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By design, if the three or six nodes that you used compare notes, they can tell who you were talking to. That seems roughly the same as breaking a key into 6 pa
by ikeboy 11y ago
By design, if the three or six nodes that you used compare notes, they can tell who you were talking to. That seems roughly the same as breaking a key into 6 parts and giving it to 6 different parties. I think the government would be able to go to each party and ask for their part, then put them together. Therefore, there's no expectation of privacy.
What actually happened is the researchers found a way to bypass the middle guy and reconstruct the info just from the two ends. That's still just comparing notes, but from fewer people.
- btilly 11y agoYes, I know how it was broken. But the question is what the expectation should have been. And given that expectation, then whether they should have had a warrant. In our surveillance society, the government's theory is that it should never need a warrant, because terrorism. I strongly oppose that theory. I'm OK with taking down Silk Road, but get the warrant first.