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krispos42

(49,445 posts) Wed Aug 8, 2018, 03:01 PM Aug 2018

Today's XKCD comic is very relevant with the upcoming elections.

https://xkcd.com/2030/

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There are lots of very smart people doing fascinating work on cryptographic voting protocols. We should be funding and encouraging them, and doing all our elections with paper ballots until everyone currently working in that field has retired.

Paper ballots! Hand-filled, hand-counted!!!!!

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Today's XKCD comic is very relevant with the upcoming elections. (Original Post) krispos42 Aug 2018 OP

As a life long computer expert lapfog_1 Aug 2018 #1

+1 2naSalit Aug 2018 #2

Paper ballots. YES! oasis Aug 2018 #3

38 years in Software Engineering and IT ThoughtCriminal Aug 2018 #4

lapfog_1

(29,218 posts)

1. As a life long computer expert

Reply to krispos42 (Original post)

Wed Aug 8, 2018, 03:06 PM

Aug 2018

and previous short time "hacker" (in the sense that I hacked into systems run by others)...

PAPER BALLOTS, COUNTED BY HAND, THREE TIMES!

do NOT use anything more than a calculator (if you need it to add).

Seriously.

2naSalit

(86,743 posts)

2. +1

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 8, 2018, 03:10 PM

Aug 2018

oasis

(49,398 posts)

3. Paper ballots. YES!

Reply to krispos42 (Original post)

Wed Aug 8, 2018, 03:13 PM

Aug 2018

ThoughtCriminal

(14,047 posts)

4. 38 years in Software Engineering and IT

Reply to krispos42 (Original post)

Wed Aug 8, 2018, 04:08 PM

Aug 2018

Terrifying. The only people who "trust" it are people who do not trust voters to elect the people they want in office.

Anyone who advocates unverifiable vote tabulation should never be trusted. Keep them away from any position of authority. Wear gloves.

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