RE: Children Hack the Election and “F**k With the Public” at DEFCON – #NewWorldNextWeek
First, not everyone is competent to do everything they want to do. Fail happens. Nothing is ever without drawbacks.
It is absolutely true that there will be some choices regarding how we reveal information that need to be made regarding voting, but that is true about everything else as well, as information technology changes the landscape.
What I am confident of is that using decentralized blockchain technology to record votes is verifiable, secure, and vastly reduces fraud.
Given that public sentiment has been scientifically proved to have no statistical relevance to legislation enacted, and the sea change in the relationship between American government and free people, it is clear to me that this would be a beneficial change in voting.
Corruption and fraud are the hallmarks of democracy today. The purchase of the Democratic nomination in 2016 by HRC, and the failure of the courts to rule it fraud is revealing how democracy now is little more than pretense that allows the public to believe they choose.
The reality is that individual and collective voters are ignored, and politicians empowered by corrupt monied interests.
While not without problems, decentralized blockchain voting will prevent troll farms, DNC primary rigging, and various other forms of corruption from fooling the public into believing they elected their officials.
Better minds than mine, giving it more thought and effort than I have here, will be able to address better the concerns regarding information security and verification.
As I said, my experience with verification was undertaken simply to make sure market research employees weren't falsifying their records for pay, and that is a far lower priority task than election fraud prevention.
Individuals cannot differentiate between voice changing technology by ear, and not everyone will possess appropriate means and skill to do verification. That does not mean verification is impossible, or even difficult.
Ballot box stuffing has been happening for centuries. Diebold machines are child's play to hack. Decentralized blockchain technology is orders of magnitude more secure, and it is only going to happen if we make it happen against the will of the corrupt parties profiting from extant corrupt systems.
"What I am confident of is that using decentralized blockchain technology to record votes is verifiable, secure, and vastly reduces fraud."
How can you possibly say and mean that at this point (especially when you didn't refute my arguments)? I mean, this is getting beyond weird. But, before I go, here's how I think you prevent election fraud:
votes must be cast on paper ballots, not on electronic voting machines
ballots must be thrown into a see-through object that is placed on another see-through object that is at least 2 feet tall
the ballots must be counted by hand and in public
the people counting the vote must not wear gloves or long-sleeved clothing
people attending the vote must be allowed to film both the ballot box and the vote count
LOL
I have pointed out in response to your specific arguments exactly how decentralized blockchain technology addresses them. I also point out that ballot boxes have been stuffed for centuries, and now you propose ballot boxes as the cure for election fraud.
And then you mute me.
Your shill is showing.