to be able to track my vote and ensure it was cast for the person I voted for.
iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
Banking is completely different from voting from a security point of view. None of the parties in a bank transaction are anonymous, and there are numerous ways to retry or roll back a transaction. Computerized voting is more like crypto currency. 😝
uis@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Like it, but worse
Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 months ago
you can’t have secret ballot and have a secure, auditible online vote.
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 2 months ago
You kind of can. Depends how fully auditable you want, but you can have cryptographically anonymized entries, that (I believe?) could even allow the original voter to track their vote, without enabling anyone else to track the vote back to the voter.
It’s a different project, but GNU Taler have some interesting work on anonymized but not forgeable money transactions.
CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
The issue with online voting, no matter what you do, is that someone can force you under threat of violence to vote for a specific candidate, and watch to make sure you do it. Complete privacy in the voting booth is paramount to ensuring that everyone can vote freely.
uis@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Biggest vulnreability for online voting stands behind voter