Seminar, 7 May 2002

Speaker:

Jason Kitcat
Swing Digital / FREE e-democracy project

Date:

Wednesday 7 May 2002 at 16:15

Place:

Lecture Theatre 2, William Gates Building

Title:

INTERNET VOTING: FOOL'S GOLD?

Internet Voting has been hailed as a solution to the increasing malaise we are experiencing in politics and democratic engagement, especially among 'young people'. I'll be exploring:

• Why Internet Voting is unlikely to improve turnout.
• Why so many companies are trying to offer Internet Voting services and what sorts of security they're offering.
• How GNU.FREE differs from commercial Internet Voting solutions.
• Is secure and private Internet voting possible?

Finally I'll run through some issues of security perception versus reality and why using Free Software can help non-technical people trust technology.