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inigyoutoday at 2:38 PM2 repliesview on HN

You can just lie by using someone else's ZKP. If that's not considered to be a problem, then the California approach of just asking the device owner is much better and you still don't need the ZKP.


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Nevermarktoday at 2:43 PM

I am fine with device vouched sessions. That protect my and my devices' identities.

> You can just lie by using someone else's ZKP.

Yes, it is trivial to share access/identity, purposely or carelessly.

Not sure what point you are making, since that isn't specific to ZKP.

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dredmorbiustoday at 2:42 PM

ZKP: Zero Knowledge Proof, for the unfamiliar.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof>