> if I record it then someone else will be convinced that Ali Baba knows the secret Isn't that exactly what they're trying to do? Prove that Mick Ali knows the

> if I record it then someone else will be convinced that Ali Baba knows the secret Isn't that exactly what they're trying to do? Prove that Mick Ali knows the secret? I thought the zero-knowledge part is in showing that Mick Ali knows the secret but without knowing/revealing the secret itself. EDIT: On a second reading I see your point. The paper says "the reporter could not pass on his conviction to the judges".