Or rather, the Monero Bros don't understand this part either. They only understand black and white; they don't understand that Monero is neither 100% private nor 100% auditable.

Fair enough. There are many ways (and pitfalls) to reduce the likelihood of such methods being effective, some of which you have control over as a user, some of which you don't. But I think we can both agree it is desirable that those extra cares/steps should not be necessary, correct? Well, as luck would have it, Monero devs agree too, which is why FCMP++ will come soon™. In that new arrangement, do you still find fault with the system? Ring signatures are the weakest part right now, good enough for most cases perhaps, but not good enough for what Monero aspires to be - and this is why "upgrading" the scheme was prioritized.

As always, you assume too much. You project your own ignorance onto others. It's like you don't even actually *read* what other people write, since you already know from the start that you must be right and superior, so why bother, right?

Love the project; eager to see how that unravels.

there are no heuristics that are able to strip away 15 of the 16 decoys in a ring. I'd like to see some evidence that this is possible for a state level adversary, because ALL the data that we have right now shows that this is not deterministic possible.