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commit 75dbd5e8a85a6dfae7263bf9b7a57e57af2eb7d6
Author: Christian Blättler <blatc2@bfh.ch>
AuthorDate: Wed Jun 12 07:52:29 2024 +0200

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-<h1>2024-06: Donau - Tax Deductable Donations with Privacy<h1>
+<h1>Privacy-preserving Subscriptions, Discounts and Tax Deductable 
Donations</h1>
+
+<p>
+  Two independent bachelor's theses bring new privacy-focussed features to GNU 
Taler.
+  Christian Blättler designed and implemented token-based subscriptions and 
discounts in Taler, while Lukas Matyja
+  and Johannes Casabur's thesis introduces the Donau system, a new type of a 
donation authority system.
+</P>
+
+<h2>Privacy-preserving Subscriptions and Discounts</h2>
+
+<p>
+  Christian Blättler finished his <a 
href="/papers/subscriptions-discounts-thesis.pdf">blachelor's thesis</a> on
+  designing and implementing token-based subscriptions and discounts in Taler.
+</p>
+
+<h3>Introduction video</h3>
+<p>
+  <video id="video" poster="/images/subscription-discounts-thumbnail.jpg" 
autobuffer="" height="360" width="640"
+    controls="controls">
+    <source src="/videos/subscriptions-discounts-movie.mp4" type="video/mp4" \>
+  </video>
+</p>
+
+<h3>Abstract</h3>
+<p>
+  Subscription-based services are more popular than ever, with a significant 
portion of digital goods, such as newspaper
+  articles, music, movies, and TV shows, sold through this business model. 
These services are generally tied to a user
+  account. As a result, the use of a subscription leaves a data trail. Service 
providers can use collected usage data to
+  build a personality profile that can reveal information about political 
views, sexual orientation, health
+  complications, or other sensitive topics.
+</p>
+<p>
+  This information, in the wrong hands, can have critical implications, 
especially in regions with repressive regimes.
+  Ideally, a solution to this problem also addresses the challenge of 
subscribers sharing their credentials with groups
+  of people online.
+</p>
+<p>
+  This thesis presents a solution for account-less and privacy-preserving 
subscriptions based on GNU Taler. The solution
+  is convenient for customers, affordable for merchants, and resistant to 
abusive sharing of subscriptions.
+  Subscriptions are valid during a configured timeframe, while usage during 
that timeframe is unlimited. The flexible
+  design of the solution allows it to be used for a wide array of use cases 
beyond subscriptions, such as discounts,
+  loyalty stamps, multi-entry event ticketing, membership programs, deposit 
systems, and privacy-preserving gifts. In
+  addition, the solution's low operational costs, coupled with its built-in 
protection against abusive sharing of
+  subscriptions, make it highly attractive to merchants.
+</p>
+<p>
+  The solution is implemented in the GNU Taler merchant component as free and 
open source software. The integration into
+  the GNU Taler wallets is subject to future work. Furthermore, to inform 
customers about the degree of anonymity for a
+  given subscription, an additional service for authorizing the anonymity set 
size of subscriptions is proposed.
+</p>
+
+<h3>Supplemental material</h3>
+<p>
+<ul>
+  <li><a href="/pdf/subscriptions-discounts-poster.pdf" 
target="_blank">Defense poster</a></li>
+  <li><a href="/papers/subscriptions-discounts-thesis.pdf" 
target="_blank">Bachelor's thesis</a></li>
+  <!-- <li><a href="/pdf/subscriptions-discounts-slides.pdf" 
target="_blank">Defense presentation slides</a></li> -->
+</ul>
+</p>
+
+<h2>Donau - Tax Deductable Donations with Privacy</h2>
+
 <p>
-The Donau system is a new type of a donation authority system. It is free 
software with focus on privacy and anonymity. It depends on the code of the GNU 
Taler environment, but is completely independent of the Taler payment system. 
+  The Donau system is a new type of a donation authority system. It is free 
software with focus on privacy and
+  anonymity. It depends on the code of the GNU Taler environment, but is 
completely independent of the Taler payment
+  system.
 
-The verifiability of the donations receipts eliminates tax fraud. Furthermore, 
the new possibility to combine donation receipts increases the user convenience 
of the Donor and tax auditor.
+  The verifiability of the donations receipts eliminates tax fraud. 
Furthermore, the new possibility to combine donation
+  receipts increases the user convenience of the Donor and tax auditor.
 
-More detailed information about the topic can be found in the
-<a href="https://git.taler.net/donau.git/plain/doc/thesis/thesis.pdf";>bachelor 
thesis</a>. To get an overview it is recommended to watch the corresponding <a 
href="">video</a>.
+  More detailed information about the topic can be found in the
+  <a 
href="https://git.taler.net/donau.git/plain/doc/thesis/thesis.pdf";>bachelor 
thesis</a>. To get an overview it is
+  recommended to watch the corresponding <a href="">video</a>.
 
-The source code can be found in the public <a 
href="https://git.taler.net/donau.git";>git repository</a>.
+  The source code can be found in the public <a 
href="https://git.taler.net/donau.git";>git repository</a>.
 </p>
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+{% endblock body_content %}
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