Estonia is the world leader in using online voting for its national elections. Its government has done a great deal to improve the security of the system, which is now used by up to 25% of voters. The country's "I-voting system" is touted by proponents of online voting in the U.S. to claim that secure Internet voting is possible.
It isn't. Early in May an international team of independent security experts accredited by the Estonian government reported severe security vulnerabilities in that country's "I-voting system." Elections, the researchers found, "could be stolen, disrupted, or cast into disrepute."
These results have serious implications for the push to internet voting in other countries, particularly in the U.S.
(Score: 2) by Angry Jesus on Friday May 30 2014, @01:24PM
> I'm posting from Estonia and the so called "security experts" were friends of the Russian backed opposition party.
That's an interesting ad-hominem. It does not appear to be true. According to the Guardian the researchers were a team from the university of michigan in the US and a guy from Finland. [theguardian.com]
By the way, that article includes videos of them compromising both voting PCs and voting servers in the lab. It is super boring to watch.
(Score: 2) by Angry Jesus on Friday May 30 2014, @01:32PM
As a follow-up here is the site of the researchers dedicated to the problems with the estonian system.
https://estoniaevoting.org/ [estoniaevoting.org]
The FAQ even addresses the ad-hominem:
Aren't your team aligned to the Centre Party or some other political interests in Estonia?
No. This is not the case. Our research work and current visit to Estonia has been done without the funding or involvement from anyone in Estonia -- no political parties and no other organisations. We have no desire to support or favour any political party in Estonia, we are simply offering the results of our research into a unique system which has gained international interest.