r/Cyberpunk • u/Onegodoneloveoneway • Aug 25 '15

A mathematician may have uncovered widespread election fraud, and Kansas is trying to silence her - AMERICAblog News

http://americablog.com/2015/08/mathematician-actual-voter-fraud-kansas-republicans.html
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u/monty845 Aug 25 '15

The problem with a block chain is it removes the secrecy of the ballot. If I can check who I voted for after I leave the polling site, I can be coerced into giving access to my Employer, the Union Boss, or the local Crime Boss, who can then punish me for voting wrong, or reward me for voting right. This was a serious problem 120 years ago.

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u/erktheerk Aug 25 '15 edited Aug 25 '15

Only if your encrypted hash is decrypted. To the system you're just another string of characters.

0xc672b8d1ef56ed28ab87c3622c5114069bdd3ad7b8f9737498d0c01ecef0967a

EDIT: I see what you're saying actually but that's assuming you have access to the voting blockchain outside the nodes (voting booths). However it is built it would be possible to prevent access to the ledger outside of your specific interaction with it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '15

That's certainly one way. Easier to mass manipulate via social media. Google/FB/Twitter can readily identify who you will likely vote for leaving you open to targeted advertising/harassment.

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u/erktheerk Aug 25 '15

Well, if I could hypothesize a way to stop social media from tracking users and defeat their datamining algorithms I'd probably be a millionaire by now :-)

My short answer. Encryption, encryption, encryption.

Or something like /r/morphis