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Quote from: ColorBlack on October 15, 2013, 04:39:50 am

Unles StExo (who we know to be very well versed in all things security/PGP) volunteered his communications with DPR to the feds because of some sick fetish to get himself in trouble (SARCASM!).. they definetly had DPR's key or passphrase..

tl;dr - the feds read encrypted messages meant for dpr

There's one other scenario here that hasn't been addressed yet.

Its also possible that StExo encrypted his communications with DPR, and DPR either
1. Stored the unencrypted text somehwere the feds had access to
                ....or....
2. Replied to StExo, or forwarded the message to someone else in plain text, quoting the original message.

Sounds stupid, I know. But DPR also made other seemingly retarded miscalculations. Its not entirely out of the question

DPR did keep logs of discussions in plain text. I'm not getting into it in major detail here, but to claim that DPR's PGP was compromised is an assumption. Rather unlikely. He absolutely kept conversations and correspondence that were initially fully encrypted both ways in plain text somewhere. Why? Only he can answer that question.

I had several conversations with him.. in which he was pasting parts of his conversations with others and/or discussing matters that I am prepared to bet my kidneys HAD to have been encrypted at some point due to their sensitive nature. And he replicated them in plain, clear text.. in real time, rapidly. Leading me to believe they were stored somewhere in plain-text simply for easy access.

This was not on the market site either. Meaning he was saving things and/or at-least partially leaving certain data unencrypted, somewhere.

To speculate this was cracked or that was hacked and this was key-logged is premature and pointless. Perhaps he was decrypting communications and leaving the clear text, hypothetically, in his Tormail (operating under the assumption that it was safe)? Perhaps he was not encrypting everything. I know for a fact that at times he was extremely cautious to encrypt.. and other times he was very laid back in his approach.

You must all realize that the Dread Pirate Roberts account has not signed into the forums since the night before his arrest. If the authorities had all his passwords and keys, they'd have logged in at some point as him and saved every single tidbit. The fact that "his account" hasn't logged in means there is much that the authorities do not have/he's not giving. The password to his encrypted BTC wallet(s) being another example.

This entire debate of PGP vs no PGP is rather pointless. PGP can and will save you to the extent that the keys/passphrases are not compromised, and to the extent that you are not leaving docs and data decrypted lying around thinking "that day" will never come.

It came.

Precisely.

Wrong.

Lots of people were close to the old DPR, and I could very well be bullshitting.. so nice try. And being close could mean anything from being bedfellows, to simply being interested in the same sport and chatting about it from time to time. That's "close" in my book.

2nd, my discussions with the new DPR have had nothing to do with security measures/implementations. More like pleasantries, and I have surmised he is a technically proficient man/woman who is extremely intelligent.

Some people make connections and assumptions when there really aren't any.

They left out "alleged". It really irks me to see a man who is innocent until proven guilty, be referred to as if he is a convict. LE or troll.. remember this man's status is currently "innocent awaiting trial".

Very important.

Hopefully. Most likely.

They will not be going after small time buyers. Small time buyer demographic is middle/upper-middle class white male.. who can afford a good attorney who will get the case dismissed for variety of reasons (no drugs on site, nature of TOR allows anyone to order anything to anyone, etc). That will not happen.

Big time buyers, who are re-sellers IRL (or even online) if identified, will have their information handed down to their local law enforcement (if at all).

Big time vendors.. a few more are coming. In fact, a few have already been busted, it just hasn't made the news yet

I'm here. I'm a bit busy..I'll address this once and for all later in a few hours.

Oracle is right here. He just went to sleep my friend.. he wasn't assassinated.

And he's in communication with all stakeholders, discussing the past of SR, the future of SR, the benefit of this community and the benefit of all stakeholders (if that makes any sense).

No I haven't been bribed off, killed off, or deleted off.

I think we all have been through some crazy shit in the past week.. and a lot of us who might/might not have been close to the last DPR just want to make sure that the community's (AND LEADERSHIP)s best interests are paramount.