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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: Orinoko Flow on July 22, 2012, 08:23 pm
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Should i use tor to open my intersango account? Or will that raise eyebrows ? And should i use an anonymous email address ? ???
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i dont use intersango anymore due to the fact i cannot make cash deposits via metro bank anymore and thus cannot remain anonymous,if youre ok not remaining anonymous ie wire transfer from personal account to intersango they then have your personal details and then trade £ for btc i wouldnt worry about the fact your using tor,when i used intersango i linked to it through tor and had no issues,check there site and have a good look around
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Do i need to remain anonymous im a small buyer? Also my boss knows i get high so wont lose my job...
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That is a question you need to answer for yourself. In certain jurisdictions, getting caught with a small amount of weed will not have serious repercussions. If you are not concerned with getting caught, I guess you could leave out certain security procedures. I wouldn't recommend it, but I'm a privacy geek.
I would not access Intersango using TOR. You probably used a bank transfer to get money to Intersango. That means your account can already be linked to your identity. If you use TOR to access it, it might indeed raise eyebrows. Just buy the coins, send them to another wallet, optionally you can launder them through a mixing service, and then send the coins to Silk Road.
However if you got your money to an Intersango account in an anonymous way, then I do recommend you use TOR to access your account. That way the BTC cannot be traced back to you, and you can just send them to your Silk Road account directly.
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Do i need to remain anonymous im a small buyer? Also my boss knows i get high so wont lose my job...
Hi Orinoko,
As the previous posters have mentioned, using Tor to access Intersango is something of a moot point as you'll have to use your own bank account to buy the coins.
This isn't a particuarly safe way of obtaining coins (Please see http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=25163.0 for an in depth explanation as to why I think this is).
I operate a service for people in UK/EU selling Bitcoins for cash in the mail which is one of the few ways to obtain Bitcoins safely -this way the original purchase of Bitcoins cannot be traced back to you - indeed even I don't know my customers' real identities which is the way it should be! :-) If you'd like more details please see the link to my review thread at the bottom of this message.
V.