Quote from: Psyche on August 25, 2013, 05:05 amQuote from: Euphoric on August 25, 2013, 04:08 amI trust SR staff, I think you read my message wrong. My issues were with privnote, freedom hosting, and tormail. I SUGGESTED using SR for all communications, but to use PGP as anyone would agree.You should disallow sales to any vendors who do not have "Signed with PGP for unix"(I'm paraphrasing).Educate them on tails an linux. More important than encryption IMO.I wouldn't quite say more important, but there is no denying right now the real issue is that malware and exploits are a bigger threat to .onion users these days than LE kicking down your doors and taking your hard drives. Encryption is there very much as a last resort but when done right is pretty fool-proof. Tails/whonix on the other hand are preventative measures mainly to minimize exposure. I would argue you could still, with a pretty high degree of safety, still use Tor Browser Bundle on a windows machine unencrypted as a buyer of SilkRoad with basic PGP knowledge, but this is one of the problems of it being *that* simple, it leaves low hanging fruit for LE to pick easily.For example, RxKing, refuses to use encryption, something me and astor very strongly disagree to and he (RxKing) is right when he says that right now it hasn't saved anyone, it takes up time etc. But the point of using it is like most measures, we are using it to cover our asses for the rare "what if" events because whatever you say about PGP, there is no denying you are going to be on a list for a long time if they find your address on SilkRoad servers when they seize it, even if they can't nail you for something for several years, it is the slow knife which really kills you. I can sit here, pretty safely knowing if I order something from SilkRoad I don't have much to be worried about as the 2 biggest threats are the customs seizing the package and doing a controlled delivery, or a rogue/honeypot vendor, neither of which we have solid solutions for yet, but at least if the SilkRoad servers are seized, I have very little to worry about at all, I am merely reducing my exposure to risk.