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Re: Is Chaum's System Traceable or Untraceable?
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In article <[email protected]>,
E. ALLEN SMITH <[email protected]> wrote:
>From: IN%"[email protected]" 22-MAY-1996 14:51:29.42
>
>>In the "normal" protocol, the payee has to go online. In the "anon" protocol,
>>the payer has to go online. Since you don't want to go online when you
>>walk into a shop, you can pay the shop with the "normal" protocol, and
>>the shop gives you change with the "anon" protocol.
>
>>That way, you never need to go online, and your identity is never compromised.
>
> However, the shop's still is, although the bank might not be able to
>determine as much about how much income is coming in. OTOH, we're talking about
>a physical shop situation; I'm not sure how critical it is to have shop
>anonymnity with payor cooperation for this, since the payor can break it
>anyway.
Ah. I see I was misunderstood. The goal was not to make the shop anonymous,
but rather to be able to provide change to an anonymous payer.
- Ian
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