Jaap-Henk Hoepman – on security, privacy and…

Anonymous credentials are a privacy enhancing technology that allow you to prove certain properties about yourself, without revealing your full identity. Examples are showing your age, your gender, whether you are a member of a certain group, or your nationality, among others. Privacy advocates are advocating the widespread use of such technology. However, if a worldwide infrastructure for anonymous credentials would exist, this would actually create a funny privacy problem.
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