[pp.int.general] Online voting versus online discussion

[Richard Stallman]

    I heard about an e-voting system where people get a checksum when they
    vote and then the database of all e-votes is published, everyone can
    download it and check both the global result (with many different
    programs, developed by political parties, citizen associations,
    medias, the open source community, other individuals...)  and whether
    it's really what they voted that was taken into account. This way,
    there will be no more this software issue, it's transparent,
    verifiable, secrecy of vote is guaranteed. It's based on
    maths/encryption and not on software. Has anyone more information on
    it?

Even if the math is correct, to use the system in practice is not a
matter of math alone.  The full system includes a lot more than this
algorithm.  It includes operating system software which could be compromised.
It includes social systems subject to social engineering.

To see whether such a radically different system is secure is not easy.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation
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Boston MA 02110
USA
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Skype: No way! That's nonfree (freedom-denying) software.
  Use Ekiga or an ordinary phone call