FINAL VERSION
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@MISC{Seys_finalversion,
author = {Stefaan Seys and Claudia Diaz and Bart De Win and Vincent Naessens and Caroline Goemans and Joris Claessens and Wim Moreau and Prof Bart and De Decker and Prof Jos Dumortier and Prof Bart Preneel},
title = {FINAL VERSION},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
Executive summary For applications such as electronic voting and electronic payments, anonymity and privacy are strictly necessary. In a democratic society public elections will be held anonymously and citizens have a fundamental right to privacy, for example when buying goods or subscribing to services. However, current technologies such as databases, online connections, mobile communications, may lead to an increased erosion of privacy. For the time being no widespread communications and payment technologies are available to provide on-line shopping without giving away a substantial amount of personal information. Applications like email, publishing and web browsing are widely accepted without anonymity properties. This document describes the anonymity requirements of a variety of applications in which anonymity and privacy play an important role: (1) anonymous connections, which
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