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g1ng3rbr34d_m4n:
SWIM has been thinking about this for a while now, wondered if any bees can shed light.

Suppose shit were to hit a fan somewhere, and Johnny Law started digging up all the posts from a bee's history that could potentially prove the bee was engaging in illegal activity.   The bee was cautious,  SWIMming like everyone has told them to, so the bee thinks they're safe. 

SWIM's opinion is that there is NO chance in hell that using SWIM would stand up in court.   Especially since everyone knows what the deal is.

So does anyone know if SWIMmming actually works?

fractal:
No it doesn't, that's why it's against the rules here and basically everywhere else this topic is discussed.

Vesp:
It's so asinine.
Review the rules here: https://www.thevespiary.org/talk/index.php?topic=369.0


If one wants to be anonymous they need to write differently to avoid stylometric analysis,  understand EXIF data and properly remove it from all images and other content posted, use Tor over VPS or while possibly using public/open wifi use fake emails, and many other things, like abandoning accounts if they have possibly have been compromised.

using SWIM isn't going to stop anyone from going to jail. They don't go after someone until they have an excellent case against them. For instance silkroad 2.0 was infiltrated by the FBI since day 1 before taking down exactly a year later, on its anniversary. Think if Blake Benthall used a different name it would have made any  difference considering his shitty OpSec?

The key is to either not become a target/a target worth their time, or be really really good at it. So far I think everyone here is in the first half; not a target, or not a target worth worrying about.

It is truly rare that someone would have good OpSec - humans are inherently optimistic and think they will strike it rich and never get caught and because of this disposition they more often than not fuck up somehow - by using their real email to run silkroad or something along those lines.

Image: Blake Benthall showing how to "swim"

g1ng3rbr34d_m4n:
Good, I always thought it looked retarded.

Vesp:
You use it a lot though.

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