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Apparatus and method for protecting privacy while revealing data

  • US 20030190045A1
  • Filed: 04/03/2002
  • Published: 10/09/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2002
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of protecting privacy, while revealing data, the method comprising:

  • posting a question, wherein the data is revealed without a requirement of a trusted third party;

    posting a plurality of public key in response to the question, where a product of the public keys matches a value given as part of the question, and where a private key corresponds to one of the public keys;

    encrypting a message with one of the public keys;

    sending the encrypted message; and

    if the encrypted message was encrypted with the public key with the corresponding private key, then decrypting the encrypted message.

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