> use Localbitcoins.com and trade for cash You either have to meet someone in person for this, or go to a bank. Either way you are open to having your identit

> use Localbitcoins.com and trade for cash You either have to meet someone in person for this, or go to a bank. Either way you are open to having your identity tied to the transaction. > Booting into Tails on any public network is fairly easy The vast majority of publicly available WiFi hotspots block Tails/Tor now. There may be some exceptions, but you're also dealing with the fact that network admins can set up alerts to notify them if someone is using Tor, and where. It is likely there are also logs being kept of IP addresses where Tor has been used. > buyer targeting is rare enough... until you start purchasing large amounts This is really the only real reason such activities have been able to continue at all. I would not necessarily expect it to stay this way. Also, if records are being kept of this sort of thing, they could be used against anyone at any time if other reasons to target an individual surface. If you're comfortable with the risk involved in acquiring illegal goods and have made your peace with possible repercussions, none of this is a big deal. Most of this stuff should be legal for independent adults anyway, right? But if you're wondering whether something like this might come back to bite you in the ass... well yeah, it sure as hell could.