Quantum cryptography to protect Swiss election
Commentary: Even though the technology is partially from the U.S., it looks like our government should be taking a few notes on the success or failure of this implementation.
Quantum cryptography is to be used to protect a Swiss election against hacking or accidental data corruption. But some electoral technology experts warn that this novel approach does not address the most vulnerable aspects of an election.
When federal elections take place in the State of Geneva on 21 October 2007, the transmission of results from a data entry centre - where paper votes are keyed into computers - to the state government’s central data repository in Geneva will be secured using a quantum connection.
The aim, says Geneva state chancellor Robert Hensler, is to “verify that data has not been corrupted in transit between entry and storage”.
Source: New Scientist
