CITP Blog is hosted by Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy, a research center that studies digital technologies in public life. Here you’ll find comment and analysis from the digital frontier, written by the Center’s faculty, students, and friends.
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The Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) seeks candidates for positions as visiting faculty members or researchers, or postdoctoral research associates for one year appointments for the 2011-2012 academic year.…
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What happens when there's no recount possible?
Greetings, This is my first posting on Freedom To Tinker, so a brief introduction first. I’ve been involved in electronic voting technology issues for about five years, as founder of…
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Dr. Felten Goes to Washington
Today the Federal Trade Commission announced that I will become their Chief Technologist, effective January 1. My main role at the FTC will be to provide advice on technology policy…
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Finding the best ideas in the world
Policy-makers often strive to solicit ideas from the public, but making this process effective is very, very hard. Americans need only think back to the health-reform town hall meetings last…
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Paper vs. Electronic Voting in Today's Election in Houston
(Cross-posted at the Computing@Rice blog at the Houston Chronicle.) Back in late August, Harris County (Houston)’s warehouse with all 10,000 of our voting machines, burned to the ground. As I…
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E-Voting Links for Election Day
Today, of course, is Election Day in the U.S. Many of our U.S. readers will be casting their votes electronically. CITP has been front and center on the e-voting issue.…
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NJ court permits release of post-trial briefs in voting case
In 2009 the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, held a trial on the legality of using paperless direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting machines. Plaintiffs in the suit argued that…
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Join CITP in DC this Friday for "Emerging Threats to Online Trust"
Update – you can watch the video here. Please join CITP this Friday from 9AM to 11AM for an event entitled “Emerging Threats to Online Trust: The Role of Public…
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On Facebook Apps Leaking User Identities
The Wall Street Journal today reports that many Facebook applications are handing over user information—specifically, Facebook IDs—to online advertisers. Since a Facebook ID can easily be linked to a user’s…
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Court permits release of unredacted report on AVC Advantage
In the summer of 2008 I led a team of computer scientists in examining the hardware and software of the Sequoia AVC Advantage voting machine. I did this as a…