The headline is kind of misleading. I'm not sure that anyone who'd considered the subject thought they were at all private if they used the system without tor. Bitcoin.org surely suggests no such thing.
Fair enough. The interesting part for me was Tor being easy to block. I have never heard that before. I guess I also found it surprising that it was worthy of a study at a cryptography/ security department.
Topic: Pseudonimity compromised? (Read 1202 times)
The headline is kind of misleading. I'm not sure that anyone who'd considered the subject thought they were at all private if they used the system without tor. Bitcoin.org surely suggests no such thing.
Fair enough. The interesting part for me was Tor being easy to block. I have never heard that before. I guess I also found it surprising that it was worthy of a study at a cryptography/ security department.
The headline is kind of misleading. I'm not sure that anyone who'd considered the subject thought they were at all private if they used the system without tor. Bitcoin.org surely suggests no such thing.
It reveals IP addresses. That's still not entirely revealing. No doubt it will be counter-measured.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141125074749.htm
My first thought is that this only applies for the desktop client, but even in this case is this valid?
My first thought is that this only applies for the desktop client, but even in this case is this valid?
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