Silk Road forums
Discussion => Security => Topic started by: turquoisecrayon on August 07, 2012, 12:07 am
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I noticed that my older private messages are no longer there. Does Silk Road delete them automatically after a certain number of days?
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I don't think they do, I haven't ever experienced this. I heard some people lost theirs after the new look update though.
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my understanding is that pms stay on the server for four months, another good reason to always use pgp
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my understanding is that pms stay on the server for four months, another good reason to always use pgp
+1. Also remember, that even if PMs are deleted, they may still exist on older copies of site backups. Brutusk is spot-on -- that is why you should be using PGP for your PMs, both here on the Forums, and on SR proper.
Guru
"From the moment you submit your order, to the moment it is displayed to your vendor, the information is fully encrypted and totally unreadable. Then, as soon as your vendor marks your package with the address and confirms shipment, the address is deleted forever and is not retrievable." - Buyer's Guide
So, why can't this same process be used when deleting PM's? Why do they get held longer?
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Just delete everything and save what you want locally like pine does.
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...and like Brutusk does 8)
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my understanding is that pms stay on the server for four months, another good reason to always use pgp
+1. Also remember, that even if PMs are deleted, they may still exist on older copies of site backups. Brutusk is spot-on -- that is why you should be using PGP for your PMs, both here on the Forums, and on SR proper.
Have you seen the thread on buyer etiquette yet?
http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=33621.0
The OP discourages encryption for everything except what he views as
"sensitive" information. Which is obviously a matter of opinion.
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can SR admin/server hosts/anyon else in authority read your PMs?