Was YOUR vote counted? (feat. homomorphic encryption) - Numberphile
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Numberphile interviews cryptographer Ron Rivest about end-to-end verifiable voting. He explains how homomorphic encryption and receipts let a voter confirm their ballot was counted without being able to prove how they voted to anyone else.
Why HN recommends it: HN commenters point to it in election-security threads as an accessible explainer of how a vote can be verifiable but not sellable.
“Cryptographers are clever and have figured out a way to let you know your vote was counted without being able to prove it to a third party!” Read on HN ↗