Terrorists Turn to Bitcoin for Funding, and They’re Learning Fast

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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