I'm puzzled by the entire basis of this posting. Bitcoin is, in itself, well-known to be completely transparent on the blockchain, making transactions traceable as a matter of course. Considerable study has been done in this regard. Bitcoin anonymity can only be guaranteed where transactions - the purchase of bitcoin itself - cannot be tied to a real world account and identity. The warning also seems to hinge on the use of a particular application in order to provide an exploit, though this is unclear. Have I got this wrong?
https://hackernoon.com/privacy-on-the-blockchain-7549b50160ec https://cointelegraph.com/news/are-bitcoin-transactions-traceable https://www.novetta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/NovettaBiometrics_BitcoinCryptocurrency_WP-W_9182015.pdf Sent from ProtonMail, Swiss-based encrypted email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On March 20, 2018 6:40 PM, grarpamp <grarp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > https://theintercept.com/2018/03/20/the-nsa-worked-to-track-down-bitcoin-users-snowden-documents-reveal/ > > https://www.reddit.com/search?sort=top&t=week&q=nsa+bitcoin > > https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byPopularity&dateRange=pastWeek&query=nsa+bitcoin > > https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=nsa+bitcoin > > OAKSTAR MONKEYROCKET aka THUNDERISLAND > > "agency working to unmask Bitcoin users about six months before > > Ulbricht was arrested, and that it had worked to monitor Liberty > > Reserve around the same time" > > "American spies were also working to crack Liberty Reserve" > > "analysts have .. tracked down senders / receivers of Bitcoin" > > the agency was interested in surveilling some competing > > cryptocurrencies, "Bitcoin is #1 priority," > > "using this “browsing product,” which “the NSA can then exploit.” > > "These programs involve ventures with US companies." > > Staff travel to "Virginia partner / these extremely patriotic > > business associates" highly cloaked. > > " > > Partner provided first/last name metadata... large influx of > > traffic... ftp process... causing disk space to fill up > > " > > Powers also used for traditional police work > > “other targeted users will include those... International / Organised > > Crime and Narcotics...Follow-The-Money" missions > > " > > cyber targets that utilize online e-currency services... > > There’s no elaboration on who is considered a “cyber target.” > > " > > " > > that the NSA would “launch an entire operation ... under false > > pretenses” just to track targets is “pernicious,” ... Such a practice > > could spread distrust of privacy software in general, particularly in > > areas like Iran where such tools are desperately needed by dissidents. > > This “feeds a narrative that the U.S. is untrustworthy,” > > " > > "Despite Bitcoin’s reputation for privacy... you should really lower > > your expectations of privacy on this network.” > > " > > financial privacy “is something that matters incredibly” to the > > Bitcoin community, and expects that “people who are privacy conscious > > will switch to privacy-oriented coins” after learning of the NSA’s > > work here. > > " > > " > > If the government’s criminal investigations secretly relied on NSA > > spying, that would be a serious concern. Individuals facing criminal > > prosecution have a right to know how the government came by its > > evidence, so that they can challenge whether the government’s methods > > were lawful. That is a basic principle of due process. The government > > should not be hiding the true sources for its evidence in court by > > inventing a different trail. > > " > > https://theintercept.com/2017/11/30/nsa-surveillance-fisa-section-702/ > > " > > Civil liberties advocates have long suspected that the Justice > > Department is underreporting Section 702 cases in order to limit court > > challenges to the controversial law. Some theorize that the government > > conceals Section 702 use through a process known as “parallel > > construction,” in which evidence obtained from the warrantless > > surveillance authority is reobtained through traditional FISA > > authorization, and the government only discloses the latter authority > > in U.S. District Court. One defense lawyer referred to this practice > > in a court filing as “laundering” Section 702 evidence. > > " > > “ > > The government intercepts Americans’ emails and phone calls in vast > > quantities using this spying law and stores them in databases for > > years,” said Patrick Toomey, staff attorney for the American Civil > > Liberties Union’s National Security Project. “FBI agents around the > > country then go searching through that trove of data as a matter of > > course, including in domestic criminal investigations. > > " > > " > > If the FBI uses parallel construction to conceal intelligence > > community information, it would not be the only federal law > > enforcement agency doing so. In 2013, Reuters obtained documents from > > the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that showed how agents were > > trained to “recreate” investigative trails to conceal how intelligence > > intercepts helped to identify criminal targets. > > " > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org > > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
