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as a friend reminded me, anonymity only buys you time; it does not buy anyone justice. and david simon's recapitulation is more succinct and compelling: https:

• jacquesm 11y ago
  It might buy you enough time. Note that almost every exercise in security is an exercise in buying time. Today's encryption will likely be broken tomorrow and by the time you've achieved your goal it no longer matters whether or not your communications are broken. Of course if you plan to stay in business for a very long time you're gambling against really good odds of discovery and potentially not achieving your goal. If you want to be a terrorist or miscreant you could extrapolate from that that fewer numbers is better and the first 'hit' should be your hardest and should not take too long to set up or require a lot of communication. Fortunately for the rest of the world any plot that does real damage usually does not have those properties. But beware of the lone wolf with access to technology.