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Was YOUR vote counted? (feat. homomorphic encryption) - Numberphile

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What it is

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 Hacker News 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.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Ron Rivest was recently on Numberphile, where he talked about using homomorphic encryption to enable end-to-end verifiable voting.”

    Ron Rivest on homomorphic encryption for verifiable voting

    pdkl95, 2016-11 · Recommendation · in “Computer scientists urge Clinton campaign to challenge election results”

  2. “I find Rivest's video( ) on homomorphic encryption as voting mechanism quite interesting.”

    Voter receipts verifiable without enabling vote selling

    khrm, 2017-08 · Recommendation · in “To Protect Voting, Use Open-Source Software”

  3. “Numberphile made a video on this topic recently, with a few basic explainers”

    Basic explainer of homomorphic encryption for voter verification

    YokoZar, 2019-05 · Recommendation · in “Protecting democratic elections through secure, verifiable voting”

  4. “here's a good video explaining the basic concepts of how it works[2].”

    Good explanation of basic concepts behind verifiable voting

    PyroLagus, 2019-06 · Recommendation · in “A Peer to Peer Voting Algorithm [pdf]”

  5. “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!”

    Verify your vote counted without proving it to others

    c1ccccc1, 2024-11 · Recommendation · in “Colorado scrambles to change voting-system passwords after accidental leak”

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Topics: homomorphic encryption, e-voting, cryptography, ron rivest, election security

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