When really needed, dealing with those websites is so nerve breakingthat I often resort to... a phone call or a simple email.
You know that famous "dark web" that journalists crave to write
about?
(at my request, one journalist once told me what "dark web" meant to
him and it was "websites not easily accessible through a Google
search".)
You know that famous "dark web" that journalists crave to write
about?
(at my request, one journalist once told me what "dark web" meant to
him and it was "websites not easily accessible through a Google
search".)
Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> writes:
You know that famous "dark web" that journalists crave to write
about?
No. I do not know what journalists are talking about. I know Tor and similar things.
(at my request, one journalist once told me what "dark web" meant to
him and it was "websites not easily accessible through a Google
search".)
Sounds like a real expert! /s
On 12/22/23 19:48, yeti wrote:
Ben Collver <bencollver@tilde.pink> writes:
You know that famous "dark web" that journalists crave to write
about?
No. I do not know what journalists are talking about. I know Tor and
similar things.
(at my request, one journalist once told me what "dark web" meant to
him and it was "websites not easily accessible through a Google
search".)
Sounds like a real expert! /s
Not even "inaccessible". Just "hard to access". geez..
The other issue is that if one is not familiar with what's on topic on some of the crossposted groups , it creates a dilemma whether they should simply remove the crossposting or spend time to visit the groups to become familiar and see if their response would be on topic.
Considering that Usenet is not moderated, is filled with extremely
off-topic spam, and there is absolutely no penalty for a post that is
related to what the group is about but still different from the usual discussion, I don't think that's anything to worry about.
People who use "old web" technologies like Gopher and Gemini are sure to
find it interesting.
There's a recent thread titled "Which groups are active?" over on alt.usenet.newbies that might have some good leads.
Hopefully one upside of Google leaving Usenet will be that there'll be
less spam, and the number of messages in a group will become a better reflection of how active the group really is.
I always wondered if there was room for starting a business that
would aggregate all programs on behalf of other people and thus
"garble" the information. Think of it as an e-commerce proxy where
people pay you cash or through bank transfer and you (and your
staff) buy things online on their behalf. The profile then built up
is based on 10, 20...x persons so won't really be useful. I assume
that it is illegal but would be a nice privacy preserving
service. =)
And what nasty a word choice! Loyalty is unselfish
faithfulness and commitment at the sacrifice of one's own
interests and well-being. Getting a discount is the
opposite.
I always wondered if there was room for starting a business that
would aggregate all programs on behalf of other people and thus
"garble" the information. Think of it as an e-commerce proxy where
people pay you cash or through bank transfer and you (and your
staff) buy things online on their behalf. The profile then built up
is based on 10, 20...x persons so won't really be useful. I assume
that it is illegal but would be a nice privacy preserving
service. =)
If there were a local person to whom I could hand cash in person, who
would do that on demand for a small percentage fee, I'd do that.
I don't see anything illegal about it. Some vendors might make an
On Sat, 6 Jan 2024, Mike Spencer wrote:
I always wondered if there was room for starting a business that
would aggregate all programs on behalf of other people and thus
"garble" the information. Think of it as an e-commerce proxy where
people pay you cash or through bank transfer and you (and your
staff) buy things online on their behalf. The profile then built up
is based on 10, 20...x persons so won't really be useful. I assume
that it is illegal but would be a nice privacy preserving
service. =)
If there were a local person to whom I could hand cash in person, who
would do that on demand for a small percentage fee, I'd do that.
Hello Mike,
It does sound like a nice idea, doesn't it! =) The problem is to scale
up and...
I don't see anything illegal about it. Some vendors might make an
once you scale up the credit card companies will probably stop you or
money laundering rules or know your customers rules etc.
But perhaps at some time in the future, I might try just to see how far
it would scale before hitting the credit cards companies or the
government regulations.
Best regards, Daniel
On 1/7/24 01:08, D wrote:
On Sat, 6 Jan 2024, Mike Spencer wrote:
I always wondered if there was room for starting a business that
would aggregate all programs on behalf of other people and thus
"garble" the information. Think of it as an e-commerce proxy where
people pay you cash or through bank transfer and you (and your
staff) buy things online on their behalf. The profile then built up
is based on 10, 20...x persons so won't really be useful. I assume
that it is illegal but would be a nice privacy preserving
service. =)
If there were a local person to whom I could hand cash in person, who
would do that on demand for a small percentage fee, I'd do that.
