Slashdot had an interesting link today, about the technologies that betrayed silk road's anonymity. http://www.itworld.com/article/2881775/four-technologies-that-betrayed-silk-roads-anonymity.html here's a quick teaser:
Five technologies that betrayed Silk Road's anonymity 1. Bitcoin is traceable. A detailed public ledger keeps track of each wallet a bitcoin passes thru. 2. Its nice to use encrypted chat tools like TorChat, but not wise, to log your chats to your local computer in unencrypted files. 3. encrypting your hard disk is only helpful if your computer is shut down when the government grabs it, but take your laptop to a public place, sit with your back to the crowd, and the computer can be seized before you can shut the lid of the laptop. Giving the Feds full access. 4. the Feds read facebook. Don't tie your secret identity to yourself there. 5. ssh can provide protection by encrypting data, but if you have password-less key pairs, tied to your identity on your own computer, if the Feds seize your computer running, you just gave them all the keys. Now don't get me wrong, I would never advocate doing anything illicit, but it's important to know if your doing the right things to keep communications secure. steve dum _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
