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A Tale of Election Intrigue Wins Bruce Schneier's 8th Movie-Plot Contest

Posted by timothy on from the 3d-parties-are-all-terrorists-anyhow dept.

On April 1, Bruce Schneier announced his eighth Movie-Plot Threat Contest; this time around, he asked for a story that showed the evils of encryption, and found a winner in a story that describes an untraceably encrypted U.S. election in the year 2020 -- the first American election to allow on-line voting -- which results in victory for an unexpected third-party candidate.

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  1. Re: More like a bad design for voting system by Hognoxious · · Score: 1, Insightful

    If I can prove the ballot is mine, then so can someone looking over my shoulder while I do it. Especially if he's pointing a gun at me.

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."