Feds Want Reddit to Give Up Personal Info of Darknet Market Redditors

Federal agents require Redditto turn over the personal dataof five large Redditors active in the Darknet Markets subreddit . IP addresses , names , and other data about five Reddit user active in Darknet Market discussionshave been requested .

Earlier this month , thepopular drug - and - arm peddling darknet marketEvolutionvanished in an evident scamby its Godhead . This subpoena ad testificandum , from a Baltimore Department of Homeland Security agentive role , search like it ’s link up to Evolution , since all of the subpoenaed redditors had in public discuss what go down when Evolution disappeared . One of them , security researcher Gwern Branwen , release a PSA post on the Darknet Markets subredditearlier today :

Recently ( 2015 - 03 - 25 ) , I was alarm by Reddit that there had been a subpoena for my Reddit business relationship information and they would be responding by 2015 - 03 - 30 ; this followedtheir privateness policywhere they inform all bill affected by subpoenas if there is nogag order(which is more than most websites will do for you )

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This subpoena may curb discussion that go down on the Darknet Market subreddit , which is a huge community of interests hub for darknet mart exploiter . Branwen tell Wired heexpects some of the conversations to move elsewhere :

Branwen says he expects his disclosure of the subpoena to drive many of radius / darknetmarket ’s conversations to Tor - protect forums like the drug - market discussion site telephone the Hub . “ Riskier discussions will move onto the Hub , and as long as the Reddit admins do n’t get spooked and shut it down like to /r / jailbait , [ r / darknetmarkets ] will remain a useful discussion place , ” he allege .

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