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IP: Digital signatures a threat to privacy?
From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 07:59:17 -0400
From: golds () mail com Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 06:57:09 -0500 To: farber () cis upenn edu Subject: Digital signatures a threat to privacy? Dave, This article coming out of the panel of experts at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference raises some important issues about how to secure information using personal credentials. In addition to the issues raised in the article, there are also potential problems raised by simple fear. If people don't trust these systems they won't be used. Rich Goldschmidt EC Architect / IT Consultant golds () mail com ---------- http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2523596,00.html?chkpt=zdnnrla Digital signatures a threat to privacy? They verify your identity, but digital signatures may also reveal more about you than you think. By Robert Lemos, ZDNet News UPDATED April 7, 2000 1:25 PM PT TORONTO -- Your ability to surf the Internet anonymously could be lost in the near future, if current plans to roll out digital signatures stay on track, warned a panel of experts at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference. Much of the concern stems from companies that use digital signatures to verify a consumer's real-world identity -- destroying anonymity -- and proposed laws that place the onus of damages caused by the new technology onto consumers, resulting in a less secure system. "Congress is about to pass a bad electronic signatures law, and that will lead to many of these problems," said Margot Freeman Saunders, managing attorney for the National Consumer Law Center. <snip>
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