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Privacy Pass: The New Protocol for Private Authentication - Privacy Guides (www.privacyguides.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.world

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[–] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

So, he is to data brokers like Ray Bradbury is to ~~fascism~~ authoritarianism Cool!

Essentially, he wants all transactions to be online transactions, with something like Apple Pay or Google Pay on your device mediating the transaction and using your device PIN to prevent fraudulent transactions

Something tells me he wasn't thinking we should hand over control of our payments to two of the largest advertising companies in the world.

[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Privacy Pass isn't actually about payments at all - it's an authentication protocol that lets you prove you're human without revealing your identity (think captcha alternative but with privacy baked in).