cool_cherry

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Security flaws left Ontario's 2022 municipal online elections exposed to attack(cbc.ca)
4 points by cool_cherry 1y ago|1 comments
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by cool_cherry 1y ago
The paper that this CBC article is based on: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-05036-6_... There's a great and very detailed report written after the 2018 municipal elections that outlines s
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by cool_cherry 1y ago
Happy to provide them! It's an interesting area of research for sure.
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by cool_cherry 1y ago
Love the questions! > So bascially you log in to the login server, which passes a token to the vote counting server that the vote is valid but with no identifying information? And there is some way to verify that these two entities do no
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by cool_cherry 1y ago
There's a nugget of truth there, but I will say that the Swiss government has taken a very thorough/careful approach to implementing online voting. There are legislated cybersecurity standards for e-voting, individual and universa
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by cool_cherry 1y ago
Different systems have different approaches. If you're a voter, you can use your web browser's developer tools to see what's going on, and part of my research is essentially doing that with systems like this. With one Ontario
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by cool_cherry 1y ago
Switzerland is transitioning to online voting, and having a digital ID for authentication is helpful for that. I hope it is used as part of the voting process. My understanding is that the current approach for e-voting in Switzerland works
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by cool_cherry 1y ago
It's actually really great! Google Play Services is a dependency for some apps, and GrapheneOS allows for people to take steps to protect their privacy while still being able to use those apps. First, with GrapheneOS google play servic