diff -r a97b828bf87f -r 5e7976fa8577 handouts/ho02.tex --- a/handouts/ho02.tex Fri Oct 03 15:37:05 2014 +0100 +++ b/handouts/ho02.tex Fri Oct 03 16:04:49 2014 +0100 @@ -430,15 +430,32 @@ up with something workable yet. +This conclusion does not imply that in some special cases +Internet voting cannot be made to work securely. Just in a +general election where stakes are very high, it does not work. +For example a good-enough and workable in-lecture online +voting system where students' votes are anonymous and students +cannot tamper with the outcome, I am sure, can be implemented. +\bigskip -%Why do I use e-polling in lectures? +\noindent If you want to know more about e-voting, I recommend +the highly entertaining online course by Alex Halderman at +Coursera. -%Imagine you have a perfectly secure internet voting system, by -%which I mean nobody can tamper with or steal votes between -%your browser and the central server responsible for vote -%tallying. What can still go wrong with such a perfectly secure -%voting system, which is prevented in traditional elections -%with paper-based ballots? +\begin{center} +\url{https://www.coursera.org/course/digitaldemocracy} +\end{center} + +\noindent There is also an entertaining TEDtalk by Barbara +Simons called ``Why can I bank online but not vote online?'' + +\begin{center} +\url{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3VuGZzdK8} +\end{center} + +\noindent At the beginning she describes the complete break-in +by the group of Alex Halderman at the try-out voting at +Washington D.C. \end{document}