Security Flaws Left Ontario's 2022 Municipal Online Elections Exposed to Attack
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A study found security flaws in Ontario's 2022 municipal online elections, exposing them to potential attacks, and raising concerns about the safety of online voting systems.
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There's a great and very detailed report written after the 2018 municipal elections that outlines some security issues with online voting in practice:
https://whisperlab.org/ontario-online.pdf
I'll also shamelessly plug my thesis which, among other things, describes an interesting ballot secrecy vulnerability in one online voting system that allows a passive network observer to determine who someone voted for:
https://uwo.scholaris.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/4e74d806...