Random Darknet Shopper: A Live Mail Art Piece

The dark web/deep web/dark net/whateveryouwannacallit has many legal things sold on it. My favorite story was a few years back, a vendor there was selling drugs. However, they also had their own coffee blend, and they would send a bag of their coffee with every purchase. Turns out the coffee was phenomenal. The vendor started getting so many requests to buy the coffee directly that they were able to just start selling coffee. I don't remember if that got them to stop selling their illegal merchandise, but at least they had one avenue of semi-ethical income.

I loved the &quot;Mastering the Art of French Cooking&quot; book. I mean it must something subversive to be sold on the darkweb.<p>Edit: the other object are interesting: credit card, spy camera...

It&#x27;s worth reading the bit where it orders ecstasy and gets the exhibit shut down.

I honestly expected it to be 90% drugs, but I was pleasantly surprised to see the diversity of the items.

A 1oz [Counterfeit] Canadian Gold Coin for $30<p>The description doesn’t indicate it was sold as a counterfeit, but no way you can buy an oz of gold for $30 on the dark web...<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org&#x2F;r&#x2F;021-canadian-gold-coin&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org&#x2F;r&#x2F;021-canadian-gol...</a>

All these items seems remote, sometimes funny or interesting until I recognize my friend&#x27;s very passport.

I wonder what those &quot;triangle crackers&quot; were and what was so risky about them.

At least they used the correct numbers of w&#x27;s in the URL.

Cool to see the prosecutor demonstrate a profound understanding of the possible purpose and utility to which art can be applied.

See also: Institute of Illegal Images

Relevant xkcd: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xkcd.com&#x2F;576&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xkcd.com&#x2F;576&#x2F;</a>