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Make that two of us. And since they take Bitcoin payments, Put.io has no idea who I am.
by alexmat 9y ago
Make that two of us. And since they take Bitcoin payments, Put.io has no idea who I am.
- koolba 9y agoDo you also access their website over Tor? If not then they have your home IP address. According to their about page[1] the company is based in Turkey which isn't exactly a paragon of consumer privacy protection. [1]: https://put.io/aboutus https://put.io/aboutus
- alexmat 9y agoI access them over a public library wifi or starbucks connection and tunnel that through a vpn, and randomize my mac each time I connect.
- plopz 9y agoBitcoin isn't anonymous unless you're putting it through a tumbler or transferring it to monero/zcash.
- woolvalley 9y agoBut it isn't one-click non-anonymous like normal payment methods either ;)
- alexmat 9y agoYou don't have to swim faster than a shark, just faster than the guy next to you. It's harder to trace a bitcoin transaction then a credit card payment, even without a tumbler.