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Discussion => Silk Road discussion => Topic started by: mrlavish on October 02, 2013, 07:29 pm

Title: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: mrlavish on October 02, 2013, 07:29 pm
I have two thoughts on this.

1- They will be seized and shut down, because that would be the final crushing blow to SR.

or

2-Allowed to operate, because this place is a treasure trove of information, on both vendors and many buyers who get very lax with what they post.
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: DocFeelGud on October 02, 2013, 07:36 pm
Here's what's weird to me: earlier this morning, the forum WAS shut down and replaced with the same seized page as the main site and now its suddenly back up . . .

~DFG~
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: railroadbill on October 02, 2013, 07:45 pm
Here's what's weird to me: earlier this morning, the forum WAS shut down and replaced with the same seized page as the main site and now its suddenly back up . . .

~DFG~

really? well theres no crime on the forums, just alot of discussion.
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: Evoc on October 02, 2013, 07:48 pm
And where do we go if they are shut??? That'll fuck up whatever little bit of hope we have left. :(
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: SadSwede on October 02, 2013, 07:55 pm
Check the link in my signature, I made a poll between the 2 most likely alternatives.
And where do we go if they are shut??? That'll fuck up whatever little bit of hope we have left. :(
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: This_is_not_SOCA on October 02, 2013, 07:58 pm
DFG - Are you absolutely certain of that?

It wouldn't surprise me if these forums (fora?) were now compromised and the feds are hoping to grab contact details - presumably sent via PM as people attempt an orderly migration away from SR.

SO - As with SR - just assume that the site is compromised and therefore use PGP if posting sensitive information to this site - even if it is in a PM.

Do not post phone numbers or addresses etc. If you do post clearnet mail addresses then ONLY access them using TOR and make sure you never ever put any information in those clearnet mail accounts that can be attributed to you.

Stay safe.
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: angel555 on October 02, 2013, 08:02 pm
suprised the forums weren't closed too, hopefully they'll stay up while we organize an alternative :)
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: Evoc on October 02, 2013, 08:04 pm
Check the link in my signature, I made a poll between the 2 most likely alternatives.
And where do we go if they are shut??? That'll fuck up whatever little bit of hope we have left. :(

Ya I seen your poll but I mean forum wise. Where do we go if we've nowhwere to talk shit over?
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: DocFeelGud on October 02, 2013, 08:05 pm
Very certain, yes. I checked and refreshed several times and the same seized message appeared.  Then I read an hour ago on reddit that it was back up. Very strange, obviously they are scanning this for further incriminating evidence, but as  long as we keep it clean, we should be able to still use it for the migration.

~DFG~
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: AnonymousAddict on October 02, 2013, 08:09 pm
I have a feeling the forums are gonna go too. ut then again THIS IS A MASS AMOUNT OF INFO ON HERE TO GATHER.. I CANT BELIEVE OUR SITE HAS FALLING OVER THIS MORON WHO AT THE SAME TIME WAS SO SMART TRIED A FUCKING HIT!! AND HE PROBLY CONTACTED THE HITMAN OFF WIKI LINKS SITE..FFS.

IF I WAS DPR HE SHOULD OF PAID THE FUCKER OFF, OR FUCK IT LET THE GUY RANT, WHAT WOULD ANY OD US HAVE CARED? WE WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN IF HIS INFO WAS REAL OR NOT.. BUT ITS SHEEPS OR BMR.. I HATE BMR FOR THE WAY ITS SETUP, BUT ITS BEEN AROUND AND IS LEGIT, SHEEPS IS VERY NEW AND COULD BE ANOTHER ATLANTIS.. BUT I JUST CHEKED INTO SHEEPS AND FOR THE 2ND TIME IV BEEN THERE I DO LIKE IT ALLOT.. JUST NOT SURE I TRUST IT..

I HOPE SUBS GETS HIS ASS ON HERE SO I CAN PM HIM
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: IForgotMyFuckingPassword on October 02, 2013, 08:10 pm
I have two thoughts on this.

1- They will be seized and shut down, because that would be the final crushing blow to SR.

or

2-Allowed to operate, because this place is a treasure trove of information, on both vendors and many buyers who get very lax with what they post.

