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Cryptocurrency Trails

The use of cryptocurrency trails to deanonymize Tor users.

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Jan 28, 2026
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Which user practices most often lead to deanonymization when using Tor Browser or onion services?

the bar for online anonymity, but most real-world stem not from a mystical network failure but from user mistakes and metadata leakage: leaking identifying data in-browser or through payments, running...

Jan 8, 2026

What operational mistakes most commonly lead to deanonymization of Tor users?

Operational mistakes—user actions and misconfigurations—are the single most common route to deanonymizing Tor users; investigators and researchers repeatedly find client-side errors, poorly configured...