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[coins101]

No seriously, why would anyone need to hide their IP address from their financial transactions?

Because we want to be... anonymous.

Total annonimity.

But if it's so important, why doesn't Litecoin hide IP addresses of people that use Litecoin?

[oaxaca]

No seriously, why would anyone need to hide their IP address from their financial transactions?

To prevent the giant NSA database from knowing every last piece of information to connect every last dot.

http://nsa.gov1.info/utah-data-center/

So let me get this straight.

Every machine on the inter web has a unique identifier.

Just as you would address a letter to send in the mail, computers use the unique identifier to send data to specific computers on the inter web.

So if I send transactions out and people can see my IP, they know who I am, and can track my spending?

Yes, they can track your spending.  They will also add the following to your profile by using that IP:

Medical history,
Online chats,
Browsing history, etc.

Then they can analyze "you" by analyzing your profile and the profiles of all your contacts.  Anything you can do to throw a spanner wrench into this process will help you sleep better at night.

[splawik21]

No seriously, why would anyone need to hide their IP address from their financial transactions?

  coins101 are you trolling us?

+1 

+1 since yesterday he speaks like never before hmmm meaby his account has been hacked like TS???

[TanteStefana2]

No seriously, why would anyone need to hide their IP address from their financial transactions?

Because we want to be... anonymous.

But why?

Because your ip address goes directly to your internet connection, ie, your house, place of work, etc...  So even if your wallet address isn't traceable, you are still exposing your ip address to the network.  If someone is recording that information, they can follow a payment directly from you to the person you paid's address.  This information is not being recorded on the block chain, and it would take someone on the network logging this information to get it while it's happening, but still, we don't want any holes because holes get ripped open after a while.

"Just as you would address a letter to send in the mail, computers use the unique identifier to send data to specific computers on the inter web. "

Yup, just a call to your iSP and they can ask who had this IP address at this time on this day, and they can say exactly who

[humanitee]

So hiding your IP address is a good idea, when you're sending money around the inter web?

Depends on whether or not you value your privacy and whether or not you have the know-how to achieve it. The lack of easy to use Bitcoin transaction obfuscation makes achieving true privacy/anonymity much harder. It's easy to leak information along the way that can be used to identify you, through change handling, address linking, and not routing client information correctly through TOR or a VPN.

[coins101]

No seriously, why would anyone need to hide their IP address from their financial transactions?

Because we want to be... anonymous.

But why?

Because your ip address goes directly to your internet connection, ie, your house, place of work, etc...  So even if your wallet address isn't traceable, you are still exposing your ip address to the network.  If someone is recording that information, they can follow a payment directly from you to the person you paid's address.  This information is not being recorded on the block chain, and it would take someone on the network logging this information to get it while it's happening, but still, we don't want any holes because holes get ripped open after a while.

Yes, but if it is sooooo important why doesn't Litecoin hide IP addresses?

[humanitee]

No seriously, why would anyone need to hide their IP address from their financial transactions?

Because we want to be... anonymous.

Total annonimity.

But if it's so important, why doesn't Litecoin hide IP addresses of people that use Litecoin?

Because it doesn't matter. To be private/anonymous you need to obfuscate BOTH, the originating IP address AND the coins in the wallet. One without the other gives you the same result - a loss of privacy.

Also it's a Bitcoin clone and doesn't offer anything besides a quicker block time and different hashing algorithm. What you are wanting is actual, tangible innovation, which is not what Litecoin offers (in my opinion).

[hartvercoint]

So hiding your IP address is a good idea, when you're sending money around the inter web?

Call it "inter web" again and I'll track you down and punch you in the face!   seriously! It is called the internet

But it seems you have a trolly day anyway.

[TanteStefana2]

No seriously, why would anyone need to hide their IP address from their financial transactions?

Because we want to be... anonymous.

But why?

