[Popcon-developers] Bug#707951: Bug#707951: popularity-contest: please leak less private information

[Bill Allombert]

On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 11:41:27PM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote:
> * Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert at math.u-bordeaux1.fr> [130519 23:24]:
> > > > It is important the vote determination is done in a centralised way.
> > >
> > > How does that prevent not sending timestamps?
> >
> > If you do not have the timestamps, then you have to rely on the client
> > computation being correct.
> 
> So you can trust clients to collect correct timestamps, but not to
> compare them? I do not understand.

The problem is we cannot update all the clients at once if we need to change
the rule for deciding what count as a vote.

But anyway, are you OK with the proposed patch ?

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe at debian.org>

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