Russ G
1 min readJan 24, 2023

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Let’s count the illogical and/or impossible things here in just the first story:

1) Streaming on the dark web isn’t really a thing. You can’t as effectively anonymize video traffic like an HTTP session and Tor sessions are also pretty slow just loading still images so even low res video is barely usable under the best conditions.

2) you have to work pretty hard to find stuff on the dark web. You can’t just “wander in” to a site like the one described.

3) Bitcoins aren’t particularly untraceable or anonymous. If someone was being paid for torture in real time they’d be found.

4) The Tor browser does anonymize both ways, and you don’t “log in” to it.

5) The odds of anyone being physically close enough to a random video viewer to enter their home are pretty slim.

6) If this person was indeed terrorized or harmed, how did this story get out with these details?

This reads like Reddit copypasta or something a boomer grandparent would forward their kids under some antivaxx messaging.

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Russ G
Russ G

Written by Russ G

Autodidact on most topics. Just doing the best I can to figure stuff out.

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