Bitcoin drug deals could haunt people for years • Hacker News Board

Re: Bitcoin drug deals could haunt people for years

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Post by sorenjan » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 1:09 PM UTC

ddorian43 wrote: post #17

jstanley wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where else? If I order drugs to somebody else's address, they'll get the drugs and not me.

Send it to a friend of yours that doesn't do drugs but will give it to you. Edit: reason I wrote that, is that I remember one time, some dude found weed on the street, and since he didn't smoke he gave it to hit friend. So the same here. (But it's a joke cause mail+drugs+address+police no bueno)

Nice friend, incriminating your friend like that. Order it to yourself, say you didn't order it and threw it away.

Re: Bitcoin drug deals could haunt people for years

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Post by Cthulhu_ » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 1:10 PM UTC

nukeop wrote: post #6

Ok, so just move to Monero. Or use a mixer. Mindblowing, I know.

Or don't do drugs, drugs are bad, m'kay? I mean come on, go to a shady site, do shady business, know things are illegal.

Re: Bitcoin drug deals could haunt people for years

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Post by Bootvis » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 1:11 PM UTC

ddorian43 wrote: post #17

jstanley wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where else? If I order drugs to somebody else's address, they'll get the drugs and not me.

Send it to a friend of yours that doesn't do drugs but will give it to you. Edit: reason I wrote that, is that I remember one time, some dude found weed on the street, and since he didn't smoke he gave it to hit friend. So the same here. (But it's a joke cause mail+drugs+address+police no bueno)

Why would your friends think that is a good idea?

Re: Bitcoin drug deals could haunt people for years

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Post by ssharp » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 1:11 PM UTC

> You might already regret that decision, for any number of reasons. After all, the four bitcoins you spent on that bag of hallucinogenic mushrooms would now be worth about as much as an Alfa Romeo.

It's not like they just happened to have some bitcoins and realized they could buy drugs with them. They only bought the bitcoins so they could buy drugs.

Re: Bitcoin drug deals could haunt people for years

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Post by jackpeterfletch » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 1:14 PM UTC

jstanley wrote: post #14

nukeop wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't seriously think people order drugs to their own addresses, right?

Where else? If I order drugs to somebody else's address, they'll get the drugs and not me.

Well, most people just put a fake name, or name of a previous tenant.

Houses change ownership, people make mistakes.

Re: Bitcoin drug deals could haunt people for years

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Post by icebraining » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 1:16 PM UTC

ssharp wrote: post #24

> You might already regret that decision, for any number of reasons. After all, the four bitcoins you spent on that bag of hallucinogenic mushrooms would now be worth about as much as an Alfa Romeo. It's not like they just happened to have some bitcoins and realized they could buy drugs with them. They only bought the bitcoins so they could buy drugs.

Plus, the dollars the author had in their wallet could also have been used for buying Bitcoins which would now be worth an Alfa Romeo, so everyone can regret their purchasing decisions, not just people who already held Bitcoins.

Re: Bitcoin drug deals could haunt people for years

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Post by Tenoke » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 1:21 PM UTC

jackpeterfletch wrote: post #25

jstanley wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where else? If I order drugs to somebody else's address, they'll get the drugs and not me.

Well, most people just put a fake name, or name of a previous tenant. Houses change ownership, people make mistakes.

That's actually a red flag, and heavily discouraged by the community in question, so 'most' definitely don't do that.

Re: Bitcoin drug deals could haunt people for years

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Post by herbst » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 1:21 PM UTC

jackpeterfletch wrote: post #25

jstanley wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where else? If I order drugs to somebody else's address, they'll get the drugs and not me.

Well, most people just put a fake name, or name of a previous tenant. Houses change ownership, people make mistakes.

This is in fact the last thing you should do according to every single buyer guide. Postal service would assume there is something fishy going on.

Re: Bitcoin drug deals could haunt people for years

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Post by herbst » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 1:24 PM UTC

nukeop wrote: post #7

amelius wrote: post #3

> ... the evidence of that drug deal may still be hanging around in plain view of law enforcement, even years after the Silk Road was torn off the dark web. How about your delivery address being in the merchant's raided servers?

You don't seriously think people order drugs to their own addresses, right?

If you live in a civilized country and the police is not known to shoot random people i would say its a fair risk to take for some.

SWIM told them he doesnt know about this package and showed them how his address is public for anyone due to owning domains. SWIM only paid a low fee for the little weed they found at his home and was at work in time.

Re: Bitcoin drug deals could haunt people for years

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Post by jackpeterfletch » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 1:26 PM UTC

herbst wrote: post #28

jackpeterfletch wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, most people just put a fake name, or name of a previous tenant. Houses change ownership, people make mistakes.

This is in fact the last thing you should do according to every single buyer guide. Postal service would assume there is something fishy going on.

Rarely in the UK people pay for a redirect. Other than that the Postal Seervice don't really know who lives where. If your getting post for an ex tenant, that redirect isn't in place.