Comment by whimsicalism
Comment by whimsicalism a day ago
> Could someone like the NSA with limitless resources do it? Sure
Yes, this is obviously the sort of adversary we would be discussing.
> , lets also ignore that there are different types of nodes
causing your number to be an underestimate
> The answer is less than 0.14%.
So almost certainly thousands of people
>Yes, this is obviously the sort of adversary we would be discussing.
OP explicitly asked about himself, not some government organisation.
>causing your number to be an underestimate
Not necessarily. It might even be an overestimate if the attacker fails to supply enough nodes of the right kind.
>So almost certainly thousands of people
We're talking about a targeted attack. Of course the statistics game works better when you don't target specific people and just fish randomly. But there are probably more cost effective methods as well.