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Re: [ga] Internet voteing expands to Canada

  • To: Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Re: [ga] Internet voteing expands to Canada
  • From: Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer@xxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:20:48 +0100
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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.




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