Investigating Wrench Attacks: Physical Attacks Targeting Cryptocurrency Users [pdf]

Re:Investigating Wrench Attacks: Physical Attacks Targeting ... by TheAmazingRace on Sunday May 25, 2025 @09:56AM (#44087881)

So just another point on this… you are probably not as anonymous on the internet as you might think. You can brag about wealth in cryptocurrency. But use a handle long enough, or even across several accounts that can somehow be linked, and a fingerprint of you could be constructed. It really can be done with some forensic analysis.

And I think it all boils down to the fact that some humans need to make noise about their successes so they feel validated. Much like the cryptocurrency evangelists, they probably can’t help themselves because they want to ensure they defend “the mission” even if it comes at great personal cost in the long run.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Investigating Wrench Attacks: Physical Attacks Targeting ... by throwanem on Sunday May 25, 2025 @10:56AM (#44088299)

I've recently quoted on here something about learning to spend what's in your pocket. That is a special case of the same general principle evinced here, which is that if you don't put work into maintaining a broad perspective, you lose the ability to distinguish what you're used to and what's ordinary.

It's worth worrying about in the general case, too. There are subtler and much more noxious failure modes here than merely getting beaned with a Swedish nut rounder.

[ Parent | on HN ]