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To: caly who wrote (65)8/11/2000 11:43:18 AM
From: PJ Strifas   of 210
 
ZeroKnowledge only handles one aspect of privacy - that is masking your online identity. It's my belief this type of system is a knee-jerk response to our current "ineffective" systems. Once I visit Amazon.com, they will ask me for REAL information if I desire to make a purchase.

ZeroKnowledge has it's benefits but not as a complete solution.

In fact, masking people's identities (while worthwhile) also extends the ability of abusing this service in negative ways. Imagine this service used by pedophiles, stalkers, con artists etc. Once the exception has been made to "uncover" any individual using this system (say a search for a criminal who is using this system), then the precedent has been set to expose ANY user.

[Besides I believe that technically this system is not foolproof].

What I propose is a system where my personal information is maintained by ME and only ME. In this system, I would "populate" my digital identity with personal information then on a "line-by-line" basis share that information with others. This system would update my information from a single source (my personal one) so there are many advantages too.

Of course those I'd share the information with would need to either subscribe to the same service or interoperate with my service for the model to work.

Again, there are services currently available for people to use that will thwart most "tracking" abilities. This can be good but its not an overall solution to the problem of privacy in cyberspace.

Regards,
Peter J Strifas
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