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Introducing the Anonymous Dark Web Guest
from I Am The One Who Dox · #134
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3 minTim explains why this episode's guest, like the Smiley Face Killers interviewee, will remain anonymous, describes how he found the guest through a friend, and lays out his goal of exploring internet radicalization and forum culture rather than dark web mythology.
- 0:32Tim introduces an anonymous guest appearing on the show.
- 0:51The anonymity is necessary because some people want to discuss things without fear of legal or other retribution.
- 1:22The subject was spooky enough that Tim worried something could happen to the guest if he went public.
- 1:39Tim wanted to explore how groups might recruit through the dark web based on what detectives suggested in the smiley face theory.
- 1:59Tim has long wanted a hacker on the show but found it nearly impossible to get one willing to discuss their actual activities.
- 2:17The episode is less about dark web conspiracy theories and more about internet culture in places most people don't visit—forums, 4chan, radicalization spaces.
- 2:36Tim warns listeners expecting dark web conspiracy theories that they're dorks and should get married and start a family instead.
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