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[Iron_Yuppie]

“MENT” is on the left, tren in the middle, Test C on the right

FWIW I brewed MENT in MCT oil a few weeks ago and it did not come out clear the way other compounds in MCT do. It looks much more yellow/amber than you’d think. I’ve been using it and it is very obviously MENT (I know the compound well). So don’t be too freaked out.

 

[Delphi]

I would like to suggest you use tutanota instead of protonmail. Tuta has a better track record of privacy and not working with law enforcement

Do you have a PGP key and do you accept XMR? Your website only says

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin​

Privacy is critical especially for those buying larger quantities of raws that could end up getting pinned as a dealer due to stupid legislature even though it really is only for personal use.

If they get a subpoena , they have to disclose what ever the courts ask.

The Gov can crack PGP.

All you do when you encrypt stuff, is set off a red flag you are hiding something.

 

[nealcaffrey16]

If they get a subpoena , they have to disclose what ever the courts ask.

The Gov can crack PGP.

All you do when you encrypt stuff, is set off a red flag you are hiding something.

??? wtf are you on about. since when is PGP able to be decrypted?

 

[MFAAS]

??? wtf are you on about. since when is PGP able to be decrypted?

If they get a subpoena , they have to disclose what ever the courts ask.

The Gov can crack PGP.

All you do when you encrypt stuff, is set off a red flag you are hiding something.

Let me address this quick:

It is called "Pretty Good Privacy" (PGP) for a reason: it is pretty good. Not perfect. Not military-grade. Not uncrackable. However, the math behind the encryption isn't what's been cracked (as long as you use a strong enough key the amount of compute power required would be so high, it would take years for the encryption to be cracked in a factorial manner), it is how users use it. Eventually, compute power will be such that yes, it will become obsolete, especially if quantum computers manifest in the way technologists are aiming for. But they aren't going to use it for low-level drug offenders, that will be used to crack encryption of foreign adversaries, governments, hacker groups that are doing widespread and major damage to various institutions.

So yes, it isn't PERFECT...

However, it is DEFINITELY better than nothing. Consider the following three scenarios:
1. Nobody encrypts anything: anytime an email server for a company like tuta or protonmail, etc., is accessed by the feds (either via subpoena or because they hack into shit like this on the regular), they get clear-text access to everything. Boom, gold mine, super easy access, zero work required. They can go wild.
2. Some people encrypt stuff, others don't: same scenario, only this time you can be damn sure the feds are going to go after those who DIDN'T encrypt their messages FIRST, because it's less work. Why go through all the trouble to try to crack encryption when you can just nail people who didn't encrypt and move on? Additionally, people who use weak encryption (2048 bit isn't weak, persay, but everybody should be using 4096 bit keys nowadays, which should provide protection beyond the year 2031) get targeted first because it takes minimal effort.
3. Everybody (or most people) encrypt: the feds have no idea what is what. Sure, your messages are obviously trying to keep something private...but what? It could be homemade porn, it could be an order for some schedule 4 or 3 drug that will barely be a misdemeanor and could even get dismissed. Hell, maybe you are just chatting about some private stuff and want to keep it private. Now they have to scour through all these messages, using massive amounts of compute resources to attempt to crack them or brute force the passkeys. Again, they will target the weak keys first, because that is what is easiest. Then they will move on to the others if they still have the funding and haven't gotten distracted by some other initiative or operation.

So, you see, regardless, using encryption IS better than not using encryption. If you DON'T use encryption, then rather than them seeing your encrypted message and thinking "oh, she/he is hiding something", they will just index all the emails and do a keyword search for various words that imply illegal substances, etc.

Cracking encryption is not easy. As I said, it requires a lot of compute power. In the end, the feds are NOT going to spend the cycles (computer or time, lol) on trying to decrypt random messages that they aren't sure contain something of value. It is expensive for them to try to crack keys or passwords. You would already have to be a pretty high profile suspect in an ongoing operation for them to spend the effort decrypting your messages/keys.

