IDENTITY ESCROW MANAGEMENT FOR MINIMAL DISCLOSURE CREDENTIALS

摘要

The subject disclosure is directed towards identity escrow management where anonymous online users can be de-anonymized if certain conditions are met. An auditor is configured to control a user's anonymity using a prime-order cryptographic group based encryption scheme. Via an authentication component, the auditor verifies that a pseudonym corresponding to the user's identity was encrypted correctly. If valid, the auditor decrypts encrypted pseudonym data using a private cryptographic key based upon the prime-order cryptographic group.