The funny thing about that is that half the time that I try to access the forums or view messages, I get redirected an error page that has the SR logo at the top and an error message saying <<We could not complete your request. >>

Is anyone else being redirected?

And this fucking  Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to review your post shit is really fucking annoying.
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: flwrchlds9 on October 02, 2013, 08:12 pm
The forums WILL go down eventually. Allowed to operate to gather intel and see migration plans. Maybe for hard dick fun for feds?

DO NOT post sensitive information or PM sensitive info without GPG, as ALWAYS. Even DPR seem to not have used GPG for sensitive PM's. :(
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: Evoc on October 02, 2013, 08:32 pm
I have a feeling the forums are gonna go too. ut then again THIS IS A MASS AMOUNT OF INFO ON HERE TO GATHER.. I CANT BELIEVE OUR SITE HAS FALLING OVER THIS MORON WHO AT THE SAME TIME WAS SO SMART TRIED A FUCKING HIT!! AND HE PROBLY CONTACTED THE HITMAN OFF WIKI LINKS SITE..FFS.

IF I WAS DPR HE SHOULD OF PAID THE FUCKER OFF, OR FUCK IT LET THE GUY RANT, WHAT WOULD ANY OD US HAVE CARED? WE WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN IF HIS INFO WAS REAL OR NOT.. BUT ITS SHEEPS OR BMR.. I HATE BMR FOR THE WAY ITS SETUP, BUT ITS BEEN AROUND AND IS LEGIT, SHEEPS IS VERY NEW AND COULD BE ANOTHER ATLANTIS.. BUT I JUST CHEKED INTO SHEEPS AND FOR THE 2ND TIME IV BEEN THERE I DO LIKE IT ALLOT.. JUST NOT SURE I TRUST IT..

I HOPE SUBS GETS HIS ASS ON HERE SO I CAN PM HIM




I'd have to 2nd that AnnonymousAddict!!!

There's something fishy about sheep for me too.
Although the layout/setup is top notch I just feel as this is part of their masterplan to lure people over there and that it will keep track of all that goes on on it??

I'm a paranoid person as a rule but I feel it's a healthy paranoia and even the name "SHEEP" makes me more suss of it.

I mean, how long has it been active even?

I was thinking that maybe the bust of DPR has been planned for sometime and they wanted to wait until this "SHEEP" was doing some business before they bust him so it looks like a legit site and then nab all transactions on their??

 
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: flwrchlds9 on October 02, 2013, 08:36 pm
Most like fed be childish and laugh at us with logo in notice.
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: SadSwede on October 02, 2013, 08:42 pm
I have a feeling the forums are gonna go too. ut then again THIS IS A MASS AMOUNT OF INFO ON HERE TO GATHER.. I CANT BELIEVE OUR SITE HAS FALLING OVER THIS MORON WHO AT THE SAME TIME WAS SO SMART TRIED A FUCKING HIT!! AND HE PROBLY CONTACTED THE HITMAN OFF WIKI LINKS SITE..FFS.

IF I WAS DPR HE SHOULD OF PAID THE FUCKER OFF, OR FUCK IT LET THE GUY RANT, WHAT WOULD ANY OD US HAVE CARED? WE WOULD NOT HAVE KNOWN IF HIS INFO WAS REAL OR NOT.. BUT ITS SHEEPS OR BMR.. I HATE BMR FOR THE WAY ITS SETUP, BUT ITS BEEN AROUND AND IS LEGIT, SHEEPS IS VERY NEW AND COULD BE ANOTHER ATLANTIS.. BUT I JUST CHEKED INTO SHEEPS AND FOR THE 2ND TIME IV BEEN THERE I DO LIKE IT ALLOT.. JUST NOT SURE I TRUST IT..

I HOPE SUBS GETS HIS ASS ON HERE SO I CAN PM HIM
I sincerly doubt he would pay $150k for a hit when you can get it much cheaper and more quietly than that. It's propably the feds trying to pin as much as possible on him.
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: Scot Walker on October 02, 2013, 09:12 pm
I have two thoughts on this.

