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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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