Re: [ga] Internet voteing expands to Canada
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 03:49:55AM -0800,
Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
a message of 28 lines which said:
> Internet voting continues to expand.
Which does not prove it is a good thing (use of Microsoft software
expands, too, despite the number of security failures).
> http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2003/11/10/252133.html
Zero information about the security of the system, expect a ridiculous
marketing paragraph:
> Church said the system uses security measures based on world
> standards for financial transactions like those used in online
> banking or credit card transactions.
> and http://www.canvote.ca/en/
http://www.canvote.ca/en/security/ shows a complete lack of clue about
the issues of computer security. It looks like a copycat of Verisign's
ridiculous description of the bunker surrounding
a.root-servers.net. Hint: what happens when CanVote itself is the
cheater?
> also http://www.proxyvote.com
This one is the best. See the logo at the bottom.