Silk Road is NOT a shopping site like Amazon. It is a site where the majority of people purchasing on it are purchasing items that are illegal in their jurisdictions. Do NOT treat it as anything less. As you said, the Silk Road forums are an invaluable tool that should be utilised previous to purchasing anything on the main site. However, as a result of clearnet services such as onion.to the entire forum is searchable by Google. Again, this is not Amazon. Act at ALL times as though the police are watching your every move. There is no security but the security that you, yourself, employ. The default security that is in place can not protect you if you choose to void it by doing something contrary to best practice. Libertas