IT in Estonia

A small country called ESTONIA is one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world.
Author: Erko Risthein, 2011

This video was made for the video contest "Everything is IT".
Please give me your vote by clicking the Like button on this page: http://startit.ee/it-in-estonia-erko-risthein
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Music: "Hidden Blues" by Pitx: http://ccmixter.org/files/Pitx/27007
Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)
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Estonia - most people have never heard of it, but Estonia is the only country in the world where you can vote in national elections via the Internet.
Estonia has the highest level of Internet freedom in the world, according to the internet freedom report 2011.
Skype was invented by Estonians.
Estonia ranks #5 in cellular mobile broadband quality in the world.
According to the Global Information Technology Report Estonia ranks:
#3 Laws related to IT
#3 Presence if IT in government agencies
#2 Internet access in schools
#2 Mobile phone subscriptions
#5 Accessibility of digital content
out of 138 countries.
Estonia ranks higher than USA, UK, France, Norway, Germany etc.
Everything is IT in Estonia.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype
http://politics.slashdot.org/story/07/02/21/2319213/The-Worlds-First-National...
http://www.freedomhouse.org/images/File/FotN/MainScoreTable.pdf
http://www.slideshare.net/CiscoSystems/broadband-quality-score-iii?from=ss_embed
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GITR_Report_2011.pdf
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalCompetitivenessReport_2010-11.pdf

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[Alagremm]

Sad fact - the Internet voting, mentioned in this video, is in fact, really the only one in the world. But not because other countries arent advanced enough to make it. The thing is, such coutnries as USA, England, France, e.t.c. have thought of using this system, but have proven that it is too easy to exploit it, hence why they never used it. And with recent votes in Estonia, the question if the Internet voting is truly safe, has risen again.

[dudegofuckyourselfok]

@Alagremm Is paper voting truly safe?

[Tupsuvana]

Omg you dumb people, learn to read description :This video was made for the video contest "Everything is IT". It wasn't made to prouve something to you little jealous kids. And YES , Skype was made by Estonians, if you can't live with this knowledge then you should visit a doctor.

[LaraC76]

My father was the one how invented SKYPE! I am not lying! :)

[tanello2]

 people have something they can understand !!!!

[Alagremm]

@1337pede Really, it is located in Estonia? I had no idea. Kinda would have expected it to be in Brussel or somewhere like that.

[1337pede]

@Alagremm It hasn't been exploited so far. Traditional voting, however, very much.

Why is it so that only Estonia uses it? It's because Estonia is small enough to do this without having a major threat of someone taking advantage of this system and because Estonian cyber-protection is far more advanced. The NATO's cyberdefence HQ is stationed in Estonia.

[ReaIly]

good for you..

[jaivenmsn]

@Alagremm I've been to Estonia many times. I've seen most of the cities and small villages etc. The people of Estonia are a sensible people whom take pride in their advancements. Internet voting just comes naturally to them. It's a byproduct of the country's current direction. It's all part of the "new north" attitude. Paper ballot voting and wages by cheque are something for Russians and Americans.

[Arto572]

@sonbuhitsunei Say ''South of Finland'' It's more accurate.

[sonbuhitsunei]

@z34th0x I know and I live in America... But then, my family on mom's side came from Estonia lol Tallinn to be exact, and I think Tartu for some. But yes... Most Americans have no clue- so I just say "right next to Russia"