Quote from: connoisseur on July 13, 2013, 08:32 pmAttn mods:Reading that vendors want to make money without any regard for the safety of their buyers simply out of laziness/stupidity I have an idea.Could SR make it mandatory that vendors opening an account will be required to send their public PGP encrypted to SR admins who in turn will answer with a PGP encrypted message containing a question that has to be answered by wannabe vendors encrypted again and only then will their sellers account be unlocked by SR staff?I had a good source for one product at agood price but the vendor decided to switch to privnote, deleting his key and stating that it was too troublesome for him to use PGP.Would it be possible that SR locks such acounts until the respective vendor has set up PGP and proven by aforementioned method that he knows how to use.It is a miracle to me how vendors can not use PGP. There are tutorials all over the web and I think somebody unable of handing encryption should not be allowed to sell on SR.Lazy asses and dumbshits can alway chase their drugs IRL, with all the risks that are asociated with it.Please keep the road a safe place and reserve the right of admission for this model community. It is this minority that will tarnich the reputation of SR.Couple of points, if I may...First off, the mods have no real power other than in the Forums. DPR is pretty much the sole authority on whatever goes on here. Many moons ago, I got into an argument with someone over policy here on SR, and I asked DPR to clarify. As I interpreted the vendor contract, vendors were required to use PGP. The party I was having the argument with said otherwise. DPR waded-in and stated that the use of PGP by vendors was entirely optional, and that customers could choose not to do business with a vendor if they refused to use PGP. That is where it stands currently, as far as I am aware. Therefore, unless and until DPR changes this policy, PGP will never be a requirement on Silk Road. Nightcrawler4096R/BBF7433B 2012-09-22 Nightcrawler <Nightcrawler@SR>PGP Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB8F1D88EBBF7433B   (MIT clearnet keyserver)PGP Key: https://keys.indymedia.org/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB8F1D88EBBF7433B  (IndyMedia https: clearnet keyserver)PGP Key: http://qtt2yl5jocgrk7nu.onion/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xB8F1D88EBBF7433B (IndyMedia .onion keyserver)PGP Key: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=174.msg633090#msg633090  (Silk Road Forums PGP Key Link)PGP Key Fingerprint = 83F8 CAF8 7B73 C3C7 8D07 B66B AFC8 CE71 D9AF D2F0