Read this if you're in an emergency and need to burn it all down to avoid prison. : OpSec | Torhoo darknet markets

Don't go cheap on the security cameras, and set them motherfuckers to ALERT YOU TO MOTION. Those precious seconds matter. Not a rule but 4am ish is when the fuck boys like to use their master key on the front door...ACAB...

> SSD's should be in use ONLY, no HDD's.
I will mention that HDDs are better if you are using deniable encryption like VeraCrypt with hidden volumes as the volumes cannot be discovered with forensics, unlike SSDs.

Chances are if pigs are ready to break your door down, they already have enough to prosecute you.

Encrypted devices might help but it depends of the content you hiding and the country you live in. In most countries (including mine) if you refuse to provide decrypting keys you get sentenced just as they've found what they are looking for and accusing you of. The judge finds you automatically guilty even without decrypting the hard drive. That is why indeed you need Plausible Deniability. Veracrypt with the hidden volume might work as you provide decrypt keys for the outer volume not the actual hidden one. Unfortunately if three letter agency is after you and not some dumb local agency, after inspection they might be able to determine that the hidden volume do exist.

"Lesson 3" have some creative points, but it's kind of hard to make it look legit or at least it might take a lot of time and efforts until you reach a point that could be used in court.

What I would suggest is, simply never store any device that can incriminate you (encrypted or not) at your own home. Renting server and securing it as good as you can could work(including securing your logins, encrypting the whole server and then the files that are important etc) .Even better install your own metal box somewhere that you can access when needed, then install your cameras there to monitor if someone is snooping around your box.

Lesson1 - always have you portable microwave at hand.

Lesson 3 - Plausible Deniability

I can not stress this enough, your arresting officers and the detectives will act like they have you from the second they have you in handcuffs when they still need to build a case. They NEED an omission of guilt, if you poke holes in their questions and act dumb you will visibly see the frustration set in as they lose confidence. I am telling you from personal experience.

Everything I do I make sure I have a reasonable explanation for in case I wind up having to explain those actions to a jury. The day came where I was charged with a class D Felony, I was released from Jail on Pars because I had a job and no priors, I didn't need a lawyer just explained the situation to the public defender. I didn't even have a real court case we just pushed the pretrial back month after month and poked holes in the evidence until the judge looked at my case, looked at me, rolled his eyes and dismissed it.

At the end of last year the police even falsified a piece of evidence so they could open a new case, arrested me again, got the same judge in jail, released me again on Pars.

Stick to your story, act dumb, and if they ask you anything that you don't know how to answer "I don't know what you're talking about."

The plan is to put it in our Wiki.

Nice information, concise and to the point.

Awesome contribution that will surely help people in the future.

One can, for lack of a better term, have a mobile security environment and internet access all in one. Carry a portalble router or, better yet, use a small dev board like the Pi. OpenWRT for the OS and you can set the router to point traffic to any number of different ways e.g. VPN, Tor, proxies and SSH tunnels if you wish. I do not know how secure a Raspberry Pi is as far as it's normal O.S. but there are a variety of chioces there.

Then, the idea of cameras from your post. For the cheap down and dirty you can use an ESP32 for a super cheap, super light and disposable if needed. Just drop one around each corners and in the potted plant down the hall so you can see whos coming in.

So A Raspberry Pi running OpenWRT, a few ESP32 units, handfull of small batteries and some kind of video software for the cameras.

Since you have the router you can set up your local network including the cameras and you can log into whatever wifi from the OpenWRT web interface.

It's not fancy but I think a good project to look into. ( Like I need any more tech in my bag. )

Well done.

That was a good write up man. I'm sure more could be added

Great write up. Using a NDA agreement to justify encrypted devices is a smart idea.

You types always leave out possibility of Jury Nullification if ONLY FOR PERSONAL USE. I'd say at least half the shoppers are only users and you only need 1/12 jurors to have the courage to say it's an unjust law, not that you broke the law but that it's not a just law. Example is they think you should be able to buy and use drugs safely at home especially when the government allows sales of deadly tobacco and alcohol. Fuk them.

Yeah, also, don’t use fingerprint, pattern, PIN, or facial recognition on your smartphone.

all good if youre inthe US. In other countries you need to decrypt when asked under Key Disclousure laws

• Use an amnesic system with KVM. Debian host would be good, with kicksecure live-grub
• Hide kvm Whonix instances in Veracrypt hidden.
• Have some plausible emabarrasing files in the outer layer
• Lawyer as always in anycountry

So just put my laptop in the microwave in a tub of HCl acid?

This is nice. I always suggest that people hack into a bunch of different WIFi using a long range antenna. That gives you a huge advantage, because they might be able to triangulate you if you hack several, but pinpointing you will be nightmare.

> RAM? Microwave or burn.

This one has me curious. Ram isn't persistent storage unless using a RAM drive, even then just cut the power to it, if there's any backup batteries remove it and all the data will be gone. Why would you need to destroy your ram? It's wiped to a clean state the moment it loses power, unless I'm missing something.

I would be willing to burn down my entire house just not to pay a lifetime prison... So I encourage you to have always something that can burn your entire room in case anything happens.. Gasoline, kerosene, lighters, matches and something to make an excuse "it burned by accident"

.for lesson2
.once the cops search your home and find that you were using tails, you are effectively done for. an ordinary guy using tails may at most get him to a watchlist but not behind the bars. but, a very big BUTT your local law enforcement, fbi, swat whatever don't just randomly appear at your home out of thin air. there must exist a p-r-o-p-e-r evidence to lead them there and an associated search warrant in relation to the investigation.

.if you have drugs, guns etc. everywhere by the time le is at your door you are already fucked. you may as well start praying for a miracle.

.if you have encrypted data, you either give the keys or give your freedom when the le demands you to provide them the keys. not complying with le is a crime, as simple as that. no, a lawyer won't save you.

.for lesson3
.oh you think ndas will save you? that nda is just a piece of paper if the law is against you. because an nda is only an nda if it is bound by law and enforced by law enforcement. if there is no law enforcement and law on your side, you are cooked.

.not only that, but an nda does not mean you cannot testify. authorities may seek organizations or individuals who signed ndas with you for a compromise in helping them for an investigation case. ndas that prohibit testifying before court when demanded do not exist. yeah, they just dont.

.what if you are interrogated by a rogue actors, with no respect to laws? how long will you be able to resist to constant torture, agonizing pain? or to psychological torture? to the point you will do anything to disclose your keys? what if they threaten your family? your loved ones? you think an nda will work in that case? this is beyond stupid.

.what if they drug you? or place you in a room with no outside contact for days, weeks or even months and interrogate you throughout the process so you will lose your sanity and spit whatever is on your mind without any control whatsoever at the end?

.by the way throwing an ssd into a microwave to fry ssd will have you fried in the court for tampering with evidence, just saying. forensics may not be able to extract any meaningful data from the fried ssd flash cells but you will very likely be asked why did you throw an ssd into a microwave just before your home was stormed.

.you are far better of not using tor for the unintended and unethical purpose of carding,drugs and guns type of activities but using it for avoiding mass surveillance .

.don't believe the shit he wrote. it is utterly false.

I bet you even use bitcoin for darknet transactions. With such operational security practices, it will honestly not be surprising.

AUTHORITIES ARE NOT (THAT) STUPID. USE TOR RESPONSIBLY SO YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD ANONYMITY AND EVADE THREE LETTER GUYS. NOT FOR COMMITING CRIMES TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK