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Lesson learnt from failure - Reflection on Macau Civil Vote 2019
abstract
Civic / unofficial referendums have been a means of cultivating civic engagement and expressing collective opinions. In the context of Hong Kong and Macau, China has attempted to clamp down on civic votes/referendums. In the past few years, these votes experienced varying extents of cyberattacks and even the abuse of criminal procedures.
In the case of the 2019 Vote on Chief Execution Election in Macau, the vote organiser was forced to close the vote prematurely after encountering multifaceted attacks. The presentation will cover the political threats facing the vote and the technical aspect of the defence. I will discuss the pattern of the Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, whether over-engineering is necessary and the measures taken to mitigate these threats. Despite the success in the defence on the technical front, the vote ended up a failure. Key members of the vote organiser received threats to their personal safety. Not only did the organiser halt the vote but also cancelled a planned press conference at which the results would be announced. The lessons learnt from the failure of the 2019 Macau Vote might help others plan a similar vote in the future.
一路從生態研究、社區駐點、獨立音樂行銷宣傳、音樂祭員工、小黨選舉公關,直到現在踏入自己沒想過會接觸的開源和開放科技領域,唯一沒變的是持續參與社會運動的決心,並且得以從不同領域不同角度進行串聯,但因為沒有經營單一領域或專長,只好自創我的專業是跨領域經理人,聽起來比較厲害。
Jason Chao is a technologist and human rights activist. Chao has backgrounds in political activism, LGBT+ advocacy and human rights law. He is currently researching the development of digital method tools as a doctoral researcher at the University of Siegen.