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Most people using the darknet do everything in their power to keep their identities hidden from other users. That seems to be a lot more difficult to do these days.

Users still need to provide shipping addresses for items they buy from darknet marketplaces. Someone has been targeting TradeRoute users via physical mail to alert them that their data has been leaked.

They are then encouraged to send a Bitcoin payment to a specific address lest their data be handed over to the police.

It is pretty interesting to see how the world of darknet marketplaces has been altered over the past few months. With the major marketplaces getting shut down in quick succession, something will need to change.

New platforms such as Libertas are popping up with improved site security, ditching Bitcoin in favor of Monero for privacy reasons, and hopefully preventing one’s data from getting exposed to other users.

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