Do you guys have any storys of people being busted useing tor?

Hello guys,

recently a friend of mine told me about some of her friends which got a visit form the police and they were asked if they know anything about the darknet and bitcoins and other strange stuff relating darknet markets. They don't know how they got "busted"? (they just asked questions but it seems like they know those guys are buying drugs)

So now to my question. How likely is it that the police finds out about your illegal darknet activity and what reasons could it have? (besides the obvious ones) Do you have any stories?


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[5 Points] None:

Your friends probably bragged on Facebook or blabbed to others about how they buy drugs on TOR. The cops were staging a fishing expedition hoping they could intimidate your friends into making an incriminating statement. Your friends had absolutely no obligation to answer any questions, or even open the door for that matter.


[3 Points] MitalikaSucks:

Post, bust of a vendor and IRL stuff like that are the reasons today

Finding that you use DNMs by TOR surveillance by the police is not really possible right now.


[2 Points] hangbellybroad:

There was a story (with links, not hearsay) on here (this sub, iirc) a year or two ago - some people in California were selling darknet weed, authorities got onto them somehow and narrowed down the geographical area that the packages were coming from, it was a very rural area - an inquiry to the isp serving the area turned up only one place using tor - I believe they ended up busted for dealing.


[1 Points] Panzerkind_:

If you get a visit from the police about tor usage, shut the door on them. You don't need to talk to them. As far as they know, you've broken no laws, so they cannot detain you for question or get a warrant. Just exercise your 5th amendment right and shut the door on them.


[1 Points] None:

it is too low of a probability to decryption your location just casually using signing in and off your personal browser. The TOR busts target servers continuously up and takes a lot of time and computing power.


[1 Points] brzaz:

One comes to mind about a teacher that all the other teachers hated, kids too..

According to a SF Gate article:

"Law enforcement officials say they began to suspect the couple after discovering an Internet Protocol address was accessing the Silk Road 2.0 site; they traced it back to the couple’s home in Durham, a small town about 10 miles south of Chico."

http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/NorCal-couple-ensnared-in-dark-Web-drug-site-5907946.php

https://m.reddit.com/r/DarkNetMarkets/comments/2myaiu/2_sr2_marijuana_sellers_arrested_in_california/

http://www.krcrtv.com/news/butte-county-teacher-husband-charged-with-drug-trafficking-1/10942876

https://www.gwern.net/Black-market%20arrests


[1 Points] noshoppn:

A friend got a letter from their ISP about their tor usage. It didn't specifically name tor but it mentioned onion routing or something. It didn't threaten legal action or anything it was more like a 'be careful'. In the UK