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by casualscience 96 days ago
Okay, average person uses a special key picked up from the DMV one time that allows them to login to vote.com and cast their vote. This is a totally normal experience and understandable by anyone who has done online banking.
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It doesn't provide anonymity, which is a critical requirement for any (public) election system. It also doesn't provide security, as someone who can control the servers behind vote.com, can change anyone's vote.
How does it not apply anonymity? All you see is some vote came in with a particular public key. That's it. Thats more private than we have now