[kalita]

I didn't really use any of these websites, but after hearing about the shutdown of these I checked out sinisterly after being gone for some years (never really used my old account, couldn't remember the name. I was also an asshole back then).
I guess I'm just surprised there's no discussion I could find in the lounge about this - this is really the only surviving one I could think of.

[Dismas]

In the same way gunpowder ignites when there's too much heat, forums get seized when they're too reckless/laissez faire. Law enforcement likely relies on forums for free intel. Registrars/hosts are easy to subpoena, so my main curiosity is why they waited almost 10 years.

I always recommend people fly straight.

[HeadxHunter]

Just saw they both got seized on LinkedIn.

[ruonis55]

In the same way gunpowder ignites when there's too much heat, forums get seized when they're too reckless/laissez faire. Law enforcement likely relies on forums for free intel. Registrars/hosts are easy to subpoena, so my main curiosity is why they waited almost 10 years.

I always recommend people fly straight.

Could be because of the new president of USA. The agencies started to work again and not just "exist". Recently it was find out that there were federal workers that just did nothing and got their paychecks, now everyone started to prove that they do real work and not just fool around and walk their dog in their free time. Also, it takes time to get all the valid proof and cooperate with other agencies from all over the world, it's just one agency's operation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAlnBpgIEKA
They even released a video

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[talrodil]

Could be because of the new president of USA. The agencies started to work again and not just "exist". Recently it was find out that there were federal workers that just did nothing and got their paychecks, now everyone started to prove that they do real work and not just fool around and walk their dog in their free time. Also, it takes time to get all the valid proof and cooperate with other agencies from all over the world, it's just one agency's operation.

Unlikely. Government institutions have always had pockets of departments that do NOTHING for their paycheck. It's the unfortunate downside of the public sector.

This sort of operation requires a long time to plan and execute properly. The fact that they hit now is just a coincidence.

But what the hell took them all these years, I don't understand. These forums working on the clearnet so openly is just ... insane.

[laininthewired]

looking back, im glad Oni choose to make certain things restricted here. I know that Nulleds admin was a pretty big middleman and was just counting down the days for him to get fedded.

[Dismas]

looking back, im glad Oni choose to make certain things restricted here. I know that Nulleds admin was a pretty big middleman and was just counting down the days for him to get fedded.

One parallel I definitely see between the forums that are getting seized, is that their admins are MMing high profile transactions. RF/Breached did the same.

I've always refused to MM personally, but there's not much we allow now that is likely to draw any ire.

[BossDaddy47]

looking back, im glad Dismas choose to make certain things restricted here. I know that Nulleds admin was a pretty big middleman and was just counting down the days for him to get fedded.

One parallel I definitely see between the forums that are getting seized, is that their admins are MMing high profile transactions. RF/Breached did the same.

I've always refused to MM personally, but there's not much we allow now that is likely to draw any ire.

What is MM?

[kalita]

What is MM?

middleman

Is any alternative for them? Even Leaked forums dissapeared.

here tbh

Could be because of the new president of USA. The agencies started to work again and not just "exist". Recently it was find out that there were federal workers that just did nothing and got their paychecks, now everyone started to prove that they do real work and not just fool around and walk their dog in their free time. Also, it takes time to get all the valid proof and cooperate with other agencies from all over the world, it's just one agency's operation.

doubt it honestly, he got inaugurated way too recently for all of them to be taken down coordinated like this.

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In the same way gunpowder ignites when there's too much heat, forums get seized when they're too reckless/laissez faire. Law enforcement likely relies on forums for free intel. Registrars/hosts are easy to subpoena, so my main curiosity is why they waited almost 10 years.

I always recommend people fly straight.

yeah, a couple yrs ago i posted about scamming some dude - you & mothered basically said "don't do that" and i sperged out hard on you guys idk why lol
kinda funny in retrospect, but shame that mothered disappeared.