ALTA/DMT privacy [was: Re: (No Subject)]

[Nostradumbass at SAFe-mail.net]

-------- Original Message --------
From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd at echeque.com>
Apparently from: owner-cypherpunks at minder.net
To: cypherpunks at lne.com
Subject: Re: ALTA/DMT privacy [was: Re: (No Subject)]
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 14:13:59 -0800

>     --
> On 10 Dec 2003 at 15:19, Nostradumbass at SAFe-mail.net wrote:
> > If you
> > fund you accounts using money orders, you may be safe
> > (depending on whether you've employed others to purchase the
> > money orders or your physical identity is being captured at
> > the money order agent during the transaction).
> 
> Some people offer a cash to e-gold service.

Though this is mostly discovered through direct communications, for obvious reasons.
> 
> Deposit a bundle of notes in their account, they will sell you
> e-gold.   You use the low order bits of the amount as an ID.

Others have used the serial number of one of the bills submitted (e.g., the one highlighted with a yellow marker).

> 
> > ALTA/DMT does have a certain degree of un-linkability in that
> > once accounts are deleted all db references in the system to
> > that account are also deleted from all ALTA/DMT dbs.
> 
> Trust us.  Would we lie to you? 

This info was obtained from discussions with the developers, experiments with the system and examination of the code.