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We present a system for running auditable and verifiable elections in untrusted environments. Votes are anonymous since the order of candidates on a ballot sheet is random. Tellers see only the position of the candidate. Voters can check…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-11-26 Kirill A. Korinsky

Emerging technology demands reliable authentication mechanisms, particularly in interconnected systems. Current systems rely on a single moment of authentication, however continuous authentication systems assess a users identity utilizing a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-03-11 Rasana Manandhar , Shaya Wolf , Mike Borowczak

In recent years, the need for privacy preservation when manipulating or storing personal data, including speech , has become a major issue. In this paper, we present a system addressing the speaker-level anonymization problem. We propose…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-29 Francesco Nespoli , Daniel Barreda , Joerg Bitzer , Patrick A. Naylor

In a world where elections touch every aspect of society, the need for secure voting is paramount. Traditional safeguards, based on classical cryptography, rely on complex math problems like factoring large numbers. However, quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-01 Saiyam Sakhuja , S. Balakrishnan

Online voting is attractive for convenience and accessibility, but is more susceptible to voter coercion and vote buying than in-person voting. One mitigation is to give voters fake voting credentials that they can yield to a coercer. Fake…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-04-19 Louis-Henri Merino , Alaleh Azhir , Haoqian Zhang , Simone Colombo , Bernhard Tellenbach , Vero Estrada-Galiñanes , Bryan Ford

The prevalence of biometric authentication has been on the rise due to its ease of use and elimination of weak passwords. To date, most biometric authentication systems have been designed for on-device authentication of the device owner…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Alexander Bienstock , Daniel Escudero , Antigoni Polychroniadou , Zhen Zeng , Pranav Bhat , Ashok Singal , Prashant Sharma , Manuela Veloso

Anonymous credentials (ACs) are a crucial cryptographic tool for privacy-preserving authentication in decentralized networks, allowing holders to prove eligibility without revealing their identity. However, a major limitation of standard…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-24 Bin Xie , Rui Song , Xuyuan Cai

Simplified verifiable re-encryption mix-net (SVRM) is revised and a scheme for e-voting systems is developed based on it. The developed scheme enables e-voting systems to satisfy all essential requirements of elections. Namely, they satisfy…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2015-12-18 Shinsuke Tamura , Hazim A. Haddad , Nazmul Islam , Kazi Md. Rokibul Alam

We introduce a credential verification protocol leveraging on Ciphertext-Policy Attribute-Based Encryption. The protocol supports anonymous proof of predicates and revocation through accumulators.

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-13 Giovanni Bartolomeo

In this paper, we present AltVoice -- a system designed to help user's protect their privacy when using remotely accessed voice services. The system allows a user to conceal their true voice identity information with no cooperation from the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-02-15 Henry Turner , Giulio Lovisotto , Simon Eberz , Ivan Martinovic

A boardroom election is an election that takes place in a single room -- the boardroom -- in which all voters can see and hear each other. We present an initial exploration of boardroom elections with ballot privacy and voter verifiability…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-03-19 Enka Blanchard , Ted Selker , Alan T. Sherman

A new cryptographic tool, anonymous quantum key technique, is introduced that leads to unconditionally secure key distribution and encryption schemes that can be readily implemented experimentally in a realistic environment. If quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Horace P. Yuen

Voting is a very important issue which can be beneficial in term of choosing the right leader in an election. A good leader can bring prosperity to a country and also can lead the country in the right direction every time. However,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-10-31 Kazi Sadia , Md. Masuduzzaman , Rajib Kumar Paul , Anik Islam

Traditional elections satisfy neither citizens nor political authorities in recent years. They are not fully secure since it is easy to attack votes. It threatens also privacy and transparency of voters. Additionally, it takes too much time…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-11-25 Rumeysa Bulut , Alperen Kantarcı , Safa Keskin , Şerif Bahtiyar

Quantum information protocols offer significant advantages in properties such as security, anonymity, and privacy for communication and computing tasks. An application where guaranteeing the highest possible security and privacy is critical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-04 Nicolas Laurent-Puig , Matilde Baroni , Federico Centrone , Eleni Diamanti

Anonymity is an important principle online. However, malicious actors have long used misleading identities to conduct fraud, spread disinformation, and carry out other deceptive schemes. With the advent of increasingly capable AI, bad…

In this paper we propose a comprehensive and scalable framework to build secure-by-design e-voting systems. Decentralization, transparency, determinism, and untamperability of votes are granted by dedicated smart contracts on a blockchain,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-11-04 Antonio Russo , Antonio Fernández Anta , Maria Isabel González Vasco , Simon Pietro Romano

Electronic voting consistently fails to supplant conventional paper ballot due to a plethora of security shortcomings. Not only are traditional voting methods mediocre in terms of convenience and interface, they also encompass…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-29 Vitaly Zuevsky

We propose a protocol for verifiable remote voting with paper assurance. It is intended to augment existing postal voting procedures, allowing a ballot to be electronically constructed, printed on paper, then returned in the post. It allows…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-11-10 Eleanor McMurtry , Xavier Boyen , Chris Culnane , Kristian Gjøsteen , Thomas Haines , Vanessa Teague

Attribute-based methods, such as attribute-based access control and attribute-based encryption, make decisions based on attributes possessed by a subject rather than the subject's identity. While this allows for anonymous authorization --…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Erin Lanus , Charles J. Colbourn , Gail-Joon Ahn