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So I was asked what kind of research can be done to help #BanDigitalElections and I was able to list out some investigation agendas. These agendas (and maybe some more) EVM investigation angles have been on my mind, and I follow them now and then, but just chaotically.
So I shall list out EVM research points here, so that anyone who wants to investigate & put up the fight to #BanDigitalElections can do so. Few persons or orgs may or may not be able to save country. Whole country must save itself. Many heads better than one! Release the Kraken!
1) Establish your case how there can be no election integrity,no genuine elections, unless elections are free & fair, transparent & accountable to all stakeholders including layman citizens. There are reputed international democracy promoting orgs, treaties, publications on this.
What if I volunteer to take place of an EVM? Would u trust me? I will keep my palms outstretched & you can pick one of the 10 candidates by pressing a finger. I will remember number of times each finger pressed and tell you the winner. Would u trust me?
You cannot trust me because you have no way of knowing whether I correctly counted your touch. You cannot trust me even if I wave the finger you touch, indicating that I registered your vote. You cannot trust if I tell you the correct count in the end or favour a candidate I like
Why do you not trust me? Because there is no way to know what I think, what I count, what I remember, what I say. I am a 'smart' & may fool u if I want.Same is the problem with 'smart' devices.They can't be trusted. You have no way of being sure what they do.
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One important thing about Aadhaar or any centralized system,particularly connected to money, which I have not said so far, is how it completely destroys any security by obscurity which we have enjoyed so far. Take the example of mobile OTP.
Aadhaar uses SMS One Time Password (OTP) to secure Aadhaar transactions. But we have seen how process to update mobile for Aadhaar itself is hopeless destroy-the-aadhaar.blogspot.in/2017/12/regist…
It is hopeless in terms of security as well as frustrations experienced by the user. Some of the security risks can be fixed if UIDAI is more transparent about the process, as we have seen in that article. Some frustrations also may reduced if Aadhaar centres more nearby. But...
