Is this enough? [Safety]

Thinking about making a purchase soon, pros then cons...

-Doing Evo on Tor -Buying btc with cash deposit -$40ish transaction of paper material -Putting in blockchain to evo

-No encrypted drive/txt files -No tumbling -No Tails -No separate laptop -Have accessed localbtc and this reddit on chrome, no tor

Am I safe enough?


Comments


[7 Points] kirkkommander:

The thing about operational security and the deep web is that the technologies and protocols involved are in a constant state of evolution, similar to an arms race, where markets (and users to some extent) need to employ security measures without having any true knowledge of LE's current abilities. It sounds like you are doing none of these. So much so that this almost comes off as a troll post as you seem to have market knowledge.

However, if you really do access dnms in that way, you should consider what other posters have suggested. But to be completely honest, if you are only making small personal purchases, you really only need the bare minimum while vendors and bulk buyers/resellers must practice a much higher level of security. That being said there is no such thing as "too many layers of security". Staying ahead of LE means responding to threats before they are well known throughout the security community. The FBI has no qualms in "hacking" markets with both technological exploits and long term social engineering campaigns. Throughout the Carding and now DNM history we know there are no bounds they will refuse to cross, sometimes outdoing the criminals themselves in pure disregard for laws and moral boundaries.

Who knows, maybe someday they'll see your blatant activities and decide to make an example out of a "Typical Buyer", hoping to dissuade the vastly growing masses from using dnms. Being that example (ie. Aaron Swartz and the battle for free access to scholarly information) would be really shitty.

Another angle you need to consider are all the scammers, phishers, and con artists out there hunting both beginner/ unknowlegable users and experienced buyers who have grown complacent in their precautions after so many months or years of non-issues. The darknet really must be traversed carefully to avoid getting your coins stolen, personal information found and used for blackmail, etc. Never become comfortable in regards to your operational security. Comfort leads to laziness which leads to mistakes or complete royal fuckups. One such example is telling someone some bit of identifying information, maybe even a vendor, and then coming into conflict with the individual months later. I see doxing threats to people regularly on the forums. Of course I've been perusing the meth forums so there is probably a little more craziness than most. Still, just as a simple early mistake brought down silk road, you should be frosty from the very beginning, starting by putting in research efforts before jumping into this venture.

So to try to quicken this comment up a bit following are my suggestions for avoiding LE detection while at the same time making becoming a smaller target for scam attempts:

Well that was longer than I set out to type up, but there you go. Oh! And one last thing, DO finalize as soon as you can after receiving and confirming the order has arrived. I totally understand why vendors prefer FE when so many people get high right away and don't finalize for days. Along with that leave a detailed review to help someone else out.

I could keep going but it's time to wrap it up.


[6 Points] hugsfordrugs:

Use Tor and use PGP. Without either of those, it's not enough.


[3 Points] R4ID:

tor and PGP are the basic MINIMUMS i would be doing... but u should honestly be looking into tumbling and other OS's n such... because when risking ur freedom... y would u want to take a chance on it by not adding more layers of security?


[2 Points] throwaway:

Am I safe enough?

Hell, no.


[1 Points] None:

Were you trying to make a joke? If yes, then you have failed. Miserably.