Hong Kong lawmakers raise privacy concerns over ‘smart ballot boxes’ for elections

Hong Kong lawmakers raise privacy concerns over ‘smart ballot boxes’ for elections

[South China Morning Post] - 12/16/2024

Government aims to introduce technology that would check ballots as they are submitted and sound alarm if any irregularity is found.



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