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Security / Re: Bridge Communities with Obfusproxy version 3+
« on: February 08, 2013, 09:54 pm »
That's true, it's different for shippers. They should be taking added security measures. It is easy to get a list of the public relays, and there are only about 800 entry guards, so LE could contact the main ISPs of that city and ask for all users who connect to those IP addresses. The density of Tor users is fairly low, so it would be a short list. Getting all the bridges is a lot harder, but not impossible. Bridges could still be useful by making LE's job harder. A VPN also might help in that situation, but you would want to get one outside of your country.

A private, unpublished bridge with obfuscation would be the safest. Rent some VPSes in Iceland or Malaysia and set up bridges, LE won't know to look at those. I mean, connections to those IPs will be lost in the tens of thousands of other IP addresses that users in that city connect to on a daily basis.

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Security / Re: Bridge Communities with Obfusproxy version 3+
« on: February 08, 2013, 07:55 pm »
ISPs don't generally log the sites you visit unless LE specifically requests it. If LE is watching your internet connection, you're probably  fucked anyway. The purpose of Tor is to prevent them from identifying you.

You're thinking about this from your perspective, "I'm using Tor and somebody can see that." You have to think about it from their perspective, "Somebody is blogging, where the fuck are they?" If you use Tor correctly and don't reveal info about yourself, they will never be in a position to watch your internet connection, because they won't know where to look.

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Silk Road discussion / Re: Shadh1 sentence
« on: February 08, 2013, 07:36 pm »
take read of http://allthingsvice.com/2013/02/06/shadh1-penalised-for-not-propping-up-aussie-organised-crime/

Quote
He created a vendor account on the most famous online black market in the world, choosing an unusual username – the only other place it could be found was on his BMW’s numberplate.

Jesus fucking Christ.

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Off topic / Re: Quick question regarding time stamps on SR
« on: February 08, 2013, 07:17 pm »
It was sent on the 8th in the GMT time zone. That could be the 7th or 9th for you, depending on where you live.

Let's say you live in Australia (UTC+10) and the vendor lives in California (UTC-8). The vendor marks a package as in transit at noon local time, February 8. That's 6 am, February 9 for you, so the vendor sent the package on Feb 8 his time but Feb 9 your time.

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is mining coins actually viable and or profitable in any way? taking into account costs like electricity and hardware?

https://blockchain.info/charts/miners-revenue

https://blockchain.info/charts/miners-operating-profit-margin

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Silk Road discussion / Re: Shadh1 sentence
« on: February 08, 2013, 05:31 pm »
There was no indication in court that the police were interested in his customers.

Of course. They don't talk openly about active investigations.

I don't think LE will raid people who were ordering personal amounts, but they will absolutely keep those people's information. LE loves collecting intel. Anyone who ordered from shadh1 should consider the shipping locations they gave him to be unsafe.

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Silk Road discussion / Re: GQ article - the hunt for DPR
« on: February 08, 2013, 04:02 pm »
i just copy and pasted in a reg browser

Do you understand the security implications of that? LE could create a web site that nobody knows about and visits. They could post the link on this forum, and every IP address in the server log would be a forum member. If those are real IP addresses (not exit nodes), they could subpoena the ISPs to learn the identities.

In this case, you're pretty safe because lots of people around the world will be reading that article, but you should be in the habit of visiting all clearnet sites posted on this forum over Tor.

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Silk Road discussion / Re: GQ article - the hunt for DPR
« on: February 08, 2013, 03:57 pm »
So this would be in the "clear web" if I understand the distinction. I may not understand security processes yet. So, I'm thinking I would need to reboot my computer (im in Tails) and use a regular browser to get there (safely).

You can view the article with tor.

Not only that, you MUST view the article over Tor. NEVER view a clearnet site posted on this forum over a regular internet connection.

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Security / Re: Safe to submit same trip report here & to Erowid?
« on: February 08, 2013, 03:52 pm »
If you submitted it to Erowid over Tor, then you should be safe.

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Off topic / Re: The most hilarious website I've seeen all week...
« on: February 08, 2013, 03:48 pm »

some scammers are retarded....

Unfortunately, lots of people and potential victims are retarded too. Isn't it obvious that silkroadtor.com is a scam, considering it looks a lot like the other scam sites by the same scammer, and the SR team would never create a clearnet site? Yet people on this forum asked if it was a scam because they weren't sure.

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Security / Re: Bridge Communities with Obfusproxy version 3+
« on: February 08, 2013, 03:36 pm »
Honestly, I think they do that to keep Tor technology from getting banned. :)

It also helps relay operators when LE knows what Tor is and doesn't go on useless raids.

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Security / Re: Bridge Communities with Obfusproxy version 3+
« on: February 08, 2013, 03:26 pm »
Also although Tor project developers very frequently meet up with law enforcement and such, they are to the best of my ability to tell not in cooperation with law enforcement at all.

Honestly, I think they do that to keep Tor technology from getting banned. :)

Even more concerning is who runs these bridge pools? What stops an attacker from purporting to run such a pool, but only providing compromised nodes that they control? At least when we use the official Tor bridge pools, we know that anyone is free to publish a legitimate bridge, and that there is a chance we will get their legitimate bridge when we request bridge addresses.

Very good point.

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Off topic / Re: Coke with strong taste/smell of Kerosene
« on: February 08, 2013, 06:22 am »
They smuggle it in gasoline.

If you let sit out for a day or two, it will evaporate.

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Security / Re: Where would the BTC economy be without Silk Road?
« on: February 08, 2013, 06:18 am »
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Trade

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Newbie discussion / Re: Newbie PGP Club
« on: February 08, 2013, 05:48 am »
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