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Random Darknet Shopper: A Live Mail Art Piece
- lainga 8y agoI wonder what those "triangle crackers" were and what was so risky about them.
- hackermailman 8y agoFirecrackers from Poland, glad they didn't ship explosives in the regular mail often it is shipped on passenger aircraft in the cargo hold. You would go from petty smuggler to interpol's most wanted terrorist really fast if something happened. IIRC the darknet exhibit also shows the packaging, maybe the firecracker guy didn't want that on display.
- lainga 8y agoOh, THOSE kind of crackers. I was thinking rice cakes...
- diamondo25 8y agoRip-off doritos anyone?
- sevensor 8y agoIt's worth reading the bit where it orders ecstasy and gets the exhibit shut down.
- zaroth 8y agoHard to believe there’s a prosecutor with a brain between their ears and enough political cover to actually admit this is a worthwhile art project in the public interest to overcome the technical violation. https://wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org/r/2015-04-15-random-darknet-shopper-free/ https://wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org/r/2015-04-15-rando...
- downandout 8y agoYeah I imagine that in the US, they'd be indicted and accused of using the art project as an elaborate cover-up for a drug importation conspiracy.
- nipponese 8y agoJust file an LLC as the owner for the script, sit back, and watch the show.
- triplenineteen 8y agoSee also: Institute of Illegal Images
- f2n 8y agoAt least they used the correct numbers of w's in the URL.
- zaroth 8y agoA 1oz [Counterfeit] Canadian Gold Coin for $30 The description doesn’t indicate it was sold as a counterfeit, but no way you can buy an oz of gold for $30 on the dark web... https://wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org/r/021-canadian-gold-coin/ https://wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org/r/021-canadian-gol...
- Mononokay 8y agoThat's a lot of "w."
- lightedman 8y agoEspecially since at the bottom of that part for the coin it lists the weight as 15 grams. That's not 1 oz of gold. To boot, gold is one of those things that doesn't really darken, it tends to stay the same color at any angle, and seeing shadows makes me think that this is in fact a zinc-plated coin, as you can get close to a gold tint with zinc electroplating on copper. That would be more reasonable given the weight, assuming all other dimensions are correct.
- baud147258 8y agoI loved the "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" book. I mean it must something subversive to be sold on the darkweb. Edit: the other object are interesting: credit card, spy camera...
- matte_black 8y agoThe Darknet has many recipe books for cannibals, often with disturbing (but almost delicious) photos of the resulting meals.
- iooi 8y agoI'm really curious where/how they acquire the main ingredient for those meals.
- baud147258 8y agoPerhaps in morgues? If the corpse going to be cremated, for example, remove a few parts to eat, the cremate the rest.
- PeterisP 8y agoIt may be location dependant, but IMHO any corpse in a morgue would be full of preserving chemicals to ensure it'd be "presentable" for the funeral, and thus inedible.
- dbasedweeb 8y agoMorgues absolutely do not embalm, they refrigerate. A body in a morgue is either unidentified, awaiting autopsy/examination, or yet to be claimed. None of those categories permit embalming, and in any case, morgues are not funeral homes.
- matte_black 8y agoI think it’s pretty clear, they are taken from human trafficking victims. Organs and such might be taken from people that are dying as a “donation”, maybe the family gets a payout. Though I imagine the best quality comes from healthy humans.
- cowboysauce 8y agoI honestly expected it to be 90% drugs, but I was pleasantly surprised to see the diversity of the items.
- setr 8y agoIt makes sense; people interested in drugs are presumably also interested in other things, and ordering drugs online somewhat implies a certain level of expendable income, so it'd be a decent marketplace for not-drugs. And I imagine drug-hobbyists probably have more diverse interests than the average person, as they've already expressed interests in the not-publicly safe hobbies (but likely still also have safe hobbies as well)
- amelius 8y agoPerhaps the other items are sold as a kind of cover-up, somehow?
- scottie_m 8y agoKnock-offs, and stolen merchandise are often sold by the same criminals who sell drugs. Aside from street dealers who are dealing to get their next fix, it’s not as though drug dealers have some need to restrict themselves to one lucrative market.
- DrScump 8y agoThis occurs on eBay as well. (Note how many gift cards sell for well over their merchant-limited value... in cash or equivalent.)
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- Rotdhizon 8y agoThe dark web/deep web/dark net/whateveryouwannacallit has many legal things sold on it. My favorite story was a few years back, a vendor there was selling drugs. However, they also had their own coffee blend, and they would send a bag of their coffee with every purchase. Turns out the coffee was phenomenal. The vendor started getting so many requests to buy the coffee directly that they were able to just start selling coffee. I don't remember if that got them to stop selling their illegal merchandise, but at least they had one avenue of semi-ethical income.
- lainga 8y ago(White takes a sip) "This is incredible... what the hell are we making meth for?!"
- captaincrowbar 8y agoBreaking Bad/Twin Peaks crossover confirmed.
- johnnyfived 8y agoDifferent perspective / explanation: Coffee works and tastes better while on other drugs.
- lainga 8y agoIn this case, it was because the character (Gale Boetticher) was really good at making both meth and coffee.
- noobermin 8y agoTo be fair, coffee is just another drug. And there are many drugs which are sold legally which have much worse impact on people and communities, like opiod prescriptions. So I know what you mean about selling drugs being "semi-ethical" (probably a fanciful way to say "legal") but it's not as unethical as many other things people sell out in the open.
- f3r3nc 8y agoAll these items seems remote, sometimes funny or interesting until I recognize my friend's very passport.
- skjerns 8y agopics or it didn't happen
- tudorw 8y agoCool to see the prosecutor demonstrate a profound understanding of the possible purpose and utility to which art can be applied.
- elvinyung 8y agoRelevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/576/ https://xkcd.com/576/