Marc de Piolenc wrote:

Tim May wrote:

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Nomen Nescio and others should read Chaum's "Credentials without identity" papers. A true name is just another credential, not necessarily more important than any of several other credentials. People should think deeply about this issue.

I would like to read these papers. Are they available on-line?

Chaum has a list of papers at www.chaum.com but most are not online. One that is online describes credential systems along with related technologies: "Security Without Identification: Transaction Systems to Make Big Brother Obsolete", http://www.chaum.com/articles/Security_Wthout_Identification.htm In exchange for providing you with these pointers, you are obligated to return the favor. Your assignment, Marc de Piolenc, is to read and understand this paper and to report back to cypherpunks with ideas about how pseudonymous credentials could be used to improve airport security.