I see many people saying stuff like "Today I was raided for buying x amount of drugs!" Can't that easily connect you to your online persona? I feel like it is really bad opsec. What do you guys think?
[Opsec] Posting raid experiences
I see many people saying stuff like "Today I was raided for buying x amount of drugs!" Can't that easily connect you to your online persona? I feel like it is really bad opsec. What do you guys think?
[8 Points] None:
[6 Points] durgsrbad:
FUD, truth - doesn't matter. We're in a risky business, and like to minimise chances. We're generally spoiled rotten for choice anyway - bad news pops up about a vendor, just move to the next. Even if it's LE FUD, they're generally just putting a dent in a vendor, not the market. And if the rumors are enough to kill off the vendor, two more pop up anyway.
Just use your brains. If you believe everything you read, you're a tool. If you sit back and say 'it's all shit, reddit is retarded and it's all just FUD', you're a bigger tool. Combination of logic and gut go a long way to keeping people safe.
[3 Points] 13tom13:
some of it is definitely LE trying to get people concerned. Obviously i don't know but i doubt they catch more than 1% of drugs in the post probably even less with darknet stealth tactics. Perhaps there should be some sort of darknet wikileaks where you can report a raid or bad vendor and evidence and it could be reviewed but it would be hard to trust that but it would be alot safer to post these horror stories there as no one could get on without at the very least running tor
[3 Points] None:
Today I got raided after opening this link.
[2 Points] vanillavisa:
I call bs on the ones about the poster personally being raided. Put yourself in their shoes. If you got raided why post about how you've been ordering drugs on the darknet. It's admission of guilt.
You think the police don't have internet? With all the details these posters are giving, it wouldn't be hard to put two and two together.
[1 Points] lsmith333:
Definitely shills/ FUD spreaders. Don't pay any mind. Nothing new.
[1 Points] SgtFaecesProcessor:
Not fantastic but it does provide ideas for some OPSEC to keep yourself safer.
[1 Points] Theeconomist1:
I have a confession. I'm sitting here at Riker's Island, they gave me my standard internet time, unmonitored of course. I got a CD today and that's why Evo is flickering. They are doing a CD directly to EVO!!! When they came for me, I saw a list of people they were busting and everybody's reddit usernames were on that list!!! He said they've busted 4 before me. He said that the first person they went to bust, they come upon the house and it was all ashes! They burned their house down. The neighbors told the cops that the dude just packed up, threw a match to the house and said he was moving to Belize. The cop said that asshole was lucky that he burned the house and moved and wondered how he got such a good idea. So somebody rightfully took that advice. All of our names were on that list!!! Stay safe my friends...
Oh shit, the jailer is coming, he's coming to get plea...............
Edit: This is satire. I re-read and realized it sounded close to what we see on posts on CDs. Didn't want anyone to take this seriously. LOL
[1 Points] thascarecro:
This is exactly what LE would post. To see how much we know about opsec.
[0 Points] waitingforpopper:
Out of all the people who get raided on any given day, it now has to be assumed that those same specific LE involved in the raid are reading this subreddit. It is one thing to assume that there are some police on reddit, and another entirely to assume that the specific ones involved in a raid are. And then these specific police have to read the specific thread, and then connect the poster's account to their IRL identity. It just seems unlikely to me.
I can see feds browsing this sub, but I doubt that any given LE who are involved in a raid browse this sub as part of the post-raid actions. I also don't see local cops being paid to browse this subreddit. There would be too little payoff as far as evidence that is actually in the officer's jurisdiction.
I'm paranoid about a lot of things, and I'm well aware that LE have some impressive abilities and resources, but I have a really hard time believing that these sorts of posts are any significant opsec failure.
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