Why electronic voting isn't secure – but may be safe enough
by Nicole Kobie from on (#6280)
We bank online, so why can't we vote online? There's good reason, argue security experts
We do everything online - book doctors' appointments, manage our bank accounts and find dates - but we still can't yet vote from our PCs or smartphones.
By 2020 that should be set to change, with a government report calling for online voting to be trialled again by that year. But critics continue to call for caution, saying electronic voting isn't secure enough to trust for the basis of our democracy - and may never be.
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