When the cookie meets the blockchain: Privacy risks of web payments via cryptocurrencies

Author:

Goldfeder Steven1,Kalodner Harry1,Reisman Dillon,Narayanan Arvind1

Affiliation:

1. Princeton University

Abstract

Abstract We show how third-party web trackers can deanonymize users of cryptocurrencies. We present two distinct but complementary attacks. On most shopping websites, third party trackers receive information about user purchases for purposes of advertising and analytics. We show that, if the user pays using a cryptocurrency, trackers typically possess enough information about the purchase to uniquely identify the transaction on the blockchain, link it to the user’s cookie, and further to the user’s real identity. Our second attack shows that if the tracker is able to link two purchases of the same user to the blockchain in this manner, it can identify the user’s cluster of addresses and transactions on the blockchain, even if the user employs blockchain anonymity techniques such as CoinJoin. The attacks are passive and hence can be retroactively applied to past purchases. We discuss several mitigations, but none are perfect.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

General Medicine

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