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There’s a pretty big gradient between “in a national news article with his name” and “only posts on his blog using tor, from a coffee shop, on a burner device,
by strstr 6y ago
There’s a pretty big gradient between “in a national news article with his name” and “only posts on his blog using tor, from a coffee shop, on a burner device, under a pseudonym, with no personal details revealed” (or whatever constitutes a “firewall”).
At this point, casual observers do not know Scott’s identity. With a few hours of time most people on HN could probably figure it out, but in that same amount of time they’d also probably calm down if they were interested in sending death threats.
- tptacek 6y agoNo. You've comically overestimated the amount of effort required. I understand why: the way he wrote his announcement, you'd think it'd be tricky. I'd say more, but I'll respect the norm --- you may have to take my word for it --- and just say: people I've talked to have been shocked to discover how easy it was to find out. No firewall existed here at all.