At 04:51 PM 9/8/2003 -0700, Joseph Ashwood wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Schear" <s.schear@comcast.net> To: <cypherpunks@lne.com>; <cryptography@metzdowd.com> [anonymous funding of politicians]
Comments?
Simple attack: Bob talks to soon to be bought politician. "Tomorrow you'll recieve a donation of $50k, you'll know where it came from." Next day, buyer makes 500 $100 donations (remember you can't link him to any transaction), 50k arrives through the mix. Politician knows where it came from, but no one can prove it.
Not so fast. I said the mix would delay and randomize the arrival of payments. So, some of the contributions would arrive almost immediately others/many might take weeks to arrive. steve "...for every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong." -- H.L. Mencken