Silk Road forums
Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: gogofofo on June 08, 2013, 03:10 am
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After reading about how phishers will post fake Silk Road addressing on wikipedia and the hidden wiki, which is how i found the address to the silk road, now i'm wondering how a newbie was suppose to figure out the address in the first place. Certainly not a simple google or duckduckgo search. In fact, now that i think about, there's no reason for me to be certain that silkroadvb5piz3r.onion is the legit address, that even this forum is legit, or that the silk road wiki link i've been reading that specifies silkroadvb5piz3r.onion as the correct address is legit as well, since my start in all this has been through the hidden wiki link, and even that site might now be the real one. Anyone care to clarify?
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This is a good question, as I'm pretty sure that's where I first discovered the URL as well.
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silkroadvb5piz3r.onion is correct, memorize it, write it down somewhere inconspicuous, it's also located on the silkroad subreddit
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The short answer?
You're not!
That's right. We don't want anyone to know the address, or even to know of the existence of such a hypothetical place.
I mean we wouldn't if there was one.
I mean what's the Silk Road?
Catching my drift!
(shh! Don't tell anybody! It's a secret!)
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You would determine it the same way that you should evaluate any information that you find online. If you google 'Silk Road drugs', you get the correct address in the first two search returns. After you've seen the same address in a few different places, like when searching ofr other information, you know that it's probably correct. It's more of a probability game than an exact science.
Phishing works by having you input your credentials (login/password) and then, instead of taking you to the real site, just steals your credentials. So when a site allows you to register, you know that it's not a phishing site. So if you get to the SR page, or the forums page, and can't register, but can login, you might want to investigate further. But a newbie needs to register. If you went to the phishing site, you wouldn't be able to register because new users aren't useful to phishers.*
*There are other ways that you could be scammed by a fake site that let you register and then make deposits, but it would require a much more substantial effort be to spoof an entire site replica. Phishers just spoof the login page.
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Every Scam site that I've come accross has always wanted my PIN on the login screen. If you are asked for your pin then do not log in! The correct site url is Silkroadvb5piz3r.onion Memorize the fuck outta that dude!
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Just don't use a screen that asks you to enter your PIN and you'll be just fiiiine.
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Phishing works by having you input your credentials (login/password) and then, instead of taking you to the real site, just steals your credentials. So when a site allows you to register, you know that it's not a phishing site. So if you get to the SR page, or the forums page, and can't register, but can login, you might want to investigate further. But a newbie needs to register. If you went to the phishing site, you wouldn't be able to register because new users aren't useful to phishers.*
*There are other ways that you could be scammed by a fake site that let you register and then make deposits, but it would require a much more substantial effort be to spoof an entire site replica. Phishers just spoof the login page.
Some phishing sites spoof the login page and then immediately redirect you to the real Silk Road URL, logging in with the details you've provided and emptying your account, or waiting for a deposit and then withdrawing it.
The only way you should be accessing the site is from memory or using a bookmark if you're using TAILS or running the Tor Browser Bundle from an encrypted container / volume.
silkroad
vb5
piz3r
^That's probably the easiest way to break it up for memorising.
On top of that, Silk Road will never ask you for your PIN at login.
Libertas
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After reading about how phishers will post fake Silk Road addressing on wikipedia and the hidden wiki, which is how i found the address to the silk road, now i'm wondering how a newbie was suppose to figure out the address in the first place. Certainly not a simple google or duckduckgo search. In fact, now that i think about, there's no reason for me to be certain that silkroadvb5piz3r.onion is the legit address, that even this forum is legit, or that the silk road wiki link i've been reading that specifies silkroadvb5piz3r.onion as the correct address is legit as well, since my start in all this has been through the hidden wiki link, and even that site might now be the real one. Anyone care to clarify?
The better question to ask is how to find it anonymously.
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memorize it.
silk road Visual Basic 5 pi (the number not the desert) Zelda 3 Reddit . onion
you will find it very satisfying to type .onion with only your right hand at the end
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memorize it.
silk road Visual Basic 5 pi (the number not the desert) Zelda 3 Reddit . onion
you will find it very satisfying to type .onion with only your right hand at the end
That has got to be hands down the best way I've ever seen to memorize it! thank you hahahahaha ;D
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memorize it.
silk road Visual Basic 5 pi (the number not the desert) Zelda 3 Reddit . onion
you will find it very satisfying to type .onion with only your right hand at the end
I used almost the exact method to memorize it but I did silk road visual basic 5 and then "pizer" which is piz3r....
Makes it very easy to remember that ending when u make it a word
silkroadvb5piz3r.onion
I can type that in my sleep :)
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You would determine it the same way that you should evaluate any information that you find online. If you google 'Silk Road drugs', you get the correct address in the first two search returns. After you've seen the same address in a few different places, like when searching ofr other information, you know that it's probably correct. It's more of a probability game than an exact science....
Thanks for everyone's response, especially jekyll. Gained plenty off exp. point and level up several times. Very helpful. Btw, when you do a duckduckgo search for "silk road onion", you'll get "silkroadvb5piz3r.onion.to". Should I be concerned about that ".to" at the end? And yes, i'm aware of what a newb question that is, but i can't help it.
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memorizing it is the best option IMO, take a few minutes, an just type it few times it'll become muscle memory ;)
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You would determine it the same way that you should evaluate any information that you find online. If you google 'Silk Road drugs', you get the correct address in the first two search returns. After you've seen the same address in a few different places, like when searching ofr other information, you know that it's probably correct. It's more of a probability game than an exact science....
Thanks for everyone's response, especially jekyll. Gained plenty off exp. point and level up several times. Very helpful. Btw, when you do a duckduckgo search for "silk road onion", you'll get "silkroadvb5piz3r.onion.to". Should I be concerned about that ".to" at the end? And yes, i'm aware of what a newb question that is, but i can't help it.
lol, yeah except now your ISP has that search result, congrats!
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memorize it.
silk road Visual Basic 5 pi (the number not the desert) Zelda 3 Reddit . onion
you will find it very satisfying to type .onion with only your right hand at the end
I used almost the exact method to memorize it but I did silk road visual basic 5 and then "pizer" which is piz3r....
Makes it very easy to remember that ending when u make it a word
silkroadvb5piz3r.onion
I can type that in my sleep :)
silkroad
vb5 (visual basic 5)
piz3r (kinda like pizer or pizza :P)
onion 's are tasty