Anonymity describes the state of being unknown or unacknowledged.
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Is it possible to anonymously distribute a set of secret keys among individuals
Just like picking one of the papers in a bowl is used to anonymously distribute a given set of numbers among individuals which lets nobody (including the person who distributes them) know who got what. Is it possible to achieve the same with…
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Anonymization Standards
I'm interested in data anonymization techniques and scores for the quality of data anonymization in "the real world". I was told this is also part of cryptography.
What I know: In theory one can use k-anonymity, l-diversity or t-closeness to define…
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How could you disclose what you like and have someone respond with what you want without revealing who you are?
Bob likes Apples and Oranges (virtual, not physical). Alice and Eve are fruit sellers (again, virtual, not physical). Bob wants to indicate his appetite to buy one Apple and one Orange without revealing who he is. Alice and Eve want to sell to Bob…
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Anonymity in end-to-end encryption
Considering a scenario of anonymous data transfer between seller and buyer using proxies. If we consider that there are three proxies that are being selected by the buyer to obtain data from different sellers (like in emule), how can we make sure…
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How does Dissent protect against Sybil Attacks?
Dissent claims to be able to be resistant to Sybil attacks.
Dissent seeks to offer accountable anonymity, giving users strong guarantees of anonymity while also protecting online groups or forums from anonymous abuse such as spam, Sybil attacks,…
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Snowden Challenge II: Can we solve Snowden challenge quantumly?
Suppose that tomorrow is July 7, 2050 and Snowden is still stayed in Sheremetyevo airport. Further, let us suppose that quantum computation and quantum commincation are available to everyone, and Snowden's laptops are also quantumly-made. My…
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