Hello Mike,
It does sound like a nice idea, doesn't it! =) The problem is to scale
up and...
I don't see anything illegal about it. Some vendors might make an
once you scale up the credit card companies will probably stop you or
money laundering rules or know your customers rules etc.
But perhaps at some time in the future, I might try just to see how far
it would scale before hitting the credit cards companies or the
government regulations.
Best regards, Daniel
You make a good point - this is precisely what happens. Someone uses
your service to buy drugs, and the government comes down like a stack of bricks, and gives you 3 life sentences for illegal operation of a money transmitting service.
You make a good point - this is precisely what happens. Someone uses your
service to buy drugs, and the government comes down like a stack of bricks, >> and gives you 3 life sentences for illegal operation of a money
transmitting service.
Addendum: services like this do exist in places with less insane governments.
once you scale up the credit card companies will probably stop you or
money laundering rules or know your customers rules etc.
But perhaps at some time in the future, I might try just to see how far
it would scale before hitting the credit cards companies or the
government regulations.
Best regards, Daniel
You make a good point - this is precisely what happens. Someone uses your service to buy drugs, and the government comes down like a stack of bricks, and gives you 3 life sentences for illegal operation of a money transmitting service.
I'm running my own business and I know first hand how revolting it is to
have anything at all to do with banks and the government.
I think, for this service to be even remotely feasible, it would have to
hide in plain sight. You would have to have x "purchasers" with personal credit cards, and spread the customers out among them to ensure that
neither purchasers consumes too much in any given month.
On Sun, 7 Jan 2024, immibis wrote:
You make a good point - this is precisely what happens. Someone uses
your service to buy drugs, and the government comes down like a stack
of bricks, and gives you 3 life sentences for illegal operation of a
money transmitting service.
Addendum: services like this do exist in places with less insane
governments.
Really?! Please give me a pointer in the right direction, because I'd
like to become a customer! =)
Really?! Please give me a pointer in the right direction, because I'd
like to become a customer! =)
ISTR in some African villages, there would be one person who held the money for the whole village and kept track of each person's individual account.
Somewhat related: Hawala
On 1/8/24 11:11, D wrote:
I'm running my own business and I know first hand how revolting it is to
have anything at all to do with banks and the government.
I think, for this service to be even remotely feasible, it would have to
hide in plain sight. You would have to have x "purchasers" with personal
credit cards, and spread the customers out among them to ensure that
neither purchasers consumes too much in any given month.
You would then go to prison for money laundering.
On Mon, 8 Jan 2024, immibis wrote:
On 1/8/24 11:11, D wrote:
I'm running my own business and I know first hand how revolting it is to >>> have anything at all to do with banks and the government.
I think, for this service to be even remotely feasible, it would have to >>> hide in plain sight. You would have to have x "purchasers" with personal >>> credit cards, and spread the customers out among them to ensure that
neither purchasers consumes too much in any given month.
You would then go to prison for money laundering.
Incorrect. It would depend on the countries involved and the mount of
money involved all of which is under my control.
But, you do have one point which I concede and that is that we, as
citizens, daily are committing crimes due to the extremely convoluted
and numerous laws in existence.
So yes, just by living in todays society you are very likely to have committed some kind of crime somewhere at some time.
On 1/9/24 12:22, D wrote:
On Mon, 8 Jan 2024, immibis wrote:
On 1/8/24 11:11, D wrote:
I'm running my own business and I know first hand how revolting it is to >>>> have anything at all to do with banks and the government.
I think, for this service to be even remotely feasible, it would have to >>>> hide in plain sight. You would have to have x "purchasers" with personal >>>> credit cards, and spread the customers out among them to ensure that
neither purchasers consumes too much in any given month.
You would then go to prison for money laundering.
Incorrect. It would depend on the countries involved and the mount of
money involved all of which is under my control.
But, you do have one point which I concede and that is that we, as
citizens, daily are committing crimes due to the extremely convoluted
and numerous laws in existence.
So yes, just by living in todays society you are very likely to have
committed some kind of crime somewhere at some time.
The point is not that you can accidentally commit crimes. The point is
that all things which fall outside of government control are crimes.
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