I really am in disbelief, shock, and awe of the number of people who don't pgp or used auto encrypt. Auto encrypt literally takes the point of encrypting in the first place away completely. Also the fact that another large target admin was taken down due to a direct connection of personal email.
I know I can't be that much smarter than half the people that use the dnm...but I have never once thought to use anything close to something that would connect my real life self to my dnm self (meaning emails, names, locations, etc) the fact that admin02 was fully aware of how dpr was caught and STILL used a fucking personal email in the header of an invite to a motherfucking criminal conspiracy is absolutely inexcusable, as I'm sure he'd agree.
Maybe I am just that smart. I hope not though. I hope that these are the exceptions and not the rules.
So if anything should be taken away from the atomic ass fucking we've all been forced to accept this week it should be 2 things.
1:Encrypt everything yourself, and that doesn't mean taking 1 extra second to click a fucking box. Your freedom is worth the 15 minutes it takes to learn pgp and the 60 seconds it takes to encrypt a notepad message.
2:use fresh contact info for every market you join. If you're a buyer, there's absolutely NO reason for you to maintain an identity across multiple markets other than stroking your own ego because Internet people think you're funny. And if you're a vendor, pay attention to the dnm bible when it says switch up your shit. 2 years MAX is all a persona should see. And even that is pushing it. I personally would set up shop completely new every 10-12 months.
It's big bad world out there, drugs make it easier to cope, I know, I'm amongst you and do not place myself on any higher ground than you. But please for the love of fuck, be smarter than what we've shown. Because as of now our "best" and the face of the dnms have been taken down because of Gmail and Hotmail.
Note that if the market is compromised by LE, they very likely replaced vendors' PGP keys with their own, so they will be able to see your address, even if you encrypt it.