The people who have been caught on tor doing illegal stuff just had poor op sec. I think pompompurin (former owner of breach forums) got caught because he used a personal email talking to someone lol.
Lol
Submitted 11 months ago by tenoto9124@sh.itjust.works to [deleted]
https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/fc4dedf2-f1c9-43ca-995d-766108223592.png
Comments
moonsnotreal@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 11 months ago
The guy who created the Silk Road got caught because he recycled the same usernames for different accounts, one of which could be traced back to his identity
Also, he logged in via a library’s public wifi
I just watched a YouTube video about that last week
v3x@lemm.ee 11 months ago
yeah and he also left his personal email in an old post he made years ago, promoting the silk road when it was new
yeather@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Does anyone actually run tor without a vpn?
nebula42@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Don’t it’s a bad idea
tenoto9124@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Most people
db2@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Probably because tor through a vpn is stupid.
nebula42@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Cross posted from /c/memes
You don’t need a VPN when you use tor. In fact, it’s probably less secure since it’s going through a private server that might have a government black box hooked up. Also, no FBI or CIA agent is ever gonna tell you to use tor???
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 11 months ago
There’s a popular conspiracy theory that Tor is a FBI/CIA honeypot
I assume that’s what this is about
But based on my understanding of Tor, you are correct. I always disconnect from my VPN when using Tor
db2@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
It’s more complicated than just “conspiracy theory”. They have taken over servers and run honeypots busting cp creators and distributors.