Jack Recider

Number two, you can assume everyone is a criminal or a federal agent. And three, the feds are actively looking to take down the criminals, and he would pay attention to all those methods on how the feds were catching people. So other people's missteps became his rules to live by. Do you remember what you sold at first?

Number two, you can assume everyone is a criminal or a federal agent. And three, the feds are actively looking to take down the criminals, and he would pay attention to all those methods on how the feds were catching people. So other people's missteps became his rules to live by. Do you remember what you sold at first?

Yeah. How'd it go on Hansa? How was your first dip into the vendor pool?

Yeah. How'd it go on Hansa? How was your first dip into the vendor pool?

His big idea was that he really wanted to be the manufacturer and seller. His theory was that this is how you can maximize your profits.

His big idea was that he really wanted to be the manufacturer and seller. His theory was that this is how you can maximize your profits.

Now, Sam was trying to be business savvy too, trying to find ways to cut costs, like shipping supplies can easily start adding up.

Now, Sam was trying to be business savvy too, trying to find ways to cut costs, like shipping supplies can easily start adding up.

He also made a lot of very careful steps just to get onto the handset darknet market. Like when you get on social media, chances are you just turn on your phone or your computer and you're already logged into the site just like where you were before. But you don't want to do that with darknet marketplaces.

He also made a lot of very careful steps just to get onto the handset darknet market. Like when you get on social media, chances are you just turn on your phone or your computer and you're already logged into the site just like where you were before. But you don't want to do that with darknet marketplaces.

Because suppose you get caught by the cops, and they take your computer and open it, and they can just see that you're logged in as a vendor on the site. And that's some smoking evidence that they'd have on you. So Sam would try to hide his tracks so that it looked like he was never even on a darknet marketplace to begin with.

Because suppose you get caught by the cops, and they take your computer and open it, and they can just see that you're logged in as a vendor on the site. And that's some smoking evidence that they'd have on you. So Sam would try to hide his tracks so that it looked like he was never even on a darknet marketplace to begin with.

For one, he would never use his home internet connection to do illegal things online. He lived up on a hill, and so he pointed his antenna down the hill towards the neighbor's house and was able to figure out a way to get onto their network.

For one, he would never use his home internet connection to do illegal things online. He lived up on a hill, and so he pointed his antenna down the hill towards the neighbor's house and was able to figure out a way to get onto their network.

And he used the Tails Linux operating system, which has some extra security features, but the thing about the Tails operating system is that it gets completely wiped every time you reboot or shut down, and has no memory of what you've done before.

And he used the Tails Linux operating system, which has some extra security features, but the thing about the Tails operating system is that it gets completely wiped every time you reboot or shut down, and has no memory of what you've done before.

Which means every morning when Sam needed to log in and check his orders, he would have to reload Tails and re-enter his PGP key and his Bitcoin key and do all that in order to authenticate and do business on the site. But here's another problem. Having possession of those two private keys would prove to the feds that he's the vendor on the site. So he needed to protect those keys very well.

Which means every morning when Sam needed to log in and check his orders, he would have to reload Tails and re-enter his PGP key and his Bitcoin key and do all that in order to authenticate and do business on the site. But here's another problem. Having possession of those two private keys would prove to the feds that he's the vendor on the site. So he needed to protect those keys very well.

And he stored them both on a little USB flash drive.

And he stored them both on a little USB flash drive.