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Re:Dropgangs, or the future of darknet markets by mirimir on Monday January 14, 2019 @03:59AM (#18901668)
> The article essentially describes a quintessential terror cell structure, but with the added benefit of 0 direct interaction.

Isn't "terror cell" a little over-the-top? It's just trade craft. The US does it. Russia and China do it. The various mafias (at least, modern ones) do it.

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Re:Dropgangs, or the future of darknet markets by crowbahr on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @11:35PM (#18918255)
It's not over the top, it's what I was talking about.

Terror cells have had to operate with reduced resources since the dawn of terrorism. The terror cell structure is trying to keep things as isolated as possible, and I'm saying this structuring and proliferation of dead-drop tech will all boost the potential power of the terror cell.

I'm saying that what they've described is a structure analogous to what exists, just higher tech. The time to adoption of this by terror elements is going to be short.

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