Never thought about Bitcoin ATM as a anonymous way to buy. I'm guessing there's plenty of surveillance that can tie you to a purchase, and not sure what records are kept on the Bitcoin ATM itself in terms of timestamps and transfers. Probably better to use local ones ;)
Which leads me to wonder why Bitcoin ATMs are valuable at all given that the fees are higher. Hum....
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