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Re:Why I published Venmo users’ “drug” deals on Twitter by Franciscouzo on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @10:53AM (#17601547)
The majority of cryptocurrencies might forgo privacy, but there are projects such as monero (and other cryptonote cryptocurrencies) which have privacy as a first class citizen.
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Re:Why I published Venmo users’ “drug” deals on Twitter by blattimwind on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @12:15PM (#17602412)
Monero's obfuscation doesn't really work as well as the developer thought it did.
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Re:Why I published Venmo users’ “drug” deals on Twitter by Franciscouzo on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @12:40PM (#17602687)
Do you have a source or paper on the vulnerabilities you're mentioning?
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Re:Why I published Venmo users’ “drug” deals on Twitter by blattimwind on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @01:58PM (#17603456)
LMGTFY "monero privacy"

https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2018/03/mit-finds-monero-...

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Re:Why I published Venmo users’ “drug” deals on Twitter by Franciscouzo on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @02:28PM (#17603731)
> Although these two weaknesses have been known to Monero’s developers since 2015, it was not until February 2017, when Monero’s implementation was modified, that these concerns were addressed, thus making post hoc de-anonymization more difficult. According to the researchers, transactions prior to this date are at significant risk of being identified.
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