On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 08:38:42PM -0500, Dan Riley wrote: > > But this whole discussion is terribly last century--still pictures are > passe. What's the defense of any of these systems against cell phones > that transmit live video?
A Faraday cage.
Seriously, what current or historic voting system would defend against these risks? We certainly don't want an electronic system that is more vulnerable than existing systems, but sticking with known-to-be-terrible systems is not a sensible choice either.
I think the real defense against vote-buying or vote-extortion schemes is external--detecting any such scheme that has much of an impact because it necessarily involves hundreds or thousands of people. This assumes that the authorities and media aren't totally corrupted, but so does any voting technology. With a lot of the more elaborate technological attacks, though, it's hard to see an attacker with current technology being able to afford them.
Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf
--John Kelsey, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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