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It's time to get the fuck out of dodge.

I had time recently to start posting here because I wanted to contribute to a bit of the old civil disobedience. It's through this disobedience that unjust laws are identified, fought, and eventually overcome. The government in our country believes it's their job to police morality, while ignoring their utter failure to do so throughout history. Without civil disobedience, people with of african or aboriginal descent would still be treated as slaves. Without civil disobedience, homosexuals would still be assaulted and discriminated against. Without civil disobedience it would still be illegal to buy alcohol or even make copies of a TV show.

Drugs are no different and with continued disregard for the ilogical laws that are upheld for political reasons they will also eventually be overcome. Silk Road has almost made the laws irrelevant but the last step will be their repeal. I want everyone to know that regardless of any small disagreements here, we are all playing a role in retaking another freedom that has been legislated from us to appease those in the community that don't value it. To me, that is the most important point and it is impertative not to lose sight of it. It's also important to remember that as long as these laws are in place there will be authorities who will use them to their advantage, espeically for their own benefit to advance their careers.

I hope I've been able to improve the level of discourse here, help people stay safe, and give them the opportunity to take responsibility for themselves instead of relying on the government to do it for them.

Some advice that isn't spoken often enough before I leave.

1. It is very difficult to be convicted if you don't possess.
If possible, keep your stuff in a location that multiple people have access to rather than somewhere private. That is, if you share a house/apartment, you are infintely better off if you store your stuff in a shared closet instead of your room.

2.  You are what you say you are.
Learn all about encryption and don't ever deal with people who don't use it or want to learn how to use it. There are two parties to every communication and if you don't have confidence that the other party will protect your privacy then they can't be trusted.

3. The first rule of Silk Road should be that no one talks about Silk Road.
Value your anonymity above all else and be aware of anything that potentially compromises it. This is what sets SR apart from all that has come before it. Telling your friends you use it exposes you.

4. Master keys, master keys, master keys.
Always use drops. It should be clear now that vendors do not value your privacy as much as they should. There will be more infowars and Giraffes so make sure that you aren't caught naked due to this.

5. The drugs are in the mail.
There is a great amount of very detailed and thoughtful information available here in both people and messages. Don't be afraid to talk to people about what you don't understand, we're all fighting the same fight.

6. Let the XXX figure out who the best vendors are, don't do it for them.
Never post an O/S vendor's name in the forums you successfully bought from. The only time a vendor should ever be mentioned in the open is when something doesn't turn up so that others don't buy from them.
The thought of the XXX getting scammed by MiMM or FrankMathews, or SuperTrips should be enough of a reward.

A couple messages before I leave.

Gus and SSBD: Thanks for keeping this thread alive and not killing it like the last two or three ozzie threads. Good to have everyone floating down the same river.

MB and OzFreelancer: Thanks for bringing some sanity to the public argument

AussieMitch/Falk/others: Thanks for working to keep people up to date where it matters. There were two recent cases of someone being caught with a master key. Not difficult to find. What is intriguing is that absolutely no details were released as to how these individuals came to the attention of the locals.

Good Night and Good Luck.

U little beauty

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My friend and I have been having a debate about TOR, to settle it I would like to know how you guys and girls use/set up TOR? By that I mean, once you have TOR downloaded what do you do (Bridges, block certain things etc). I know there is probably a better thread for this, but I would rather ask my fellow Aussies.

Thanks, hope yall had a good of a weekend as I did.

I'm just in the process of setting up whonix, after reading more and more I've come to realize VM's are the way to go.

Whonix is even more secure than Tails or Liberte. A good choice SSBD. 

Why do you think Whonix is more secure?

IMO, Whonix is superior to Tails because Tor runs in a separate VM (the Gateway) from the main O/S (the Workstation), meaning attackers have to find an exploit to break out of the Workstation VM to bypass Tor and determine your real I.P address. With regards to using Tails, an attacker has to find a privilege escalation exploit to gain administrator privileges. Privilege escalation bugs for Linux are more common than VM escape bugs for VirtualBox (can be see by reading through Security Announcements). Also, as with Tails, the Whonix Gateway can be configured to use bridges if so desired.

To me, a bigger issue is persistence. Whether you use Whonix or Qubes or whatever, you are still potentially leaving evidence all over your computer in both places you know about and places you don't. If your computer is seized, by law in Australia, you are expected to hand over your encryption keys and I don't think it's possible to install Whonix/Qubes on a hidden volume so that means you are potentially at risk.

I like the idea with Tails that once you shutdown everything is gone. Whonix is also a lot more complex meaning that there are a lot more attack vectors than with Tails.

I have installed the VM's on an SD card within a hidden Truecrypt volume so if they want to take a look they can. I've never been fully sure of what is left on a computer when using the TBB or another OS like Whonix but I am fairly certain it wouldn't be enough to secure a conviction, yes it may show evidence that the TBB has been used but so what, that doesn't constitute a crime.

Having spoken at length to some of the biggest tech heads on here I was advised against tails, don't ask me for the detailed rationale again because I purged the emails but I think any system comes with its +s and -s, at the end of the day using a system like Whonix or Qubes is still going to make you a fuck load more secure than just firing up the TBB on your Windows 7 machine.

When we spoke about it, the issue raised was the lack of persistent Tor entry nodes but this was rectified in Tails 0.19. It is easy enough to configure anyway with a bit of work. The other option is to cycle bridges once a month.

There is a good comparison available on the differences between Qubes/Tails/Whonix/TBB for people to look at and decide on. It all depends on the threat that you are trying to defend against.

Quote from: oznation22 on August 11, 2013, 10:25 am

i asked miss demeanor for a sample in return for a glowing review of its product, reckoned it didn't have enough to hand out sample right now, haha coz you got nothing bitch also the orders i'm on take over 10 days to hit my mailbox from overseas

DO THE MATH

peace

I'm sure Miss Demeanor is former vendor, Dark Moon, who's account was closed by SR for scamming. I sent him a message a while ago about staying in Escrow and this was his reply -

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   Miss Demeanor(100)

I must say your stats are the best I have seen so far.

I am currently only allowing escrow on this listing...

https://silkroadvb5piz3r.onion.to/silkroad/item/dc600701ac

When the time comes and I have enough product to escrow more I have no problem escrowing however much you want to buy.  

He offered me a 0.25g listing to stay in Escrow!! The bloke is just full of shit in my opinion as everything he said just didn't make any sense.

As SSBD posted, anyone dumb enough to FE will eventually get burned, especially by this bloke. The reluctance by some to use the SR Escrow system is bewildering to say the least.  I will never understand why some people are prepared to pay an anonymous vendor hundreds/thousands of dollars for something that may never arrive, regardless on the vendor's reputation.  I just can't see any logic in FE for anyone. It's amazing how many people will FE when a deal comes up which may seem like a great buy but in reality, is just total bullshit. FE seems to be an ongoing issue that doesn't look like going away any time soon. If you want to FE for a vendor then go right ahead, it is your money after all. Just don't come on the forums and start whinging about getting scammed if you do FE, especially when there is plenty of information available on reasons why not to.