Generally, if you are a suspect, they are going to try alternative things. They will hack into your personal PC and install a keylogger and try to see what you are up to--again, in clear text (they LOOOOVE clear text).

It's not like the feds have some magic backdoor to PGP, or if they do nobody knows about it, and if you do @Delphi , please share the juicy details lol

In the end, you ARE better off using encryption than not. That is just a fact.

In the US, the 5th amendment protects us from handing over something that would incriminate ourselves, that includes our PGP passphrases (you better be using a fucking long ass passphrase and not a password). Note: IN THE UK YOU CAN BE JAILED FOR REFUSING TO HAND OVER YOUR PASSWORD/PASSPHRASE TO POLICE.

For those interested, here is a list that was exposed by Edward Snowden that covers the technical details of the different tools the feds have to have into various devices.

So @Delphi I must wholehearted disagree with you. I work in the IT Security space for over a decade and I know for a fact clear text is NEVER good. That is how organizations get pwned over and over again, that is how feds target people when they compromise darknet market servers, that is how fucking assholes target people for blackmail, etc. The compromise is not that the math behind RSA has been cracked, it is that users use shitty passwords or their PCs get hacked, allowing the feds access access to their keys and passwords. The main issue is with both OPSEC and with how users manage their PGP keys. Key management is a pain in the ass, people lose their keys or forget their passwords, they leave old keys sitting around, they don't rotate keys often enough or EVER, so if your passphrase DOES get cracked, they have access to EVERYTHING you've EVER done, or the user writes the password down somewhere or stores it in clear text somewhere on their computer that, during an investigation, the feds can easily find...THAT is the real issue here.

The key here is NOT using any "built-in" encryption from email clients like tuta or protonmail, or even Gmail and the like, you MUST use an actual PGP client on your own PC--and preferably a burner PC that you never, ever connect to your home network so it is not linked to you in any way.

Hopefully this settles it. Using PGP IS beneficial, 100%, this is NOT debated within the IT Security community at all. What it comes down to is HOW its used and how high profile of an actor you are in any given investigation.

Edit: I am going to post this in my privacy guide thread as well. I think it'd be beneficial to have it there.

Edit 2: IMPORTANT: one other thing people fuck up with is storing their drafts in clear text and leaving them there. Once your message is encrypted and sent. DELETE THE FUCKING DRAFT: the best thing to do is to open that same file, erase all the text, then just store is as a blank file. That way, so long as file versions are turned OFF, nobody could recover the file with a disk recovery tool. The ABSOLUTE best thing to do is to use a non-persistent OS like Tails. As I said in the original post on my privacy guide, google darknet privacy guide for more info on this as well as more intense privacy tips.

 

[kdfo]

FWIW I brewed MENT in MCT oil a few weeks ago and it did not come out clear the way other compounds in MCT do. It looks much more yellow/amber than you’d think. I’ve been using it and it is very obviously MENT (I know the compound well). So don’t be too freaked out.

Great info. I have another order of raws coming soon. I'll compare them and send some off for testing

 

[theotherguy]

FWIW I brewed MENT in MCT oil a few weeks ago and it did not come out clear the way other compounds in MCT do. It looks much more yellow/amber than you’d think. I’ve been using it and it is very obviously MENT (I know the compound well). So don’t be too freaked out.

I have not seen this, but I have only used 1 UGL MENT and brewed only 1 batch on my own (both in MCT, both of which were colorless), so my experience is obviously limited. Are you saying that you have had some batches of MENT come out looking tren-ish?

 

[Deleted member 123722]

The way I see it, the Feds aren't constantly monitoring random people so you have to first get on their radar. However, once the Feds have you on the radar, you're on your way of getting fucked, if you continue giving them a case; at that point they can do much more than we know to get you. So unless your Pablo Escobar, I wouldn't worry about them, but once signs show that they have found you, like seizures and other things, probably best to stop fucking around.

