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Re:IMF Head Foresees the End of Banking and the Triumph of C... by nobodyorother on Monday October 02, 2017 @01:38PM (#15385974)
Not really. The trouble with deanonymization in a network is that as soon as anyone fails to follow the proper privacy protocol, the entire network can be unmasked through the social graph.

For example, Flickr users have been identified by their Twitter connections:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/03/pulling-back-the...

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Re:IMF Head Foresees the End of Banking and the Triumph of C... by glenneroo on Monday October 02, 2017 @06:16PM (#15388432)
I would imagine Palantir has been working on this since cryptocurrencies started being becoming popular, even though they have denied it[0]. Or somebody else such as SABR[1].

[0] https://www.coindesk.com/palantir-quantum-bitcoin-cloud-mini... [1] https://bravenewcoin.com/news/sabr-palantir-for-the-blockcha...

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