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There's also the fact that there is zero incentive to use a tumbler unless you're doing something that you don't want being tracked, since using the tumbler has
by jfim 14y ago
There's also the fact that there is zero incentive to use a tumbler unless you're doing something that you don't want being tracked, since using the tumbler has a non-zero cost.
- chii 14y agowanting anonymity does not imply guilt. it s not the case that if you have not done anything wrong, then you have nothing to hide.
- endgame 14y agoBut guilt does imply wanting anonymity, and because actually setting up secure anything is hard, J. Random User isn't going to really do it. Look at how hard it is to get many people to set up a password manager, or encrypted email. You can't hide in the crowd if the crowd isn't there.
- jfim 14y agoIndeed, it does not. However, there does not seem to be much of an incentive to pay the tumbler's fee if someone has nothing to hide, so it's likely that only people who do have something to hide that will use such a service.
- wfunction 14y agoCorrelation doesn't have to imply causation in order to give you an accurate prediction.