----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Schear" <s.schear@comcast.net> Subject: Re: Digital cash and campaign finance reform
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.
You act like they aren't already used to addressing that "problem." I'll go back to the Bustamante, simply because it is convenient right now. Bustamante recieved a multi-million dollar donation from the Native Americans, this was not done through a single check, that would be illegal, instead it was done through multiple smaller checks, each of which ends up randomized and delayed in processing (USPS is wonderful source of randomness), so the actual occurance of the donations is scattered acros several days, from several accounts, by several people, and I'm sure Bustamante never even looked to see who the donations were actually from, just that the full amount arrived. The "problem" that you found, is already addressed, and already not a problem. Joe Trust Laboratories Changing Software Development http://www.trustlaboratories.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo@metzdowd.com