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As long as you encrypt all your communications, you have nothing to fear, especially not as a seller. Doing it right makes you completely anonymous. Only if you
by mvanvoorden 13y ago
As long as you encrypt all your communications, you have nothing to fear, especially not as a seller. Doing it right makes you completely anonymous.
Only if you're a buyer, there comes a moment when you have to give a postal address to a seller and give up your anonimity. If the seller turns out to be law enforcement, this might cause a problem.
On the other hand, why would law enforcement go after the buyers? That doesn't solve anything, it's the sellers they want.
Even if the service is completely run by DEA/FBI/etc, taking the right precautions can help you stay anonymous. That's what's so beautiful about Tor, Bitcoin and PGP :)
- _s 13y agoEven for buyer is difficult to know if it's actually you making the purchase or someone else using your name / address.
- TheAnimus 13y ago>On the other hand, why would law enforcement go after the buyers? That doesn't solve anything, it's the sellers they want. Because if you go after a seller, you have just removed a player from the market, assuming constant demand, you have just raised the margins for those who have the fixed amount of supply. This is why after a 'big drugs bust' prices sometimes go up, which makes it more attractive for new players. Going after the consumer is exactly the way to stop that. As it removes the demand. If you had even just a one in twenty chance of being busted for trying to buy something on these markets, it would greatly reduce the number of people willing to do so. Or we could, you know, look again at prohibition.