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Military Voting System Found Critically Vulnerable to Vote Manipulation and Privacy Breaches

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Overview

  • Analysis of CAC-Vote/MERGE electronic voting system
  • System uses Common Access Cards (CAC) for military personnel voting
  • Multiple critical security vulnerabilities discovered
  • Demonstrates risks of internet-based voting implementations
  • Highlights issues with voter verification and ballot secrecy

Plain English Explanation

The paper examines a proposed internet voting system called CAC-Vote that was designed for military personnel. The system tries to let service members vote securely using their military ID cards (Common Access Cards).

Think of CAC-Vote like trying to mail a letter that needs ...

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