From: Andrew Lowenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 94 14:17:11 PST
To: Nathaniel Borenstein <nsb@nsb.fv.com>
Subject: Re: properties of FV
Message-ID: <9412152217.AA03954@ch1d157nwk>
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>  This goes back to the two kinds of anonymity that you so usefully
>  defined in your earlier message.  These small transactions would
>  have counterparty anonymity -- all that the seller knows is your
>  first virtual id, which is essentially a user-chosen pseudonym --
>  but not issuer anonymity.

That would make this counterparty pseudonymity, not anonymity.  The merchant,  
while not knowing the true identity of his clients, is still able to  
correlate the transactions of individual accounts (and must be able to under  
FV's policies).  A malicious merchant, for instance, could recognize that a  
particular account is more interested in certain types of information and  
charge accordingly.


andrew