tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post6642199462004498305..comments2024-03-24T23:22:43.753+00:00Comments on Tony's Musings: A Tale of Two IslandsTonyTheProfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-12952338551512966412016-04-28T08:51:17.137+00:002016-04-28T08:51:17.137+00:00How many occasions have spouses / partners got mon...How many occasions have spouses / partners got money from bank accounts in one user's name? Surely they don't all have joint accounts!TonyTheProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-30117502032380359842016-04-28T08:50:28.213+00:002016-04-28T08:50:28.213+00:00But the same is true of bank transactions. How do ...But the same is true of bank transactions. How do I know that the bank transaction made in my name is by me? Personally I am far more worried about losing control of a bank account than losing one vote! And I suspect the majority of people and businesses using internet banking are.<br />TonyTheProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-69348195018813685642016-04-28T07:27:07.556+00:002016-04-28T07:27:07.556+00:00As is so often the case, rather archaic arguments ...<i>As is so often the case, rather archaic arguments about security are raised, as if we were still living in the age when the Internet was born.</i><br /><br />Not so. The problem with electronic voting across the Internet is simple: you cannot prove that the vote cast in my name was cast by me. <br /><br />Add whatever safeguard you like: e-ID with a digital signature combined with multi-factor authentication will still not stop a spouse inside his/her own home from casting a vote in the partner's name, and the system will be none the wiser. Introduce e-voting into a population with substantial levels of digital illiteracy and the shysters will be out there committing electoral fraud before you know it.<br /><br />The answer is not voting machines, or internet voting: the answer is elections that allow the general population to have some degree of say in what the policy of the island is. The blatantly obvious answer is that no elected assembly can have any degree of credibility when a quarter of its members walk into office unelected, and the same chamber has three classes of members. <br /><br />The Option A approach - one member class, multi-member constituencies - has been vindicated in Guernsey. <br /><br />That's progress. <br /><br />When will you back it? Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09194881271051758232noreply@blogger.com