▲ 261 ▼ Elon Musk condemns the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in general elections in some countries. (lemy.lol) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by TVgog56789@lemy.lol to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works 177 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Because what you vote is supposed to be anonymous.... If you ignore the anonymous part, then it's obviously not an issue. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] OfficerBribe@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago* (2 children) The only real risk comes if their voting server that decrypts votes would be compromised and no one would realise it. As with any electronic service there of course is some risk, nothing is 100% secure, but I would personally take that risk to vote electronically. Here's an overview how their process works, feels pretty solid. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] legofreak@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago It's not a question if encryption fails, but when. Paper ballots are anonymous by design, unless you mark the ballots they are untraceable. Digital ballots don't have that feature. permalink fedilink source parent [–] uis@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago https://xkcd.com/2030/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OfficerBribe@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago* (2 children) The only real risk comes if their voting server that decrypts votes would be compromised and no one would realise it. As with any electronic service there of course is some risk, nothing is 100% secure, but I would personally take that risk to vote electronically. Here's an overview how their process works, feels pretty solid. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] legofreak@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago It's not a question if encryption fails, but when. Paper ballots are anonymous by design, unless you mark the ballots they are untraceable. Digital ballots don't have that feature. permalink fedilink source parent [–] uis@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago https://xkcd.com/2030/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] legofreak@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago It's not a question if encryption fails, but when. Paper ballots are anonymous by design, unless you mark the ballots they are untraceable. Digital ballots don't have that feature. permalink fedilink source parent