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Re: Dark Web – Justice League

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Post by Animats »

quickthrower2 wrote: post #40
smokey_circles wrote: post #12

> Over the past few weeks the FBI, Department of Justice (DOJ), Interpol, and other international law enforcement agencies have worked together to incarcerate and indict ransomware threat actors. Through this effort, millions of dollars in ransom payments have been recovered. yet still, cryptocurrency gets blamed for all the ransomware. nevermind that clearly the law is able to find some course to take, or the unsolv…

How do I send $1m in cash to Russia to pay the ransom? Or $1000 for that matter?

Bitcoin, of course.

Classically, kidnappers and extortionists were caught when the money passed. It was hard to find an untraceable way to do that. But with modern cryptocurrency technology, criminals have solved that problem.

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Post by Cupertino95014 »

motohagiography wrote: post #6

One wonders if being a judge on one of these cases would be illegal as well.

Some enterprising prosecutor is probably, even now, getting ready to bring those judges in and depose them. They don't have any attorney-client privilege, and they certainly know all about some illegal activity.

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Post by mediocregopher »

csee wrote: post #61
slibhb wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What if centralized authories are naturally emergent because individuals demand them?

I'm happy to call it naturally emergent as long as we also call Amazon and eBay's policies naturally emergent, but doing that would be rather vacuous.

Turns out, all of existence is naturally emergent.

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Post by jokethrowaway »

dmitriid wrote: post #35

Every system ends up needing: - trust - rules - enforcement I'm not even surprised such a system exists, because full anarchy where no one trusts anyone is not good even in theory.

This is a common misconception. Anarchy doesn't stand for "without rules", it stands for "without ruler".

The idea behind is to get rid of centralised, corruptible bottlenecks and decentralise decision and rule making.

There are different models and theories on how that could work (The Machinery of Freedom gets quoted often) and zero interest from any politician to push for it; the appeal of getting into politics is having power - and a model where politicians should give away all of it is obviously not very popular with career politicians.

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Post by _0ffh »

null0pointer wrote: post #10

Is this anarchism? That being naturally emergent formal processes for things which would normally be handled by the government/legal system.

Yes, it's the free market taking over and providing a service that is in demand, in this case arbitration.

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Post by flatiron »

angryGhost wrote: post #75
flatiron wrote: post #67

I live in NJ where weed is legal but you can't buy it (legally) so we are sort of in a weird spot. anyway, it makes me really not care about ordering weed on the dark web from CA. if the feds catch it, its an ounce of weed to a residence, they don't care and im not gonna go in front of some federal judge on federal drug crimes. if CA or NJ catch it, its legal there, who cares. but the site I use uses an escrow system…

if they seize any powder, they might come a knockin'!

i only do weed and just gummies for my anxiety and only buy enough that its obviously personal use and not some weed gummy empire i'm starting.

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Post by vmception »

dewey wrote: post #74
vmception wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Typically over a Tor circuit I visit dark.fail and then switch to the onion url so that exit nodes arent being used Onion addresses frequently change so no use bookmarking them Dark.fail lists a variety of forums, marketplaces, marketplaces with forums, and their current addresses and whether those sites are up or down It also has links to a variety of mainstream media news sources and various government resources th…

You said that "Some of the best information" is on there. What would be an example of that? Every time when I was checking it out it was just marketplaces and otherwise just things I could find in the clearnet.

A lot of times its in the marketplaces or their forums. I mentioned an example good for me in another comment

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Post by strombofulous »

gigaflop wrote: post #68
strombofulous wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are there any examples of widespread ransomware that demanded payment in cash, gold, or shiny rocks?

I think it was the norm for ransoms to be paid in gold or some kind of physical wealth back in the Y1K era.

That's true but the article is specifically talking about ransomware

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Post by vmception »

typon wrote: post #80
vmception wrote: post #42

Do yourself a favor and demystify the dark web for yourself. Some of the best information is exclusively nestled in forums and marketplaces over there. If you rely on an incentive model of being caught in order to behave, something darknet doesnt offer, that says more about you than anyone else.

Tried it. Found mostly junk information and terrible people. Not worth the effort and time tbh

Depends on the site, time and listing. I’m sure someone in Myanmar is conflating their experience on Facebook with “the internet” too.

Re: Dark Web – Justice League

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Post by gime_tree_fiddy »

flatiron wrote: post #67

I live in NJ where weed is legal but you can't buy it (legally) so we are sort of in a weird spot. anyway, it makes me really not care about ordering weed on the dark web from CA. if the feds catch it, its an ounce of weed to a residence, they don't care and im not gonna go in front of some federal judge on federal drug crimes. if CA or NJ catch it, its legal there, who cares. but the site I use uses an escrow system…

I thought NJ legalized to the level of CA, where you can there are dispensaries and stuff, no?
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