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Title: Since when does blockchain.info link wallet adress to BTCTalk forum accounts?
Post by: greyhawk on December 07, 2012, 07:11:34 PM
Because that's crazy cool.

Check this out: http://blockchain.info/address/1HNLqLrPEwMk8woA91qwX9sRkatRfQik2T

Aren't the "My privacy is holy" type people going to go apeshit insane over that?


Title: Re: Since when does blockchain.info link wallet adress to BTCTalk forum accounts?
Post by: nobbynobbynoob on December 07, 2012, 07:26:57 PM
Because that's crazy cool.

Check this out: http://blockchain.info/address/1HNLqLrPEwMk8woA91qwX9sRkatRfQik2T

Aren't the "My privacy is holy" type people going to go apeshit insane over that?

I agree that it's "crazy cool". :) The privacy lords shouldn't be bothered by this, though: after all, it's only deriving information that was published in a public forum.


Title: Re: Since when does blockchain.info link wallet adress to BTCTalk forum accounts?
Post by: SgtSpike on December 07, 2012, 07:28:44 PM
Wow, interesting!

They haven't picked up my firstbits yet though.  I wonder if they will....

http://blockchain.info/address/18TKNbSLTrd3a2W8mtoH5uNzFhWRWNcuHU


Title: Re: Since when does blockchain.info link wallet adress to BTCTalk forum accounts?
Post by: greyhawk on December 07, 2012, 07:29:19 PM
The privacy lords shouldn't be bothered by this, though: after all, it's only deriving information that was published in a public forum.

That has never stopped one of those from going into full on sperg-mode before.  :D


Title: Re: Since when does blockchain.info link wallet adress to BTCTalk forum accounts?
Post by: paraipan on December 07, 2012, 07:29:36 PM
Nice feature, another one here 1PiRAtagLRozJkCtkHEbMgbWYeRNq6MPEV (http://blockchain.info/address/1PiRAtagLRozJkCtkHEbMgbWYeRNq6MPEV) and it links to my OTC profile (http://bitcoin-otc.com/viewgpg.php?nick=paraipan)


Title: Re: Since when does blockchain.info link wallet adress to BTCTalk forum accounts?
Post by: SgtSpike on December 07, 2012, 07:31:56 PM
I just noticed also that they now call the firstbits "Short Links".  Trying to disassociate with the original name?


Title: Re: Since when does blockchain.info link wallet adress to BTCTalk forum accounts?
Post by: caffeinewriter on December 07, 2012, 07:45:05 PM
It also has my address :) And it also managed to grab my signature I now noted.

https://blockchain.info/address/13373CuvtwQGgDWYv28pm3mTxy2bGS5U4D

http://www.diigo.com/item/image/1r0qz/0i1c?size=o


Title: Re: Since when does blockchain.info link wallet adress to BTCTalk forum accounts?
Post by: K1773R on December 07, 2012, 08:29:30 PM
It also has my address :) And it also managed to grab my signature I now noted.

https://blockchain.info/address/13373CuvtwQGgDWYv28pm3mTxy2bGS5U4D

http://www.diigo.com/item/image/1r0qz/0i1c?size=o
same, but signatures arent really up 2 date.


Title: Re: Since when does blockchain.info link wallet adress to BTCTalk forum accounts?
Post by: Lethn on December 08, 2012, 08:20:08 AM
Being on the internet is like being on international television, if you do or say something stupid you should expect people to notice.


Title: Re: Since when does blockchain.info link wallet adress to BTCTalk forum accounts?
Post by: justusranvier on December 09, 2012, 05:49:34 AM
How long does it take to scrape a new signature?


Title: Re: Since when does blockchain.info link wallet adress to BTCTalk forum accounts?
Post by: J-Norm on December 09, 2012, 04:18:12 PM
Neat trick. Only problem is that I can put any address in my profile that I want and make my  name show up as someones address.

So if I did not like someone I could create an account here called 'IEatRabbitPoo' and use their address in my sig. Now they are labelled IEatRabbitPoo on blockchain. Victory!