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You are never anonymous when you connect to the Internet, even over Tor, even through 7 proxies. There is always a connection right back to you. We need to mov
by intopieces 9y ago
You are never anonymous when you connect to the Internet, even over Tor, even through 7 proxies. There is always a connection right back to you.
We need to move beyond the obsession with anonymity and refocus the goal as being privacy. Then, recognize that privacy has several levels. That way, the expectation is more clear.
- the_stc 9y agoThis is disingenuous. Bitcoin is very anti-anonymous. Tor is rather anonymous. Saying that perfect anonymity does not exist because there's always some bits leaking to an omniscient entity is not helpful. ProtonMail should support Monero. For now, I pay using a group of Monero wallets I churn every few hours and xmr.to. I suppose Bitcoin is the least common denominator in that sense.
- intopieces 9y ago>Bitcoin is very anti-anonymous. That's correct. It is very anti-anonymous by its design; its security rests everyone verifying the transactions. The distinction you make is the same one I attempt to make by arguing against anonymity as a goal. Both Bitcoin and Tor are, in the mind of the public, construed as ways to be anonymous on the Internet. That is dangerous.
- ComodoHacker 9y ago>We need to move beyond the obsession with anonymity and refocus the goal as being privacy. You mean "we" == a dozen of first world countries? There is strong demand for anonymity all over the world.
- intopieces 9y ago> There is strong demand for anonymity all over the world. Is there? From whom? Facebook is still growing rapidly and now claims more than 2B users. It seems that not even privacy is in high demand, much less anonymity.