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Re: A Tor of the Dark Web

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Post by nacker »

dumbluck wrote: post #176

Places where illegal content is shared and people communicate for nefarious reasons and tools that create these places are just magnets for those wishing to find such people. Anyone that chooses to take part in such things is at a heightened risk, no matter what they are doing. There is no guaranteed right to privacy, regardless what your government decrees or what the tool you're using claims to do. Those using Tor…

So, according to you, we have no right to privacy, and we will be "caught and charged" regardless of justice or the facts.

This sounds very much like a warning from Big Brother.

Be warned, Biggie, when the revolution comes, you just might find yourself with an appointment with the guillotine.

Re: A Tor of the Dark Web

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Post by rdl »

noahc wrote: post #183
rdl wrote: post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

gunbroker.com is a pretty decent online weapons market. I use it quite frequently (in full compliance with state and federal law).

If you're interested in this type of thing: http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/ -- Mostly Military and Older Weaponry. http://www.aimsurplus.com/default.aspx -- C&R, Military and Black Rifles http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/index.php -- Modern Firearms from almost all medium and large manufactures http://www.cdnninvestments.com/ -- Whole sale gun catolog.

http://www.slickguns.com is also a great "daily deals" site for guns and ammo.

Other good cheap vendors (in addition to the above) are http://www.jgsales.com and for ammo, http://www.ammoman.com/ and http://www.luckygunner.com/

Re: A Tor of the Dark Web

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Post by derrida »

People that argue that Tor enables crime do not realise that Tor also enables law enforcement (LE). Anonymity has been a tactic of LE from the beginning. Undercover LE use anonymous looking clothes to blend in with civilians to monitor criminals, police fighting drug cartels in Mexico wear masks to protect themselves and their families, informants require anonymity in order to assist LE with information. But there aren't sites in the onion exchanging this sort of information, you don't see it, which is the way it is designed to be.

Re: A Tor of the Dark Web

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Post by marvin »

throwaway_24680 wrote: post #189
marvin wrote: post #173

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...and this is a perfect example of why anonymity on the internet is a good thing which has inherent value. Now we've learned something we wouldn't have otherwise. It's not like people with these paraphelias show up for interviews with the newspaper.

That's dangerous reasoning. Your comment suggests there is greater value in learning from a pedophile while he is out there victimizing children than there is learning from him behind bars. There are plenty of interviews of convicted pedophiles that help the public understand their point of view (e.g. http://www.putlocker.com/file/19CQ36KXSUTC0408# - many more in scientific journals, less sensationalized than TV)

But poft hasn't indicated that he's done anything illegal. Being a paedophile is viewed with disgust by society, but in itself it isn't illegal. Or even immoral if you use an utilitarian moral system. Whatever happens inside your own head doesn't cause any harm to others.

Re: A Tor of the Dark Web

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Post by runjake »

rmc wrote: post #121
runjake wrote: post #76

> They can’t decrypt messages but they are able to track where everything comes from and where it is going. They can’t tell what you’re saying, but they have all they need. He's talking about SSL here, right? For the record, this is completely incorrect. If "they" have access to a trusted CA (and circumstantial evidence says they do), they can MITM and snoop on whatever they want. SSL encryption is not secure against…

If you are serious about encryption, you can use SSL without the Certification Authority system. Just self sign your own certs and only trust them.

And when you eliminate all of the default cert stores, then important things on the standard OSes most people use like Mac OS X and Windows will break, such as online banking, webmail, and security updates.

Re: A Tor of the Dark Web

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Post by poft »

throwaway_24680 wrote: post #189
marvin wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

...and this is a perfect example of why anonymity on the internet is a good thing which has inherent value. Now we've learned something we wouldn't have otherwise. It's not like people with these paraphelias show up for interviews with the newspaper.

That's dangerous reasoning. Your comment suggests there is greater value in learning from a pedophile while he is out there victimizing children than there is learning from him behind bars. There are plenty of interviews of convicted pedophiles that help the public understand their point of view (e.g. http://www.putlocker.com/file/19CQ36KXSUTC0408# - many more in scientific journals, less sensationalized than TV)

There are plenty of interviews of convicted pedophiles that help the public understand their point of view

There's no such thing as a convicted pedophile, since being a pedophile is not a crime. There is such a thing as a convicted sex offender, and they are the subject of the interviews you speak of. Good luck finding any law abiding pedophile such as myself willing to talk to you without Tor.

Re: A Tor of the Dark Web

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Post by poft »

muyuu wrote: post #193
poft wrote: post #171

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Yes.

What age range are we talking about? 17? 15? 13? less than that?

I am most attracted to children around the age of puberty, but it can go as low as 6, with no upper limit.

To be clear, I'm not a criminal. That seems to have been a source of confusion in this thread.

Re: A Tor of the Dark Web

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Post by poft »

throwaway_24680 wrote: post #187
poft wrote: post #186

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Keep in mind when asking me that question that I probably have a different idea than you of what "children safety" means (for example: we probably believe different reasons for why it's best for all concerned if pedophiles avoid breaking the law). But for nearly all definitions, you'd rather have us acting as we'd like to envision ourselves than acting as society envisions us, and having a community enables the creat…

> "but the risk of pedophiles on the Internet is waaaay overblown" You are correct that a child's caretaker is often the culprit. However, you are dead wrong on Internet pedophiles being overblown. It's quite the opposite. Post a Craigslist or Backpage ad saying you're a 12 year old who wants to meet a mature older man to have sex, and watch the replies pile in from every direction. Or, enter any chat room saying you…

Post a Craigslist or Backpage ad saying you're a 12 year old who wants to meet a mature older man to have sex, and watch the replies pile in from every direction.

And how many who post such an ad are actual children?

Or, see how many friend requests and direct messages underage girls get from adult strangers on Facebook.

Do you have statistics on this, including how many advances actually get anywhere? I know a few underage girls who are on Facebook (no, my reason for this has nothing to do with sexual interest in case you were wondering) and I haven't heard much about this from them.

I'm not saying nothing on the Internet involving a pedophile and a child ever happens which society would judge to be bad. I'm saying it's pretty damn unusual as compared to such events offline, and the risk is, indeed, overblown.

Re: A Tor of the Dark Web

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Post by angli »

drKarl wrote: post #172
co-n-sci-o-us wrote: post #120

Tor is the solution to getting hellbanned at HN. That is "censorship", no? Tor is also the solution to your Twitter API woes. Like it or not. I'm sure many SEO people use it to get around Google's restrictions. These are not necessarily uses that infringe anyone's IP. Twitter is UGC. And Google caches the entire web, indiscriminantly. Tor, like the 'net itself, is controversial. It can be used for bad things. It can…

Just curiosity... why is it that you can't post to HN without Tor?

My assumption would be that he's hellbanned
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