1- They will be seized and shut down, because that would be the final crushing blow to SR.

or

2-Allowed to operate, because this place is a treasure trove of information, on both vendors and many buyers who get very lax with what they post.

The funny thing about that is that half the time that I try to access the forums or view messages, I get redirected an error page that has the SR logo at the top and an error message saying <<We could not complete your request. >>

Is anyone else being redirected?

And this fucking  Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to review your post shit is really fucking annoying.

I was actually going to post the same thing. I just got that screen 3 times while trying to reply to this. It's strange that it's the same screen that we used to get when the marketplace was down for maintenance, and it even says "Silk Road anonymous market" on the top of the page above the logo. Strange!!
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: AbraxasRiseth on October 02, 2013, 10:35 pm
I have two thoughts on this.

1- They will be seized and shut down, because that would be the final crushing blow to SR.

or

2-Allowed to operate, because this place is a treasure trove of information, on both vendors and many buyers who get very lax with what they post.

The funny thing about that is that half the time that I try to access the forums or view messages, I get redirected an error page that has the SR logo at the top and an error message saying <<We could not complete your request. >>

Is anyone else being redirected?

And this fucking  Warning - while you were typing a new reply has been posted. You may wish to review your post shit is really fucking annoying.


Yeah I'm getting that message too. I thought the forums were down to for a second. You just have to keep some of the forums up and then "open in new tab" if the page doesn't come up. I think it's just overloaded. Or if it's been seized then they are having a tough time keeping it up with all the traffic.
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: Jenso on October 02, 2013, 10:42 pm
"2-Allowed to operate, because this place is a treasure trove of information, on both vendors and many buyers who get very lax with what they post."

If this is all real... & the forums continue to operate... THIS IS WHY! I've been saying it since noon.. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU TYPE RIGHT NOW! I know people want to exchange info from a sinking ship... just BE CAREFUL!
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: komnuffs on October 03, 2013, 07:28 am
Didn't i hear someone mention seeing the exact same error message shortly before the seizure notice appeared on the main site?
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: schmuckboy on October 03, 2013, 07:37 am
Most like fed be childish and laugh at us with logo in notice.

lol thats the only explanation for that logo that makes sense. They probably made it look shitty just to make us think it was a joke, just to really piss us off.
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: Frylexa on October 03, 2013, 07:41 am
I certainly hope not! I imagine that since this is hosted on a different server, it will last at least a while longer than the main site. I pray it stays up while the SR subreddit remains private.
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: Saint Nic on October 03, 2013, 08:41 am
Didn't i hear someone mention seeing the exact same error message shortly before the seizure notice appeared on the main site?

We can confirm that we were online just before the seizure notice and were indeed getting the same error message. Although - as long as no sensitive information is being sent here unencrypted we have very little to worry about. Best course of action is just to take some time out and meditate on it.

Be Good.
Santa
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: IForgotMyFuckingPassword on October 03, 2013, 04:42 pm
"2-Allowed to operate, because this place is a treasure trove of information, on both vendors and many buyers who get very lax with what they post."

If this is all real... & the forums continue to operate... THIS IS WHY! I've been saying it since noon.. BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU TYPE RIGHT NOW! I know people want to exchange info from a sinking ship... just BE CAREFUL!

I don't know what's going on, but I agree with you here. I don't wawnt to post shit about my SR account on this fucking forum now. I'm just going to have to start out as a brand new buyer on another marketplace.
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: ndot on October 03, 2013, 04:58 pm


2-Allowed to operate, because this place is a treasure trove of information, on both vendors and many buyers who get very lax with what they post.

this
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: rommer4292 on October 03, 2013, 05:04 pm
Well the way I see it, LE have access to the main SR website, but the forums are on a separate web server, perhaps they don't have access to this server, but even if they do, the forums are freedom of speech, the longer they're up, the easier it is for us all to regroup and decide where we're all going
Title: Re: Will Forums be seized too?
Post by: IForgotMyFuckingPassword on October 03, 2013, 05:34 pm
even if they do, the forums are freedom of speech

Actually that's a good point. Never thought of it that way.