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A Terminology for Talking about Privacy by Data Minimization: Anonymity, Unlinkability, Undetectability, Unobservability, Pseudonymity, and Identity Management (Pfitzmann, Hansen 2010)

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URL: https://dud.inf.tu-dresden.de/literatur/Anon_Terminology_v0.34.pdf

Summary

The standard reference terminology for privacy properties, giving precise definitions of anonymity, unlinkability, undetectability, unobservability, pseudonymity, identity and identity management and their relationships (version v0.34, August 2010). It provides the vocabulary in which e-ID privacy requirements such as unlinkability of presentations are commonly stated, and which ZKP-based anonymous credentials aim to achieve.