[AusNOG] Ross Ulbricht (founder Silk Road) gets life without parole

[Matt Palmer]

On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 10:27:18PM +0000, Tony wrote:
> In an attempt to bring this back on topic (somewhat), do we think that the
> new meta-data laws being enacted in AU would prevent an Australian from
> setting up or participating in this kind of activity

Metadata retention will have absolutely no effect on anyone looking to run a
darkweb market from Australia.

> (ie.  Silk Road v2)

That site's already been and gone.  <grin>

> or was the whole thing encrypted & secure from prying metadata eyes ?

Yep, more or less.

> All I can think is that metadata laws might flag potential users of TOR
> (and other security/anonymity protocols) to the spooks as targets of
> suspicion and so be followed up by other less techincal methods.

Yep.  Which just means that for maximum OPSEC, you shouldn't Tor from your
house, but instead Tor from your local library.

- Matt

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