WhoRoger@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agoWebsites telling me what I can do with my own browser so they can have their pointless cookieslemmy.worldimagemessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1162arrow-down1imageWebsites telling me what I can do with my own browser so they can have their pointless cookieslemmy.worldWhoRoger@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square83fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePumpedSardines@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agoI feel like for straw poll it’s more valid, they probably do it to try and avoid people voting more than once.
minus-squareWhoRoger@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoA bit yes, but any technique like that can be used to fingerprint and deanonymize users.
minus-squarebustrpoindextr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoYes, but that’s the only way you can trust electronic voting, by removing anonymity
minus-squareditherwither@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoYes, but if you wanted to, you can write a script that mass votes and bypasses this (if there is no captcha)
I feel like for straw poll it’s more valid, they probably do it to try and avoid people voting more than once.
A bit yes, but any technique like that can be used to fingerprint and deanonymize users.
Yes, but that’s the only way you can trust electronic voting, by removing anonymity
Yes, but if you wanted to, you can write a script that mass votes and bypasses this (if there is no captcha)