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

Why HN readers recommended 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.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

DEFCONConference

Topic

darknet opsec

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2015–2024

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From the original HN conversations

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• Not sure why I can't edit my original comment, but whatever. Here is the presentation Adrian Crenshaw gave at DefCon 22 called "Dropping Docs on Darknets: How People Got Caught" Great presentation: [VIDEO]

• In case anyone feels like doing something like that, this talk is worth a listen: [VIDEO] A talk on how Tor users got caught. In a nutshell: it wasn't Tor's fault, but bad OPSEC on the part of the users.

• Most cases are closed on circumstantial evidence. Weird to see the same podcast that hosts freeross information as also hosting bitcoin podcasts. Adrian Crenshaw the security researcher has a good defcon talk on how ross went down for SR. Don't post your tech problems for …