The Darknet and the Future of Content Distribution (2002) [pdf]

Post by CM30 » Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 9:28 AM UTC

woodandsteel wrote: post #10

sillysaurus3 wrote: post #2

The scariest project I've ever seen is OpenBazaar. It's a decentralized marketplace. It does for physical things what Napster did for music. Not the best analogy, since you have to pay for the things, but it's not far off. Right now they only sell trinkets, like sunglasses. But both the founders are former spooks. They live in fairfax, 20min from Langley. And they're adding Tor and Tails support in the next release.…

>all the darknet markets are apparently dead right now. From what I understand, its because they were all run by amateurs who made opsec or IT mistakes. What I think is scary is that sooner or later, someone with the cash to hire serious professionals, like a Russian criminal gang, is going to set up a darknet marketplace that can't be cracked.

Post by CM30 » Mon, Aug 21, 2017, 1:50 PM UTC

hulahoof wrote: post #63

CM30 wrote: post #62

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To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if a Russian criminal gang/the mafia tried to set up one of these marketplaces themselves. Seems like they'd be much safer from being shut down/arrested by the US authorities than anyone trying to keep their opsec good in a US friendly country. Honestly, I'm kind of surprised that so many darknet markets turned out to be run by amateur technies in the US or Western Europe rather…

There is always the possibility that the amateur techies were fall guys, I agree that it is odd that no major market had significant ties

Post by yters » Tue, Aug 22, 2017, 3:55 AM UTC

tylersmith wrote: post #27

yters wrote: post #17

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Afghanistan has free flowing drugs and most other things we outlaw in our society such as pedophilia and laissez faire murder. In theory it is a libertarians paradise.

Not even remotely. Libertarianism is not just wanting drugs, pedophilia, and murder. Murder is certainly off the table for any libertarian, and I suspect most would agree with me that any sort of sexual conduct with children constitutes violence.

Post by cgmg » Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 8:30 PM UTC

yters wrote: post #66

tylersmith wrote: post #27

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Not even remotely. Libertarianism is not just wanting drugs, pedophilia, and murder. Murder is certainly off the table for any libertarian, and I suspect most would agree with me that any sort of sexual conduct with children constitutes violence.

Why would libertarianism consider sex with children violence if it was not coerced? Many things we consider heinous become lawful if non coercion is the primary criterion.