With the upcoming elections in Bhutan, I was interested to find out how Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) work, and perhaps more importantly, how secure they are: Can hackers steal the elections? Can computer viruses alter the votes?
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Bhutan's EVMs loaded on a truck
© 2008 ECB |
Coincidentally,
Coursera is offering an
online 5-week course titled
"Securing Digital Democracy" by Prof. J. Alex Halderman of the University of Michigan:
"In this course, you'll learn what every citizen should know about the security risks--and future potential — of electronic voting and Internet voting.".
The course is
free and no technical knowledge is required - just a healthy dose of curiosity. Class starts on September 3rd!
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