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Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by Vladimof on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @01:05PM (#31085831)
> Anything even slightly more complex than necessary will lead to accusations of cheating

The zero-knowledge proof avoids that...

Even with paper ballots, there's no way to verify that your vote was counted.... as far as I know

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Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by yyyk on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @01:51PM (#31086427)
The zero-knowledge proof avoids true accusations of a particular type of cheating. However, the biggest problem is humans, not machines. An election system must be ELI5able, or we can expect a fair amount of instability regardless of truth.
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Re:UK Government Officials Infected with Pegasus by Vladimof on Tuesday April 19, 2022 @03:41PM (#31087961)
There are plenty of ELI5 explanations of zero-knowledge proofs
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