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# The Dangerous Half-Truth of “We’ll Be Correlated Anyway”

A 2020 analysis by Daniel Hardman rebutting the argument that resisting correlation of verifiable credentials is futile. It reframes the question around how expensive correlation is, who can perform it, when, how completely, and how much control the subject keeps, and argues that non-correlating credentials shift each of these in the holder's favor.

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Source: https://dhh1128.github.io/papers/wbca.html (license not recorded).
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