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Re:The Gig Economy (2018) by seibelj on Sunday August 25, 2019 @01:12AM (#20791484)
I do not do drugs because of physical and mental health reasons beyond what I am prescribed. But I have heard that the darknet markets are quite advanced in their distribution - to the point that dealing a large amount of drugs is essentially risk-free. Such pharmacists will, say, put a gram of cocaine in a soda can and place it in the woods and save the geo coordinates. Then when they sell the drugs, they give the user the geo coordinates to pick up. Furthermore they can put a piece of paper containing a code in the soda can which will allow verification of retrieval.

The internet, anonymity protocols, and cryptocurrency have made the world an interesting place...

Re:The Gig Economy (2018) by theworld572 on Sunday August 25, 2019 @06:02AM (#20792184)
Risk free, until you buy drugs from "undercover" police who arrest you the second you pick up that soda can in the woods!

But for the dealer, it can be quite close to Risk free if they are careful enough.

Re:The Gig Economy (2018) by bluejellybean on Sunday August 25, 2019 @10:12AM (#20793060)
I'm always reminded of Zoz's awesome talk "Don't Fuck It Up!"[0]. There's a ton of sketchy shit you can unfortunately (or fortunately depending on who you are) do online but not getting caught is still a non-trivial task. Successfully hiding is dependent upon the people who you're trying to hide from and your sophistication in hiding.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1q4Ir2J8P8