<story><title>New South Wales Attacks Researchers Who Found Internet Voting Vulnerabilities</title><url>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/new-south-wales-attacks-researchers-who-warned-internet-voting-vulnerabilities</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>makeitsuckless</author><text>Internet voting has two essential, unpatchable vulnerabilities: voters cannot vote anonymously and are exposed to external pressure.&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s why we have voting booths: so people are guaranteed to be able to vote without someone looking over their shoulder (or pointing a gun at their heads).&lt;p&gt;If people cannot vote in total freedom and anonymity, it&amp;#x27;s not a truly free and democratic vote.&lt;p&gt;We should stop trying to &amp;quot;solve&amp;quot; everything with technology. Some things should be &amp;quot;hard&amp;quot;, because it&amp;#x27;s essential to get it right.</text></comment>
<story><title>New South Wales Attacks Researchers Who Found Internet Voting Vulnerabilities</title><url>https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/04/new-south-wales-attacks-researchers-who-warned-internet-voting-vulnerabilities</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>espes</author><text>iVote in a nutshell:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;The NSWEC believes that unfettered access to source code by the general public would not be in the best interest of the State&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.elections.nsw.gov.au&amp;#x2F;__data&amp;#x2F;assets&amp;#x2F;pdf_file&amp;#x2F;0003&amp;#x2F;125454&amp;#x2F;iVote_Strategy_for_SGE_2015_Amendment_4_-_March_2015.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.elections.nsw.gov.au&amp;#x2F;__data&amp;#x2F;assets&amp;#x2F;pdf_file&amp;#x2F;0003&amp;#x2F;...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;p&gt;This apparently matters so much that it was specifically criminalised:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;A person must not disclose to any other person any source code or other computer software that relates to technology assisted voting under the approved procedures, except in accordance with the approved procedures or in accordance with any arrangement entered into by the person with the Electoral Commissioner. Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or both.&amp;quot; (&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.austlii.edu.au&amp;#x2F;au&amp;#x2F;legis&amp;#x2F;nsw&amp;#x2F;consol_act&amp;#x2F;peaea1912382&amp;#x2F;s120ag.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.austlii.edu.au&amp;#x2F;au&amp;#x2F;legis&amp;#x2F;nsw&amp;#x2F;consol_act&amp;#x2F;peaea19123...&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;p&gt;Oh, and the whole thing runs on custom javascript crypto: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;cvs.ivote.nsw.gov.au&amp;#x2F;scy-libs&amp;#x2F;crypto-lib.js&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;cvs.ivote.nsw.gov.au&amp;#x2F;scy-libs&amp;#x2F;crypto-lib.js&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>