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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: isthereanyneed on March 28, 2013, 06:55 pm

Title: Stealth SR forums?
Post by: isthereanyneed on March 28, 2013, 06:55 pm
What do you guys and girls think of this............?

A section in the forums that is only accessible if you are an SR member with a proven track record (good/high stats)

This potentially keeps the majority of LE out and keeps questions and answers relevant and accurate.

Just a thought....................:)
Title: Re: Stealth SR forums?
Post by: wretched on March 28, 2013, 07:11 pm
maybe there is and your stats just aren't good enough  :P
Title: Re: Stealth SR forums?
Post by: Chaosforpeace on March 28, 2013, 07:35 pm
Over my time on SR I have seen a thread like this a few times.
It would be to hard to screen people and LE could easily create an account act like one of us, than get in.
In reality we do have one forum that I can almost guarantee is without LE. The vendor forum.
Title: Re: Stealth SR forums?
Post by: isthereanyneed on March 28, 2013, 07:52 pm
maybe there is and your stats just aren't good enough  :P

meh :P
Title: Re: Stealth SR forums?
Post by: Fallkniven on March 28, 2013, 10:16 pm
Over my time on SR I have seen a thread like this a few times.
It would be to hard to screen people and LE could easily create an account act like one of us, than get in.
In reality we do have one forum that I can almost guarantee is without LE. The vendor forum.

How can you guarantee that? Like you said, LE could easily create multiple accounts to build up feedback for themselves then when they have the prerequisites, ask a mod to join the vendor forum.

LE are trained in undercover infiltration. It's what they do.
Title: Re: Stealth SR forums?
Post by: Chaosforpeace on March 28, 2013, 11:07 pm
That's why I said almost.

The only way to get accepted to the vendor forum is by selling a certain amount of drugs. Is it not true that LE cannot sell drugs? They can trap you by pretending to, but if people say they recieved product than it cant be LE?
Title: Re: Stealth SR forums?
Post by: Fallkniven on March 28, 2013, 11:27 pm
What I am saying is LE may have many buying accounts that they could use to purchase shill products from their own LE vending account, building up false positive feedback to gain entry to the vendor forum.

It would be best not to give sensitive information to anyone at all, because anyone on here could be LE.
Title: Re: Stealth SR forums?
Post by: subductionzone on March 29, 2013, 01:52 pm
That's why I said almost.

The only way to get accepted to the vendor forum is by selling a certain amount of drugs. Is it not true that LE cannot sell drugs? They can trap you by pretending to, but if people say they recieved product than it cant be LE?

Seems much more likely that LE would take over the account of an already accredited vendor whom they've just busted or to whom they've put the screws as part of a deal/plea bargain/etc. So no, there would be no way to know this was happening, at least not at first.  It's a weak point in the SR system, and you can bet they will exploit it if they can. This is one reason why it's so vital that vendors observe the strictest security measures and that customers use PGP from secure mail services for all communications. Even then there are no guarantees.
Title: Re: Stealth SR forums?
Post by: Purple_Hue000 on March 30, 2013, 07:30 pm
I think it's most likely that there isn't LE is the vendor forums but that's just me generally speaking. I also think there's a lot more sensitive information in the vendor forums as well.  But always act as if LE is here watching. Just don't send out any sensitive information unencrypted.
Title: Re: Stealth SR forums?
Post by: Chaosforpeace on April 01, 2013, 10:21 am
That's why I said almost.

The only way to get accepted to the vendor forum is by selling a certain amount of drugs. Is it not true that LE cannot sell drugs? They can trap you by pretending to, but if people say they recieved product than it cant be LE?

Seems much more likely that LE would take over the account of an already accredited vendor whom they've just busted or to whom they've put the screws as part of a deal/plea bargain/etc. So no, there would be no way to know this was happening, at least not at first.  It's a weak point in the SR system, and you can bet they will exploit it if they can. This is one reason why it's so vital that vendors observe the strictest security measures and that customers use PGP from secure mail services for all communications. Even then there are no guarantees.
That's a good point, I retract what I said then.