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When the outcome may be worth billions to someone (company, country,...), there's no way enough money would be spent to architect and implement a 'hackproof' system.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Aliens and cosmic rays worry me the most, followed by demons, and sixteen-year-olds with pimples in eastern Europe.
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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There are no aliens, you're already foiling cosmic rays with your tinfoil hat, and demons are the good guys (it's God and his angels who make the innocent suffer).
But I'll agree that pimply-faced youths, in whatever country, are the biggest involuntary-poop inciters of the age.
Ter'r'rists? Pfft! Spotty "because I can!"* and "I hate grown-ups!" teenagers are the greatest risk to society as we know it.
* Nine times out of eleven, it's "Because I can download scripts!"
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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It defeats the object of voting, because you know damned well that there will be all manner of hacking and manipulation going on.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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make a blockchain voting system
do or do not, there is no try
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: What is your opinion of the security of voting online or with an electronic voting device with regards to hacking and/or manipulating the results?
In a voting booth you are anonymous, on a PC you can have an overpowering partner standing over you forcing you to vote in a way you don't like. 
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class chad
{
public bool hanging { get; set; }
}
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
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How is this different from mail-in voting. With mail-in voting, you can have an overpowering partner standing over you forcing you to vote in a way you don't like.
However, with online voting, using video for authenticaion, such as facial recognition and/or retina scanner, you could also require that the voter is alone in a room and require a quick panorama or the room to prove no one is there coerce you. Sure, one could "hack" the panorama but that is a lot harder compared to the options you have for protecting mail-in voting.
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Vote for Pogo; electronic or paper becomes a non-issue.
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Security gets better, but the attack surface gets bigger.
With voting on paper, your paper can be swapped out easily by unscrupulous vote counters.
With voting on machines, the software could be tampered with, even post compile.
I am for online voting if it requires multi-factor authentication, including facial recognition or retina scan, State Id (such as driver's license), social security number, etc.
The misconception of online voting is that everyone has to do online. No. To start out, all the normal voting processes, such as paper or voting booths, still exists. However, to register online, you have to go to the DMV with your two forms of Id and register to vote, get facial recognition scanned, or retina scan or something etc.
So anyone with a phone/pc with a camera, and a willingness to share their face or retina with the system can vote easily online. They log in. The camera scans both sides of the drivers license. The facial recognition or retinal scanner verifies who they are. Yes, retina scanner might be better cause if your looks have drastically changed (weight loss, beard, whatever) it might not work.
But secure? It is pretty difficult to mimic both a valid drivers license, and facial or retina scan. Sure any one person could do it, but to do it in mass enough to affect an election is not likely. While not 100% secure, I would argue it is more secure than a pencil and a paper or a disconnected machine that could be tampered with.
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Disclaimer: I'm brazilian, living in Brazil.
I do not think we're anywhere close to being able to implement a solid online voting system. Too much $ involved to be sure of anything. Down here though, we use electronic voting devices on our elections. Our systems is simple, I guess: we go to our designated voting site, present the documents necessary to vote, go in, press some buttons, come out. The election results are tallied rather quickly too.
I'm not entirely sure how safe that system is, but having literally million different machines is sort of a deterrent; I think you'd have to hack many of them, or have some sort of access to the tallying process or whatever, in order to sway votes any which way.
In any case, I strongly dislike politics, so this is not a topic that generally interests me - even though I know how important it is.
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There used to be an option near Spacing and Layout etc. where I could elect to not see Profile Popups. It is now gone and if I run my mouse over user names the heads of fat arseholes appear.
I don't like it. Turn it off.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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I still see the option...
My Settings->Forums->[first in line]
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I also see that option, and it's unticked. But the profile popups still show. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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You right! I turned mine off to check, and popups still coming...
One of the surprises of the last month I think... 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I expect you need to logout and login to get it to take.
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: I still see the option...
My Settings->Forums->[first in line]
Used to be on the right side of the orange bar under New Discussion. Checked my settings as you said and found it there already unticked.
Also found a bunch of erroneous spaces in my user name. Can't remove them cause it then advises my user name is already in use. Fer f***s sake, I was definitely the first Michael Martin signed up here.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Michael Martin wrote: I was definitely the first Michael Martin signed up here.
Which one of your accounts? 
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Which one of your accounts?
Only ever had the one.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Michael Martin wrote: the heads of fat arseholes
Isn't that a physical impossibility? 
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I will resist the election-oriented reply that begs to be posted
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Why don't you write it in the correct place?[^]
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Nelek wrote: Why don't you write it in the correct place?[^]
You must be new here. For 17 years I've posted my witty suggestions right here in the Lounge.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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I am not new... just I hadn't noticed you yet  
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Pretend that the internet is 1970's TV in the afternoon by using a dodgy URI with Aunty's site[^]
I got a 503 and then checked to see if it, as you see, can be recreated. Much joy!
veni bibi saltavi
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