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Re:Terrorists Turn to Bitcoin for Funding, and They’re Learn... by Maxion on Monday August 19, 2019 @04:04AM (#20735837)
You very much do. Or rather, there are several companies that do so called blockchain analysis and cluster addresses together in order to identify to whom they belong. They are quite efficient at what they do. If you're unable to identify an owner of an address, you are at least able to identify the on ramp or off ramp the individual used and use that information to identify your suspect.
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Re:Terrorists Turn to Bitcoin for Funding, and They’re Learn... by mirimir on Monday August 19, 2019 @04:16AM (#20735887)
Anyone who cares about anonymity uses a Bitcoin mixer.

Notwithstanding what you say about blockchain analysis, I'm not aware that anything mixed by Bitcoin Fog has been deanonymized. And that includes some major Bitcoin thefts, such as the 96000 BTC from Sheep Marketplace.

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Re:Terrorists Turn to Bitcoin for Funding, and They’re Learn... by PunchTornado on Monday August 19, 2019 @04:37AM (#20735977)
I'm curious, if I use a private wallet how would they know that it is mine, John Dever, living at 109 Aston Avenue, NY?
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Re:Terrorists Turn to Bitcoin for Funding, and They’re Learn... by mirimir on Monday August 19, 2019 @04:43AM (#20736013)
They know your IP address.
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Re:Terrorists Turn to Bitcoin for Funding, and They’re Learn... by StreamBright on Monday August 19, 2019 @04:54AM (#20736082)
You mean the IP of your Tor exit node.
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Re:Terrorists Turn to Bitcoin for Funding, and They’re Learn... by mirimir on Monday August 19, 2019 @05:18AM (#20736181)
Sure, if you're aware enough to use Tor.

But I wonder what percentage of "terrorist" contributors know to use Tor.

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Re:Terrorists Turn to Bitcoin for Funding, and They’re Learn... by StreamBright on Monday August 19, 2019 @05:45AM (#20736298)
Let me understand, they are smart enough to use bitcoin and dumb enough to not use Tor? I am not sure how big is the intersection of these two sets.
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Re:Terrorists Turn to Bitcoin for Funding, and They’re Learn... by mirimir on Monday August 19, 2019 @05:49AM (#20736316)
Maybe you're right.
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