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Are you implying that the silk road was not safe for people who followed protocols?
by nazgulnarsil 12y ago
Are you implying that the silk road was not safe for people who followed protocols?
- GrinningFool 12y agoNope - but I suppose I am implying that significant numbers of people using such services know or care little of protocols. Instead they're happy to go with the idea that it's a nicely packaged untraceable means of getting what they're after.
- MichaelGG 12y agoCorrect. The sellers made a huge footprint by mailing so much on such a regular basis. This lead to major sellers getting busted. At which point all the buyers that purchased from them may have their order details released.
- nazgulnarsil 12y agothis is incorrect. Sellers drop off packages over a wide area anonymously. They don't just mail stuff.
- MichaelGG 12y agonod was found because he (or his girlfriend) dropped off packages over a "wide area" by going into post offices and mailing things. The indictment claims the investigator went to the PO and asked if they had noticed a certain car, and the employees there were readily able to provide details on a individual that made frequent mailings. A large seller has too many packages to easily avoid leaving a trace. Automated analysis of video recordings near a post drop, for instance, could reveal these patterns. Apart from that, sellers often mess up on opsec, just because it's so hard to maintain over such a large period of time. That's just how it is.