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 That was when they ran the coordinator (and the reason why I never used them).

My understanding is that now that they've stopped coordinating and you can pick your preferred coordinator (check out nostr: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  ) that's not an issue anymore? 
 Chainalysis can now run their own coordinator 🤠🤙 
 And we can not choose to use it. Check out nostr:nprofile1qythwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnzd968qatwdvhxvmf0qyf8wumn8ghj7enfv96x5ctx9e3k7mf0qy2hwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnxvfuxctnwv46z7qgcwaehxw309ahx7um5wgh8xmmkvf5hgtngdaehgtcprfmhxue69uhhq7tjv9kkjepwve5kzar2v9nzucm0d5hszxmhwden5te0dehhxarj9e5xzurs096xzan9wfhzucm09uq35amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wvdjhycmpw3ex7anp9ekk2tcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9mhwden5te0vf5hgcm0d9hx2u3wwdhkx6tpdshszgrhwden5te0vf5hgcm0d9hx6ctcd9kkzmrfwd68xtn0dekxjmn99uq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9e3xzmny9uqjxamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3dwejhy6txd9jkgtnhv4kxcmmjv3jhytnwv46z7qfqwaehxw309ahx7um5wgkhyetvv9ujucnfw33k76tw9ehxjmn2vyhszyrhwden5te0v5hxummn9ekx7mp0qywhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnr09cxsetjwp6ku6eww3hkgcte9uq35amnwvaz7tmxwfjk2mrp0yh8xmmkvf5hgtngdaehgtcprpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuer0v3nk2tndv5h826e0qyt8wumn8ghj76rfwd6zumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcpzemhxue69uhkwun9v4h8xmm4dsh8xurpvdjj7qgmwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3e8qmr9vfejucm0d5hsz9thwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxyee0qythwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2ap0qyt8wumn8ghj7mnfv4kzumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcpzemhxue69uhkummnw3ezuerpw3sju6rpw4ej7qgdwaehxw309a38yc3wd9hj7qpqu4rl3zlfa2efxslhypf4v6r8va5e0c9smxyr5676pxkyk0chn33s56fqxn  and take your pick. 
 How are we suposed to know which coordinators are run by chainalysis? 
 Reputation, sleuthing, mouth to ear. Just like everything on the internet. 
 
Wasabi's client is engineered to never leak any information to the coordinator it connects to. The coordinator cannot obtain more information about its users than what is publicly available: the blockchain. There are obviously ways that a malicious actor can extract information, but those are usually extremely hard to target, expansive, and easily recognizable. Also, the more liquidity, the best is the protection against any of those attacks (Im thinking sybil attacks for example). 

In fact, every information about a round is publicly available, this is how LiquiSabi works: It connects to the coordinators and sees all the information about rounds, same as a coordinator or a client. So running a coordinator or listening to the information as LiquiSabi is doing allows to fetch basically the same amount of information.