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It's pretty easy to track coins through transactions and link them to an IP, unless the user knows about this and takes care to prevent it.
by nkuttler 13y ago
It's pretty easy to track coins through transactions and link them to an IP, unless the user knows about this and takes care to prevent it.
- smartwater 13y agoAn IP address is light-years from a real-life identity. Without a warrant, there's not a chance of figuring out even the account holders name-- which could be different from the person who actually performed the transaction. It could be a neighbor, a friend, a roommate, anyone else who ever had the wifi password, the possibilities are endless.
- nkuttler 13y agoIf anonymity is a concern getting a court order doesn't sound like a big deal. Even if not, you vastly overestimate the anonymity an IP provides, and if anonymity is a concern legal deniability isn't a big win either. You also ignore that you could potentially get dozens or hundreds of IP addresses. Anonymity, like security, is hard, and has layers.
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