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DEF CON 22 - Adrian Crenshaw- Dropping Docs on Darknets: How People Got Caught

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What it is

Adrian Crenshaw's DEF CON 22 talk gives an overview of Tor and I2P, then goes through real cases where darknet users were caught. These include Silk Road and its operator.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it to show that most Tor busts came from poor operational security by the user rather than a flaw in Tor itself.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Great presentation”

    Talk on how darknet users got caught

    at-fates-hands, 2015-01 · Strong recommendation · in “Feds found Silk Road 2 servers after a six-month attack on Tor?”

  2. “this talk is worth a listen”

    How Tor users got caught: bad OPSEC, not Tor's fault

    andai, 2017-07 · Recommendation · in “18yo arrested for reporting a bug in the new Budapest e-Ticket system”

  3. “has a good defcon talk on how ross went down for SR”

    Good DEF CON talk on how Ross Ulbricht went down

    friendlybus, 2020-01 · Recommendation · in “Who Deserves This? (2018)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: tor, i2p, silk road, anonymity, defcon

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