Estonia is cool — voting for president using mobile phones in 2011
While I’m huddled in my little archipelago awaiting the presidential elections for 2010, I can’t help but read news about how Estonia will be voting for their president using mobile phones, apart from online key in systems. It’s not the technology I’m amazed at – it’s the security and confidence the people confide to that makes this a great occasion.
Raul Kaidro, who is the spokesman of the SK Certification Center in Estonia, says that it will be easy and secure: The voters will just need to previously obtain a free authorized chip. This chip will have an encrypted digital signature, which will allow them to identify themselves and vote using a text message.
The tech to implement this isn’t the hard part. In the same way that each mobile phone has a unique IMEI number and can be tracked and disabled by telco providers, the security chip works the same way. Truly though, you’d have to assign one person to a single phone.
And how much does this chip cost?
Tags: 2011, Elections, Estonia, Politics
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While I’m huddled in my little archipelago awaiting the presidential elections for 2010, I can’t help but read news about how Estonia will be voting for their president using mobile phones, apart from online key in systems. It’s not the technology I’m amazed at – it’s the security and confidence the people confide to that makes this a great occasion.
Raul Kaidro, who is the spokesman of the SK Certification Center in Estonia, says that it will be easy and secure: The voters will just need to previously obtain a free authorized chip. This chip will have an encrypted digital signature, which will allow them to identify themselves and vote using a text message.
The tech to implement this isn’t the hard part. In the same way that each mobile phone has a unique IMEI number and can be tracked and disabled by telco providers, the security chip works the same way. Truly though, you’d have to assign one person to a single phone.
And how much does this chip cost?
Tags: 2011, Elections, Estonia, Politics
