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What OzFreelancer* did next

October 6, 2016

A couple of people have asked me about the book I mentioned in my last post. I recently threw in my nice, steady, well-paying but ultimately creatively unfulfilling

The Little Texas Hit that Wasn’t

May 16, 2016

The hack of dark web “murder-for-hire” outfit Besa Mafia, which I wrote about a couple of days ago. has provided a treasure trove of

If you found it by browsing, it’s probably not dark web

August 1, 2015

Fun fact: the proper technical term for dark web sites is hidden services. It’s easy to forget what this implies, but as I’ve been researching

The road’s closed to these drugs

October 8, 2013

Hey, if the person who emailed me an encrypted message headed “Scoop” and said they wouldn’t be going back to that email addy could re-send

When drug dealers get all warm and fuzzy

October 1, 2013

Some Silk Road drug dealers are promising to donate a percentage of this week’s sales to charity Black markets are supposed to be dangerous places.

Silk Road Wiki Wars

September 12, 2013

Should Wikipedia draw a line at including links to illegal marketplaces or websites hosting objectionable content? And does it have a duty to prevent its

(Info)war declared

July 5, 2013

Silk Road users have been shocked twice in the past two days when a forum member released names, addresses and order details of dozens of

Silk Road responds to competition with improvements of its own

July 3, 2013

Atlantis Marketplace has undertaken aggressive marketing of its site over the past few months, touting superior features to those offered by Silk Road. Its aim

The myth of the ‘Drug Pusher’

June 12, 2013

In Puberty Blues (the book, not the movie or TV show), there is a classic line where the protagonist’s mother warns her not to sit

Interview with a (virtual) drug tsar

April 26, 2013

“We will be an adversary not to be trifled with. We have big plans for Atlantis, and we’re here to stay.”. As online drugs marketplace

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