Decide on acronym and title

[dbosk]

Alternatives:

• [ ] PRIVEP [don't remember it's meaning, but it sounds a bit Russian.]
• [ ] PRIO: PRIvate PROtests
• [ ] PRIVO: PRIVately Verifiable PROtests
• [ ] PRIVO: PRIVately Verifiable PROtest Outcomes
• [ ] PRIVO: Privately Verifiable Outcomes for Crowd Counting
• [ ] SPRIVO: Securely and PRIVately Verifiable PROtests
• [ ] SPRIVO: Securely and PRIVately Verifiable PROtests Outcomes
• [ ] PROVI: "PROVable and PRIvate PROtests" or "PROtests which are Verifiable and PRIvate" or "PROvably PRIVate PROtests".
• [ ] PROVIM: PRivate PROtest Verification IMproved. [Maybe this is more suitable for a follow-up paper.]
• [ ] APPROVERS: Accounting for Privacy-Preserving Protest Participation, Verifiably and Securely
• [ ] CROCUS: CROwd Counting Under Surveillance, A Protocol for Privacy-Preserving Verifiable Protest Participation
• [x] CROCUS: Crowd-Counting Using Smartphones.
• [ ] CONVERSE: Counting iNdividuals Verifiably and Securely or Counting Crowds aNonymously, Verifiably, and Securely

[dbosk]

PROVI is too close to Pro-vie (French anti-abortion movement).

So maybe

PRIVO: PRIvately Verifiable PROtests

[dbosk]

Another option is "PROVIM: PRivate PROtest Verification IMproved". Maybe this is more suitable for a follow-up paper.

[sbuc]

I changed the title to reflect that it's the count/participation that's verifiable. Here are some more acronym suggestions. I think I like crocus best. APPROVERS: Accounting for Privacy-Preserving Protest Participation, Verifiably and Securely CROCUS Crowd Counting Under Surveillance: A Protocol for Privacy-Preserving Verifiable Protest Participation CONVERSE: Counting iNdividuals Verifiably and Securely or Counting Crowds aNonymously, Verifiably, and Securely

[dbosk]

+1 on CROCUS

[sbuc]

CROCUS is also evocative of grass-roots movements and POTUS, the president of the united states.

[dbosk]

CROC or CROCS S for Society.

[dbosk]

CROCUS: Crowd-Counting Using Smartphones.

[dbosk]

There is a paper published in AsiaCCS 2009 that uses the name Crocus.

• Something along the lines of "How to cryptographically count crowds" or "The cryptographer's approach to counting crowds"? Teasing title.
• APPROVERS or CONVERSE from above?

[dbosk]

Cristina said there are some companies called Crocus too: Crocus Technology making magnetic sensors and the Crocus Project for holocaust education.

[sbuc]

Maybe CR2OCUS: CRyptographic CROwd Counting Using Smartphones