Sunday, April 17, 2005
Hacking the Papal Election
As the College of Cardinals prepared to elect a new pope, Bruce Schneier wondered about the election process. How does it work, and just how hard it would be to hack the vote? He's a security guy, this is the sort of thing he thinks about all of the time. He concludes that when "an election process is left to develop over the course of a couple thousand years, you end up with something surprisingly good".
Update: A much easier task than hacking the vote is determining the name of the next pope. Rogers Cadenhead registered six the papal domain names: Benedict XVI, Clement XV, Innocent XIV, Leo XIV, Paul VII and Pius XIII. Looks like he got it right with benedictxvi.com.
Update: A much easier task than hacking the vote is determining the name of the next pope. Rogers Cadenhead registered six the papal domain names: Benedict XVI, Clement XV, Innocent XIV, Leo XIV, Paul VII and Pius XIII. Looks like he got it right with benedictxvi.com.
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