From 9939c0af4b7f9ab3868cef88378d2f284bbd12d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fria <138676274+friadev@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 11:14:39 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] add communication --- blog/posts/privacy-pass.md | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/blog/posts/privacy-pass.md b/blog/posts/privacy-pass.md index dba01ef0..266e4171 100644 --- a/blog/posts/privacy-pass.md +++ b/blog/posts/privacy-pass.md @@ -54,7 +54,15 @@ How do we ensure the psuedonyms can't be linked together? We already use cryptog ## Types of Transactions -### +Chaum highlights three areas where this technology can be utilized. + +### Communication + +While current cryptographic techniques protect the content of our communications, metadata about who is contacting who is still mostly unprotected. + +Personal information such as home addresses, names, and SSN are collected by telecommunication companies and can be used in combination with information about who contacts who to paint a very detailed picture of a person's social web and their activities over time. Chaum calls this data "tracing information". + + ## Problems