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by phkahler 3958 days ago
>> The only mechanism I'm aware of that truly allows anonymity...

We have a need for both solid anonymity and zero anonymity. I think the first step is to be able to authenticate whom you are communicating with, and to reach them without a central authority. After that, you can choose to strip identifying information, or build a web of trust, or anything else. I think privacy can be built on top of an authenticated net, but the reverse is probably not possible. Today we have neither.

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For a long time, I've thought the phrase we want is "strong pseudonymity".