diff -r 2cb42412f3fd -r a97b828bf87f hws/hw02.tex --- a/hws/hw02.tex Fri Oct 03 13:14:34 2014 +0100 +++ b/hws/hw02.tex Fri Oct 03 15:37:05 2014 +0100 @@ -36,9 +36,21 @@ \item[$\Box$] Each ballot has a unique ID. When a voter is given a ballot, the ID is recorded. When the voter submits his or her ballot, this ID is checked against the record. \end{itemize} +\item In the Estonian general election, votes can be cast via Internet + some time before the election day. These votes cast via Internet can + be changed an unlimited amount of times, the last vote is + tabulated. You can even change your vote on the polling day in + person. Which security requirement does this procedure address? + \item What is the main difference between online banking and e-voting? (Hint: Why is the latter so hard to get secure?) +\item Imagine, hypothetically, 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? \end{enumerate}