Topic: Dear Would Be Drug Marketplace Operators - page 2. (Read 3926 times)
Satoshi is doing a good job staying hidden and his probably one of the most hunted people on the net at the moment. It's not easy but it's possible as he has showed us.
Actually they caught this guy by becoming apart of the site's support staff, so it had nothing to do with computers or anything it was really old fashion cop work. Go undercover and becoming one of them.
Social engineering at it's best.
While putting on my tinfoil hat, I would speculate that SR2 was created by law enforcement as a way to entrap people running the site and law enforcement would have made up a good portion of the support staff
It has been reported that this Defcon is not the first Defcon. It is the fifth one. So, those who actually created and launched the site on November 6, 2013 are probably not caught as of yet.
Source: https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/silk-road-2-0-users-defcon-5-as-related-arrests-continue-around-world/
Check the last sentence of the article...
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The fall of Silk Road 2.0 was expected: This is Defcon 5, not Defcon 1.
Actually they caught this guy by becoming apart of the site's support staff, so it had nothing to do with computers or anything it was really old fashion cop work. Go undercover and becoming one of them.
Social engineering at it's best.
While putting on my tinfoil hat, I would speculate that SR2 was created by law enforcement as a way to entrap people running the site and law enforcement would have made up a good portion of the support staff
It has been reported that this Defcon is not the first Defcon. It is the fifth one. So, those who actually created and launched the site on November 6, 2013 are probably not caught as of yet.
Actually they caught this guy by becoming apart of the site's support staff, so it had nothing to do with computers or anything it was really old fashion cop work. Go undercover and becoming one of them.
Social engineering at it's best.
While putting on my tinfoil hat, I would speculate that SR2 was created by law enforcement as a way to entrap people running the site and law enforcement would have made up a good portion of the support staff
It has been reported that this Defcon is not the first Defcon. It is the fifth one. So, those who actually created and launched the site on November 6, 2013 are probably not caught as of yet.
Actually they caught this guy by becoming apart of the site's support staff, so it had nothing to do with computers or anything it was really old fashion cop work. Go undercover and becoming one of them.
Social engineering at it's best.
While putting on my tinfoil hat, I would speculate that SR2 was created by law enforcement as a way to entrap people running the site and law enforcement would have made up a good portion of the support staff
Actually they caught this guy by becoming apart of the site's support staff, so it had nothing to do with computers or anything it was really old fashion cop work. Go undercover and becoming one of them.
Are u sure ? Because I read that they got Defcon's IP from Google as he used Gmail for some registrations.
Actually they caught this guy by becoming apart of the site's support staff, so it had nothing to do with computers or anything it was really old fashion cop work. Go undercover and becoming one of them.
Social engineering at it's best.
Actually they caught this guy by becoming apart of the site's support staff, so it had nothing to do with computers or anything it was really old fashion cop work. Go undercover and becoming one of them.
Are u sure ? Because I read that they got Defcon's IP from Google as he used Gmail for some registrations.
Actually they caught this guy by becoming apart of the site's support staff, so it had nothing to do with computers or anything it was really old fashion cop work. Go undercover and becoming one of them.
No, but you said it's possible to stay hidden if you're smart enough. My point isn't so much about perfection as it is about degree. If U.S. government enforcement agencies in large enough degree want to find you, there is a pretty good chance they will. They have near limitless resources, whereas it only takes one slip up on the part of the evader. Open drug sale is too large a political issue for them to put up only half efforts.
Lets see them try and shutdown openbazaar where there is no site operator, no server, and no domain to shutdown.
Yup, same thing I noticed, good point.
Crazy how fast this cat and mouse game happens...always the good vs. bad, one playing catchup!
Lets see them try and shutdown openbazaar where there is no site operator, no server, and no domain to shutdown.
FBI is certainly stepping up enforcement efforts. The oldest dark net market "farmer's market", used paypal, and they weren't caught for over 2 years (surprise surprise, they were caught simply by paypal disclosing their contact info to FBI). This was before Bitcoin was available.
FBI is increasingly getting good at busting TOR sites.
FBI is increasingly getting good at busting TOR sites.
Yup, same thing I noticed, good point.
Crazy how fast this cat and mouse game happens...always the good vs. bad, one playing catchup!
I never said that there was perfect security. ...
No, but you said it's possible to stay hidden if you're smart enough. My point isn't so much about perfection as it is about degree. If U.S. government enforcement agencies in large enough degree want to find you, there is a pretty good chance they will. They have near limitless resources, whereas it only takes one slip up on the part of the evader. Open drug sale is too large a political issue for them to put up only half efforts.
At the very least don't remain in the U.S. and regardless of location don't sit still. I'm not sure I'd even attempt it and I believe I know what I'm doing. You should at most operate for under one year then walk away, and if you can pull that off it would be an impressive achievement.
No, You should operate everywhere around the world including within the US with decentralized marketplaces.
@OP - I will take your feedback into consideration.
@FBI - Just kidding.
@FBI - Just kidding.
There is no such thing as perfect security, for anything.
The problem is the free market sale of controlled substances is a political issue. Bitcoin and its libertarian enthusiasts are poking the government in the eye, putting that issue in the spotlight. To them it's a game, one of strategy, and they're playing to win. That's why they codenamed their operation onymous.
I never said that there was perfect security. There isn't 'perfect' for anything actually.The problem is the free market sale of controlled substances is a political issue. Bitcoin and its libertarian enthusiasts are poking the government in the eye, putting that issue in the spotlight. To them it's a game, one of strategy, and they're playing to win. That's why they codenamed their operation onymous.
Well there needs to be something called DarkNet 2.0, Tor 2.0 and such, services which would utilize Bitcoin in the process.
Clearly I've missed something.
As a non-narcotics user I have no idea of which website you speak of.
As a non-narcotics user I have no idea of which website you speak of.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/two-held-over-darknet-drugs-ring-30724056.html
dogecoindark.net
already has darknet = untraceable ip crypto.
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already has darknet = untraceable ip crypto.
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FBI is certainly stepping up enforcement efforts. The oldest dark net market "farmer's market", used paypal, and they weren't caught for over 2 years (surprise surprise, they were caught simply by paypal disclosing their contact info to FBI). This was before Bitcoin was available.
FBI is increasingly getting good at busting TOR sites.
there have been a number of attacks by not-so-honest tor exit nodes as of recently. I would say this is likely related. FBI is increasingly getting good at busting TOR sites.
Well, that sucks.
I have no interest in the narcotics but some of the other items available and vendors have proven themselves to be reliable.
I have no interest in the narcotics but some of the other items available and vendors have proven themselves to be reliable.
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