The idea was that every car would constantly broadcast a message containing its GPS coordinates and speed, so every other car on the road would be able to do stuff like… I don’t really know. Avoid rear-ending other people? Also traffic lights and road signs would also broadcast.

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But all this data had to be authenticated, to keep bad guys from broadcasting false data and screwing up traffic. At the same time, the crypto used had to preserve *privacy* so you couldn’t use it to track cars. You also needed the ability to revoke signing authority.