www/philosophy free-digital-society.html

[Dora Scilipoti]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Dora Scilipoti <dora>   14/12/14 12:21:29

Modified files:
        philosophy     : free-digital-society.html 

Log message:
        Add note under 'Computers for voting' (RT #967445).

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/free-digital-society.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.20&r2=1.21

Patches:
Index: free-digital-society.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/free-digital-society.html,v
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retrieving revision 1.21
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--- free-digital-society.html   12 Apr 2014 12:40:00 -0000      1.20
+++ free-digital-society.html   14 Dec 2014 12:21:28 -0000      1.21
@@ -760,6 +760,16 @@
 <p>I wouldn't want my country to be the pioneer in this. So, use paper
 for voting. Make sure there are ballots that can be recounted.</p>
 
+<h4>Note from the speaker added subsequently:</h4>
+
+<p>Remote voting by internet has an inherent social danger, that your
+boss might tell you, &ldquo;I want you to vote for candidate C, and do it
+from the computer in my office while I watch you.&rdquo; He does not need
+to say out loud that you might be fired if you do not comply. This
+danger is not based on a technical flaw, so it can't be fixed by
+fixing the technology.</p>
+
+
 <h3 id="sharing">The war on sharing</h3>
 
 <p>The next threat to our freedom in a digital society comes from the
@@ -1109,7 +1119,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
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-$Date: 2014/04/12 12:40:00 $
+$Date: 2014/12/14 12:21:28 $
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