Quote from: chronicpain on July 17, 2012, 04:10 pmIt's clear what happened. Some bloke at Gawker saw the news article that was done a few weeks ago (they mentioned that the DEA had an ongoing investigation on SR) and then right after that article, I noticed a few threads saying that DPR was MIA.. If Adrian Chen and the DEA are being super cooperative, then it behooves DPR to not post on here specifically when there are 'MIA DPR' threads. It could be an attempt at an intersection attack, which is why you should never mention when specifically you are going to be posting here or not. I think DPR already knows that but others should be wary too. I also think we should have a emergency channel separate to the Internet itself, using Numbers Stations to communicate basic information. Numbers Stations are a special kind of radio station, basically impossible to find from what I've heard, but anybody can pickup their signals. Not sure about the communication distance, but it seems to me that if the radius was large enough, then for a couple of hundred bucks the Silk Road could have a back-up channel on the mainland and in Europe. Getting the equipment might not be so easy (to obtain it anonymously I mean), I'm pretty sure the government keeps a close eye on this stuff. But China... enough said.It wouldn't be anything like the utility of carrying an entire forum about of course, but a tiny amount of information in the right place and time in an emergency could be absolutely pivotal to SR resilience e.g. DPR: ohai Ima alive! or "In the event of SR blackout, here is the new address + this message is signed with my zillion bit PGP key sig to prove this is legit".Also, Numbers Stations sound totally badass when you listen to them on a receiver or pickup a stray signal on some piece of equipment, there's no reason why James Bond types should get all the fun! :D Protip concept for anarchy: I suspect it is possible to effectively DDOS police radio channels for pretty much forever. Also most police use the same encryption as the taxi companies. None. Anybody can listen in. Lastly; on the subject of MG and WU, apart from their exorbitant fees, I've read that the forms they have you fill out are specially treated paper such that it's super easy to leave prints. Has anybody else heard this? In any case, when filling out app forms, always use gloves.-- Paranoid Pine