 

[Iron_Yuppie]

I have not seen this, but I have only used 1 UGL MENT and brewed only 1 batch on my own (both in MCT, both of which were colorless), so my experience is obviously limited. Are you saying that you have had some batches of MENT come out looking tren-ish?

My last brew came out with that light yellow/slight amber tint despite being in MCT. All other brews were done in CSO so it was obviously yellow to begin with. I’m not saying anything about your stuff because I wasn’t there and I don’t want to tell you something that turns out to be untrue. But I’ve been on MENT for a while now and if the stuff I’m using daily wasn’t MENT I would have noticed.

 

[Delphi]

The way I see it, the Feds aren't constantly monitoring random people so you have to first get on their radar. However, once the Feds have you on the radar, you're on your way of getting fucked, if you continue giving them a case; at that point they can do much more than we know to get you. So unless your Pablo Escobar, I wouldn't worry about them, but once signs show that they have found you, like seizures and other things, probably best to stop fucking around.

As my attorney said, there are not millions of "feds". They are of limited number, and.... do you think they would rather play online , or do hard work? They get paid by the hour, if they do work or not, in fact, if fed employees get disciplined, they get sent home WITH PAY.

You can get away with a lot if you don't piss anyone off.

Most people are in jail, because their friends RATTED ON EM!

 

[VStar]

Does anyone have experience with their Australian Domestic range? What are the oils like? They aren't exactly cheap either compared to other domestic sources.
Might go ahead and order a single vial of something though.

 

[sksS13]

@PandaRep
Who can I pm/wicker for help with an order I placed last week? Thanks!

 

[klokke23]

If you were worried about being reimbursed for the testing, you probably should have used lab4tox, no?

Janoshik is not who they wanted you to use so don't be surprised if they tell you that they don't recognize his testing as valid.

BS as it may be, the rep told you exactly who to use so I will be surprised if you are reimbursed but it wouldn't be the first time I was wrong if they do.

Good luck.

Good luck. Cringe

 

[MadBret]

Good luck. Cringe

Not sure if you are agreeing with me or talking shit but no worries either way, bud. I hope this guy is taken care of. Jano's testing should be recognized but seeings as ppl has a problem with him and requests lab4tox to be used, I would have opted to go that route personally, at least if I was trying to be compensated for the testing.

 

[Deleted member 123722]

The SST rep has not responded to me in over a week, so yea. Again, more bad "customer service" and why I didn't just drop this weeks ago.

 

[Nezz]

Anyone else have trouble getting a reship?
All was well at the start told me to wait 8 weeks of no updates so I did. Fast forward 8 weeks melody is now telling me to call customs and enquire, she was even kind e enough to attach the number

I’m not a genius but isn’t that literally the dumbest thing anyone could ever do

 

[klokke23]

Not sure if you are agreeing with me or talking shit but no worries either way, bud. I hope this guy is taken care of. Jano's testing should be recognized but seeings as ppl has a problem with him and requests lab4tox to be used, I would have opted to go that route personally, at least if I was trying to be compensated for the testing.

It's just cringe when people write good luck at the bottom after helping someone. Like they wrote some kind of guide or something.

 

[Scottyjedra]

Are there any discounts being offered still?
If so could you plz provide me with the details?
Thx Scott~

 

[klokke23]

Are there any discounts being offered still?
If so could you plz provide me with the details?
Thx Scott~

Write soflakidinchina on wickr.

 

[MadBret]

It's just cringe when people write good luck at the bottom after helping someone. Like they wrote some kind of guide or something.

If you say so, bud.

May the force be with you...

 

[Detroitmonster]

I don’t know if this helps . But a year ago I got a pack seized and when they sent the seizure letter it said materials were tested and it showed test cyp
Proviron
Cialis .
no percentage or anything like that was on there but at least it tested by the government what it was supposed to be