Tag: fix

Can you rig a Papal election as easily as an American election

Bruce Schneier: How hard is this to hack? The first observation is that the system is entirely manual, making it immune to the sorts of technological attacks that make modern voting systems so risky. The second observation is that the small group of voters — all of whom know each other — makes it impossible for an outsider to affect the voting in any way. The chapel is cleared and locked before voting. No one is going to dress up as a cardinal and sneak into the Sistine Chapel. In effect, the voter verification process is about as perfect as

How To Fix Eurovision

I love the unintended double meaning in this blog post from Daniel Sullivan. With the title ‘Eurovision to be Fixed,’ he points out his delight at the re-introduction of the jury vote. Of course, with perhaps only eight people in the jury to influence, rather than a whole country voting on the phon, doesn’t this fix make ‘fixing’ Eurovision (in the sense of Franco, Spain and Cliff Richard’s “Congratulations”) a little bit easier? I’ll stop giggling quietly to myself now.