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Cryptographers Held an Election. They Can’t Decrypt the Results. (www.nytimes.com)
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So secure was the annual contest to fill three director and four officer positions that when one trustee lost his cryptographic key to unlock the results, the error made it impossible.

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[–] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

According to the article they changed the procedure to require 2/3 keys, so at least they learned that lesson.

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  • [–] 20 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Which is stupid, since the reason they had 3/3 was that two people could not collaborate to change the results, which they now can with 2/3.

    Should have been changed to 3/5 instead.

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