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Buying Drugs on Evolution and the Vanity Website Cover for CP

from I Am The One Who Dox · #134

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The anonymous guest describes discovering the Silk Road offshoot Evolution to buy drugs in college, comparing it to Yelp/Amazon reviews, then explains how 'vanity websites' selling makeup were used as covers hiding child porn sites on the dark web.

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  • 7:38Guest describes developing a hefty drug habit in college and getting tired of meeting dealers in person.
  • 7:53Evolution was an offshoot of the Silk Road where you could buy drugs and guns on the deep web.
  • 8:04Tim asks if anyone sells food on the deep web, suggesting it's not like Uber Eats.
  • 8:24Guest used Evolution to buy Coke and pills because it was easier than dealing with bunk dealers and ripoff artists.
  • 8:44Deep web drug dealing works like Yelp and Amazon with seller reviews and searchable listings.
  • 9:06Leftist community in guest's hometown knew him as a guy who wrote papers for rich kids and had published work on CIA and intelligence.
  • 9:33Guest was asked to post on a leftist forum blog on the deep web frequented by people from countries experiencing governmental crises like Greece.
  • 10:03Blog posts covered how to properly organize protests and what actually works against tear gas, posted on the deep web for anonymity.
  • 10:36Guest became part of a group tasked with investigating right wing groups on the deep web.
  • 10:51Guest discovered vanity websites, which are covers for child pornography websites on the deep web.
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