Because your ip address goes directly to your internet connection, ie, your house, place of work, etc...  So even if your wallet address isn't traceable, you are still exposing your ip address to the network.  If someone is recording that information, they can follow a payment directly from you to the person you paid's address.  This information is not being recorded on the block chain, and it would take someone on the network logging this information to get it while it's happening, but still, we don't want any holes because holes get ripped open after a while.

Yes, but if it is sooooo important why doesn't Litecoin hide IP addresses?

Cause they don't care!  neither does bitcoin!

[oaxaca]

Yes, but if it is sooooo important why doesn't Litecoin hide IP addresses?

This is the wrong place to ask, as this is the DarkCoin thread.  Try asking here:

https://litecoin.org/


EDIT:  Please report back when they give you an answer.

[TanteStefana2]

So hiding your IP address is a good idea, when you're sending money around the inter web?

Call it "inter web" again and I'll track you down and punch you in the face!   seriously! It is called the internet

But it seems you have a trolly day anyway.

He's not trolly, he's just had too many beers ;P  He's using us to cheat while his grandma grills him to see if he can drive, LOL

[illodin]

So hiding your IP address is a good idea, when you're sending money around the inter web?

Call it "inter web" again and I'll track you down and punch you in the face!   seriously! It is called the internet

But it seems you have a trolly day anyway.

No, he's having a good day. In fact, more people should be asking the same questions.

[Kai Proctor]

So hiding your IP address is a good idea, when you're sending money around the inter web?

Call it "inter web" again and I'll track you down and punch you in the face!   seriously! It is called the internet

But it seems you have a trolly day anyway.

There you go, that's why IP obfuscation is useful. lol

[TanteStefana2]

So hiding your IP address is a good idea, when you're sending money around the inter web?

Call it "inter web" again and I'll track you down and punch you in the face!   seriously! It is called the internet

But it seems you have a trolly day anyway.

No, he's having a good day. In fact, more people should be asking the same questions.

Agreed, especially since things have been changing so much.  I mean, just the fact that the mixing happens first makes you have to reset your mind on what's happening to the coins.

[splawik21]

No seriously, why would anyone need to hide their IP address from their financial transactions?

Because we want to be... anonymous.

Total annonimity.

But if it's so important, why doesn't Litecoin hide IP addresses of people that use Litecoin?

ltc didn't care. They are not annon.
Coins you are inteligent guy and very informed IMO you could ggogle this indo. Why do you ask us this questions? You never asked anything before mate.

[coins101]

Yes, but if it is sooooo important why doesn't Litecoin hide IP addresses?

Cause they don't care!  neither does bitcoin!

So they don't care about privacy of their users financial transactions, and don't mind letting the Litecoin users reveal their exact identity on the inter web?

Well, that doesn't sound right. Charles Lee wouldn't allow that to happen. That could put people in danger? Do you have your facts straight?

[hartvercoint]

So hiding your IP address is a good idea, when you're sending money around the inter web?

Call it "inter web" again and I'll track you down and punch you in the face!   seriously! It is called the internet

But it seems you have a trolly day anyway.

There you go, that's why IP obfuscation is useful. lol

good point

[bigrcanada]

No seriously, why would anyone need to hide their IP address from their financial transactions?

  coins101 are you trolling us?

LOL!!!!!!  thats awesome....why would I want to hide my IP address from my financial transactions, because my IP leads to my home/business and what I do with my money is of nobody's damn business but my own...that why!  

[darkota]

I know I may be infamous/hated utterly on this thread, lol. But I have to say, I am extremely impressed by Evan's coding skills and the work he has done so far on Darkcoin, coding/development wise.

[chaeplin]

Yes, but if it is sooooo important why doesn't Litecoin hide IP addresses?

Cause they don't care!  neither does bitcoin!

So they don't care about privacy of their users financial transactions, and don't mind letting the Litecoin users reveal their exact identity on the inter web?

Well, that doesn't sound right. Charles Lee wouldn't allow that to happen. That could put people in danger? Do you have your facts straight?

Scrypt ASIC is answer.


I think coins101 wants this.