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When I look at tools like Tor and other strong anonymity tools, the complexity is daunting. Only one mistake and suddenly you've outed yourself. I used to suspect that strong anonymity is essentially impossible, but Satoshi Nakamoto has demonstrated otherwise. Remarkable.

Excellent overview of the research on how anonymity affects online discourse: https://blog.coralproject.net/the-real-name-fallacy/

It's really hard to build an effective online anonymity tool. Despite this, boiler room scams seem to have no trouble hiding phone numbers.