Silk Road vendor Oxyflight was just arrested. He had terrible OPSEC recently yet evaded capture using Tor, cryptocurrency, and PGP encryption for over nine years beforehand. Activists, journalists, researchers committing no crimes: privacy tech can work, but #OPSEC is on you.
Diverter @Diverter_NoKYC
Feb 13
• Did not use #Whirlpool • Used @paxful, a @chainalysis partner • Used @gmail account, realnameYoB@gmail • Accessed Paxful w/out Tor, VPN, anything • Paxful handed over IP's. He one hopped to a #bitcoin surveillance partner exchange ffs. Of course he got caught 😂

4:00 PM · Feb 13, 2021

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You can run, but you can't hide.
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What's whirlpool?
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It's a Bitcoin privacy tool, it allows you to obfuscate the past history of a UTXO. So for example if your coins are linked to a DNM, you could easily remove that link by CoinJoin your Bitcoin with a strong implementation like Whirlpool.
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Replying to @DarkDotFail
He definitely could’ve retired off what he made off Silk Road alone you’d think but I guess it depends how his spending was
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Replying to @DarkDotFail
You have to be on point at all times, every time. They only have to be lucky once. Privacy is a fight. Don't take a knife to a gun fight. Use the tools!! ✊
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Makes you think if they caught the actual guy or just some fall guy
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Replying to @DarkDotFail
Confused, if he PGP and tor. Then how was it terrible? Is it because he used btc?
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