Law Enforcement Still Monitors Bitcoin To Arrest Deep Web Users

Law Enforcement Still Monitors Bitcoin To Arrest Deep Web Users

Perhaps the most common way to track down deep web users is by infiltrating the marketplaces themselves. There have been a lot of question asked as to how law enforcement agencies can track down users on the deep web. As it turns out, there are nearly a dozen different methods which can be used to do so. Albeit the legality of these tricks remains doubtful, using Bitcoin is not a way to protect user privacy or anonymity by any means. Contrary to what most people may want to believe, law enforcement agencies can track Bitcoin users on the deep web. Even though this pseudonymous....


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