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amount of time, thousands, if not more, spectators will
arrive at your football game.
+%% CYA security - cover-your-ass
+% It's an attitude I've seen before: "Something must
+% be done. This is something. Therefore, we must do it."
+% Never mind if the something makes any sense or not.
+
+\item And another one: Imagine you are researching security
+ products (e.g.~CCTV, alarms etc) on a
+ helpful website. They ask you for you address details?
+ Think about whether this can be bad for you.
+
+
%\item Imagine there was recently a break in where computer criminals
% stole a large password database containing
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\section*{Homework 2}
\begin{enumerate}
+\item (Optional) Often problems in e-voting are due to
+ difficulties with authentication. Keep this in mind for
+ what could go wrong with the following discount offered
+ by an insurance company: John Hancock is partnering with
+ Vitality, which you might know as one of those
+ work-related wellness programmes. The programme is
+ available in 30 US states. If you sign up for this, John
+ Hancock will send you a free Fitbit monitor. That's a
+ tiny, pill-shaped device that some people wear in
+ sleek-looking bracelets to track how far they walk/run,
+ the calories burned, and the quality of sleep. That
+ means the insurance company would know exactly when a
+ customer does a sit-up, how far she runs -- or when he
+ or she has skipped the gym for a few days. For `good'
+ customers there will be a discount in their premiums.
+ Why is this a problem?
+
+
\item Voice voting is the method of casting a vote in the `open air' for everyone
present to hear. Which of the following security requirements do paper ballots
satisfy \textbf{better} than voice voting? Check all that apply and give a brief explanation
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