In 2012, a contest for US schools to win a gig by Taylor Swift was hijacked by members of the 4chan website, who piled on its online vote in an attempt to send the pop star to a school for deaf children.Now, imagine a similar stunt being pulled for a general election, if voting could be done online. Far-fetched? Not according to Rick Falkvinge, founder of Sweden’s Pirate party.“Voting over the internet? Would you really want 4chan to decide your next government?” he said, during a debate about democracy and technology in London, organised by the BBC as part of its Democracy Day event.Falkvinge was responding to a question about whether online voting – or even voting from smartphones – would encourage more people to vote. Besides online pranksters, his reservations included the potential ability of governments and security agencies to snoop on people’s online votes.“Surveillance is so ubiquitous, we are at a crossroads. Yes, technology can be used for good, but we are also in a Big Brother society well beyond the nightmare dystopias of the 1950s,” he said.“Searching online is as close to a mind-reading machine as we’ve ever come. And that is now eavesdropped by governments. We are arriving at a point where the government has the ability to hold you accountable for how you vote. That is a 180-degree reversal of power.”His fellow panelist Arvind Gupta, head of social media for India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), agreed. “It should be private: your vote is a secret ballot. We have to ensure privacy and the secrecy of the ballot,” he said.
Haven't we had major issues with ballot machines being hacked or tampered with during Presidential Elections?
We'd definitely see larger turnouts, but I seriously question the abilities of the government to maintain security and prevent fraudulent internet voting. Remember, these are the people who say that Internet Explorer is the the safest web browser out there. I actually wouldn't doubt if they made the voting portal only work on IE like AKO does...
Quote from: DAS B00T x2 on January 21, 2015, 07:01:00 PMWe'd definitely see larger turnouts, but I seriously question the abilities of the government to maintain security and prevent fraudulent internet voting. Remember, these are the people who say that Internet Explorer is the the safest web browser out there. I actually wouldn't doubt if they made the voting portal only work on IE like AKO does...Could they create their own program to download for voting and would that be any more secure?
Don't get me started on election reform...
I think we should fucking kill the people who want the electoral college voting system, first. Online voting is something we don't need until later.
Quote from: Tyger on January 21, 2015, 11:23:37 PMDon't get me started on election reform...Let's!Quote from: Naru (っ◕‿◕)っ on January 22, 2015, 12:41:55 AMI think we should fucking kill the people who want the electoral college voting system, first. Online voting is something we don't need until later.I'm inclined to agree. The Electoral College has served its purpose, and it's time for it to go.
Quote from: Mad Max on January 22, 2015, 10:54:15 AMQuote from: Tyger on January 21, 2015, 11:23:37 PMDon't get me started on election reform...Let's!Quote from: Naru (っ◕‿◕)っ on January 22, 2015, 12:41:55 AMI think we should fucking kill the people who want the electoral college voting system, first. Online voting is something we don't need until later.I'm inclined to agree. The Electoral College has served its purpose, and it's time for it to go. the fucking electoral college needs to go first of all. Popular vote should win straight up. And I'm sick and tired of the "waaah voting needs to be easier, voting requirements are racist"
Quote from: Tyger on January 22, 2015, 11:04:11 AMQuote from: Mad Max on January 22, 2015, 10:54:15 AMQuote from: Tyger on January 21, 2015, 11:23:37 PMDon't get me started on election reform...Let's!Quote from: Naru (っ◕‿◕)っ on January 22, 2015, 12:41:55 AMI think we should fucking kill the people who want the electoral college voting system, first. Online voting is something we don't need until later.I'm inclined to agree. The Electoral College has served its purpose, and it's time for it to go. the fucking electoral college needs to go first of all. Popular vote should win straight up. And I'm sick and tired of the "waaah voting needs to be easier, voting requirements are racist"Things like voter ID aren't necessarily racist, but it does make it more difficult for the elderly and poor to vote, and minorities make up a lot of the latter group. Voter ID laws are wholly unnecessary and the timing at which these laws are [attempted to be] passed is usually close to an election in order to keep people out of the polls.
I don't agree with democracy,
Quote from: Dustin' on January 21, 2015, 06:30:19 PMI don't agree with democracy, Stopped reading there
Quote from: aTALLmidget on January 22, 2015, 01:10:07 PMQuote from: Dustin' on January 21, 2015, 06:30:19 PMI don't agree with democracy, Stopped reading thereWhy
Online voting - could it work?
