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Privacy LabelUse Case ClassShort descriptionLinkability per RPLinkability across RPsLinkability RP and issuerProof of membership in non-ID attributesCross-
country matching
Offline wallet/prover supportOffline RP supportRevocation handlingDelegatableCryptographyHardware dependency
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DUniquely Identified: Regulated (U-R)Unique identification in regulated/government scenarios (PID usage)yes (always)yes (always)yes (always)no?yes?yes?no?requiredyes?classical signatures?Issuer: ECDSA
Wallet: ECDSA
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CUniquely Identified: Unregulated Business Requirement (U-U)Unique identification with in unregulated scenarios but with a clear business need to refer to a government-backed proof of nameyesyes (probabilistically), but prevent on cryptography/signature level?yes?yesyes?use case specific?classical single-show signatures?Issuer: ECDSA
Wallet: ECDSA
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BPseudonymous (P)Unique identifier for recurring interactions within the same RP, but without required linking to real nameyesnoideally noyesN/Ayesyes??anonymous credentials+ offline hardware support for wallet device
cryptography primitives support depending on ZKP scheme
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AAnonymous (A)No identification across recurring interactions, but only a generic anonymous proof of membership for every interactionnononoyesN/Ayesyes??anonymous credentials
(“fancy” signatures and/or ZKPs)
+ offline hardware support for wallet device
cryptography primitives support depending on ZKP scheme
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Business-to-X (B)Interactions by organizations instead of individuals as provers, but with privacy requirements. Businesses are uniquely identified, but some of their data should be kept confidential while proving properties over it.yesyesyesyesN/A?nonoyesyes?anonymous credentials
(“fancy” signatures and/or ZKPs)
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