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Tor: Illegal Weapons

by skazka16 on 4/8/15, 2:06 AM with 32 comments

• by venomsnake on 4/8/15, 9:42 AM

  Big deal. It is not as if it is something hard to DIY if you are committed to breaking the law.

  I think that is the stuff that both sides of second amendment shouting match fail to get - inventing deadly stuff is easy.

• by draugadrotten on 4/8/15, 8:41 AM

  Law Enforcement knows very well how to deal with Tor, as evidenced by busts against Silk Road and even small time drug dealers as operation ononymous. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/operation-onymous-six-britons-arres...

  Russia also knows how to go after Tor, as seen in Malware busts and the arrest of "Paunch" malware creator in Russia. http://geekslop.com/2013/blackhole-malware-creator-arrested-...

  If individual guns can be sold online, it only means that Law Enforcement is not prioritising going after the sales of individual guns - right or wrong - they are not stopped by the use of Tor or even encryption.

• by hias on 4/8/15, 11:12 AM

  How does this work? I guess they can not just ship the heavy guns via standard postal services? Aren't there controls in the shipping centers which check for scents of drugs, gunpowder, whatever?