[CommunityDiscussion]How many people on this sub do you think are LE?

I think it's either a lot, or hardly any.


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[12 Points] synikal12:

Not much, but they're definitely here. LE make good money. They need them working high profile shit to get their money's worth. If you were captain of a squad would you assign more than 1 officer to scope out reddit for intel? No. Waste of man power.

Edit: my guess is a few agents per country to gather intel occasionally, not spending too much of their time doing it.


[11 Points] None:

OP is LE


[11 Points] MLP_is_my_OPSEC:

My handler told me to say nobody. So nobody here is LE.


[10 Points] Theeconomist1:

I imagine LE lurks more than anything. Maybe they might even do scrapes of reddit and do some trend analysis - sort of like how the CDC might use Google searches to identity outbreaks of the flu based on searches.

I seriously doubt regular posters are LE. Whiel I could see LE making posts to spread disinformation or if they want to see if they can nail some low hanging fruit (rare I thing), I don't think LE would spend much time building up a rep around here. The payoff would be way too low and a waste of time. Any sizable vendor they would want is probably not going to get busted via reddit.

I see it as mostly an informational tool than an active investigative tool. The subpoenas we recently saw I think sort of supports this - they saw the exit scam, monitored the sub, and subpoenaed Reddit for users who might be of interest to their investigation. Its reactionary rather than proactionary (if that's even a word).


[4 Points] None:

Nobody has a clue.

Hi LE. Have u guys had your coffee yet??


[4 Points] heyfreshhhhh:

Everybody everywhere is LE. Not only on this sub.


[3 Points] select1on:

nice try cuntsable.


[1 Points] None:

I am the only one I know of tbh


[1 Points] None:

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[1 Points] Insipid_Pedantry:

At least 10%


[1 Points] SyntheticEmotion:

No way to know. I just assume they're always here.


[1 Points] Gratefulstickers:

As someone who has had a lot of police contact irl, not many. Cops are not paid enough and for the most part technology inclined. I'll definitely assume there is a team in the big agency circles. I'm sure names of vendors are run here occasionally.


[0 Points] FudgeIsEasyToMake:

A lot. I've seen quite a few very obvious examples. It's pretty scary, because what do you do. If they really are LE, then you don't want to fuck with them, like tell a compromised mod, or somehow the LE finds out you outted them... Then you get on bad radar.

I sometimes see people even fuck with those guys, and its just too fucking scary to even try to tell people to be careful.


[-1 Points] None:

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[-5 Points] se7enthrow:

None. Even assuming LE or alphabet soup agencies wanted to monitor/FUD the darknets, there are far better ways to do that than harassing a subreddit. And given how technologically backward the majority of law enforcement is these days, the people that would be stupid enough to try that probably don't know we exist.