At 2:16 PM -0700 10/2/03, bear wrote: >That's not anonymity, that's pseudonymity.
It seems to me that perfect pseudonymity *is* anonymity. Frankly, without the ability to monitor reputation, you don't have ways of controlling things like transactions, for instance. It's just that people are still mystified by the concept of biometric is-a-person identity, which strong cryptography can completely divorce from reputation. Cheers, RAH Who's also curious about exactly what "Whielacronx" means... ;-). -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
