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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: deep987 on August 29, 2013, 09:17 pm

Title: ? on bitcoin article claim
Post by: deep987 on August 29, 2013, 09:17 pm

http://www.itworld.com/security/370750/bitcoin-offers-privacy-long-you-dont-cash-out-or-spend-it

Of particular interest to me is this:
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Average bitcoin users appear to be unaware at how quickly their bitcoin spending could be linked back to them. The Silk Road, an online marketplace of mostly illicit goods, only accepts bitcoin. "We saw a lot of people deposit into Silk Road directly from their Mt. Gox address," Meiklejohn said. In those cases, law enforcement would have minimal work to obtain the name of a user if they presented a legal order to Mt. Gox.

What makes them think a given transaction is a deposit into SR? BTC addresses are random so I don't see how you can look at an address and say "hey, this guy sent btc to SR"
Not that I have ever done this, but for sake of understanding I figured I'd ask sense it doesn't make sense to me.
Title: Re: ? on bitcoin article claim
Post by: Kiwikiikii on August 30, 2013, 12:04 am
Yeah this is false.

SR addresses are indistinguishable from any other BTC address. For additional security just use a new deposit address for each deposit.

+1 article is government fud.

-1000 to itworld and the rest of its shill clones.