Dream Market Shuts Down: Has the DEA Claimed Another Darknet Victim???

submitted by RIP_Meth_9000 from (self.darknetmarkets)

After almost six years in operation, Dream Market is calling it quits. CCN has confirmed rumors of the shutdown. Since the original message was unsigned, there is some confusion about its derivation. Has law enforcement thoroughly co-opted the platform, and plans to move it to a new market which is a total honey trap? As the poster on Dread says, “Only law enforcement knows.”

https://www.ccn.com/dream-market-shuts-down-has-the-dea-claimed-another-darknet-victim

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[–]ForLol_Serious69.000001% gay 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

I emailed an FBI and they told me there is no honeypot.

[–]FBI 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Correct, no law enforcement was involved in this. You are all safe, I promise.

[–]BeepBoopSaiditBot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You guys have the FBI here on this sub to instantly confirm news like this?

That's convenient!

[–]AlpraCreamCreamofAnalFissure 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm glad you have some inside connections. Keep us updated!

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Life without friends is like a honeypot without a single drop of honey.

:)

[–]ForLol_Serious69.000001% gay 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

All my friends are bots =/

[–]BenedictMinistry of Defence 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Betteridge's Law: No.

SS ditched, likely sold his site code to the highest bidder, and I would think that's all there is to it. I can't imagine a single practical use for cryptographically-signing a message that essentially says "Peace out! -SS"