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Out With E-Voting, In With M-Voting

Posted by Zonk on from the has-to-be-safer-than-diebold dept.

InternetVoting writes "The ever technology forward nation sometimes known as 'E-stonia' after recently performing the world's first national Internet election are already leaving e-voting behind. Estonia is now considering voting from mobile phones using SIM cards as identification, dubbed 'm-voting.' From the article: 'Mobile ID is more convenient in that one does not have to attach a special ID card reader to one's computer. A cell phone performs the functions of an ID card and card reader at one and the same time.'"

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  1. Call Me by spykemail · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Call me when you can vote by drinking a certain number of beers, lol.

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  2. iVote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Will all those wiseguys who bitch about Apple taking a tough line on hacking iPhones apologise when the security of their voting is compromised? I bet they'll find some whiney technical excuse instead of taking responsibility themselves. Hey, guess what? The freedom of GPL 3 gets in the way of your voting right. Yes, that's right. If you're a GPL freedom nutter you're just throwing away your right to exercise your freedom. Talk about an own goal.