Re: [use cases] Pseudo-anonymity

19.01.2015, 07:20, "Manu Sporny" <msporny@digitalbazaar.com>:
> During a call two weeks ago, the Pseudo-anonymity use case came up:
>
> https://www.w3.org/Payments/IG/wiki/Use_Cases_Task_Force#Pseudo-anonymity
>
> Two questions were asked:
>
> 1. What is this use case about?
> 2. Why should it be high priority?
>
> This use case is about being able to stay anonymous wrt. the merchant
> when buying something innocuous like a candy bar, E-rated video game
> (suitable for everyone), or cooking oil. This coupled with the
> registration-less purchases would enable people to buy things from
> merchants on the Web pseudo-anonymously (their transaction processor and
> law enforcement would still know who they are).
>
> Privacy on the Web is a pretty hot topic these days and I don't think
> this group is going to be able to avoid the debate.
>
> We've been having fairly detailed discussions about this in the Web
> Payments CG:
>
> https://web-payments.org/minutes/2014-09-10/#59
>
> and it's a topic of concern in the Credentials CG:
>
> http://opencreds.org/specs/source/use-cases/#pseudo-anonymity
>
> I think this group should rate this use case as high priority because:
>
> 1) Privacy wrt. the merchant is important when performing certain types
> šššof purchases (pregnancy tests, adult content purchases, etc.)
> 2) By not supporting the use case, we're (by default) supporting the
> ššštracking of everything across both merchants and transaction
> šššprocessors. Consumer rights groups will have a field day with us
> šššif we don't protect people's privacy.

Agreed.

(It is also about reducing friction, compared to the alternative approach (paying cash, which is even more anonymous).

cheers

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>
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