Computer Security Experts Warn Internet Voting is Fundamentally Insecure for Public Elections
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Summary
A group of 21 computer security experts warns that internet voting is fundamentally insecure and should not be used in public elections. They argue that no known or foreseeable technology can make internet voting secure, and that vendors' claims about secure systems are misleading and dangerous. The experts emphasize that internet voting systems are more vulnerable than paper ballot systems because a small number of people could potentially change votes without detection.
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· 4 pulledScientists have understood for many years that internet voting is insecure and that there is no known or foreseeable technology that can make it secure.
Still, vendors of internet voting keep claiming that, somehow, their new system is different, or the insecurity doesn't matter.
Bradley Tusk and his Mobile Voting Foundation keep touting internet voting to journalists and election administrators; this whole effort is misleading and dangerous.
All internet voting systems are insecure. The insecurity is worse than a well-run conventional paper ballot system, because a very small number of people may have the power to change any (or all) votes that go through the system, without detection.
All internet voting systems are insecure. The insecurity is worse than a well-run conventional paper ballot system, because a very small number of people may have the power to change any (or all) votes that go through the system, without detection.
