Safest way to buy online

I've done a lot of reading here and else where and I've a pretty good idea of what's best to do when purchasing online, but I'd like to hear what r/darknetmatters would say is the pinnacle of Internet anonymity. At least within a moderate level of reason.


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[38 Points] entactoBob:

If you've done "a lot of reading here and else where", &c., you should already know the answer to the question. But to play your silly game…

It depends on the level of "safety" you want.


BASIC OPSEC

Pros: Cheap, simple, easy, mostly effective.
Cons: Leaves trail on personal computer, pretty easily traced across servers (especially with subpoenas), dealer has your real name & address.


MID-LEVEL OPSEC

Pros: Cheap, fairly simple, leaves much less trace or virtually no trace if done correctly.
Cons: More to set up, requires PC w/ Windows or Linux, slower.


TOP-LEVEL OPSEC

Pros: Pretty tight. Very little to tie anything directly to you.
Cons: Your weakest point becomes the mail drop.


PARANOID FUCKED OPSHIT

Pros: Uninhibited giving in to your paranoid delusions.
Cons: You're tweaking your face off.


Something like that.


[11 Points] None:

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[6 Points] AgoraMarket:

If you're buying normal, personal amounts... for anonymity, always encrypt your address and don't use a similar handle on the dark market that you use on the clearnet (it's amazing how many people do this).

TAILS is overkill for average buyers, and may even be less safe than good old Tor on a USB stick. And, yes, you can tumble your coins, but the efficacy of blockchain analysis is debatable and is, IMO, over-hyped nonsense. If you don't tumble your coins, nothing will happen.

There's an air of paranoia here -- new buyers wildly overestimate their chances of being tracked by LE (hint: it's pretty close to zero). Buyers only get into trouble when their vendors make mistakes. Bad stealth, package profiling, whatever. Then controlled deliveries are possible.


[1 Points] None:

Tails, Tor, tumble, PgP, VPN, USB


[1 Points] PWEI:

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