Sam Bent

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OSINT & OPSEC Specialist | Darknet Expert (Ex Vendor & DNM Admin) | Content Creator| DEFCON/SANS Speaker | Social Engineer | Author | Paralegal | It’s great to have you here; thanks for stopping by. noA/cSbjQQcQDha6LHxHuzggUXXnOP2fvRqHgH8qUvU=

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A Botnet Accidentally Destroyed I2P (The Full Story)

A Botnet Accidentally Destroyed I2P (The Full Story) Sam Bent

13.1K views - 1 day ago

They Spy On You But Exempt Themselves

They Spy On You But Exempt Themselves Sam Bent

8.8K views - 1 week ago

Youtube Tracked 45 Million Kids, $30 For Your Kid, $9 Million for the Lawyers

Youtube Tracked 45 Million Kids, $30 For Your Kid, $9 Million for the Lawyers Sam Bent

7.2K views - 1 month ago

Palantir Works for Every President

Palantir Works for Every President Sam Bent

13.7K views - 1 month ago

Your Printer is Snitching On YOU!

Your Printer is Snitching On YOU! Sam Bent

33.9K views - 2 months ago

Cops Keep 90% of What They Seize and Spend It on Clowns

Cops Keep 90% of What They Seize and Spend It on Clowns Sam Bent

6.8K views - 2 months ago

The EU is Destroying Privacy

The EU is Destroying Privacy Sam Bent

11.3K views - 2 months ago

Doxing Yourself to (Not) Save Privacy Developers

Doxing Yourself to (Not) Save Privacy Developers Sam Bent

8.8K views - 2 months ago

Germany Is Debanking Dissidents, How Monero Solves This...

Germany Is Debanking Dissidents, How Monero Solves This... Sam Bent

8.7K views - 2 months ago

HugBunter Deleted: Reddit Erases Dread Forum Administrator

HugBunter Deleted: Reddit Erases Dread Forum Administrator Sam Bent

13.9K views - 3 months ago

How Switzerland Became a Surveillance State Overnight

How Switzerland Became a Surveillance State Overnight Sam Bent

22.2K views - 3 months ago

$53 Kills the Tor Network (And They Won't Fix It)

$53 Kills the Tor Network (And They Won't Fix It) Sam Bent

31.2K views - 3 months ago

Mullvad Hides VPN Traffic Inside HTTPS With QUIC Obfuscation

Mullvad Hides VPN Traffic Inside HTTPS With QUIC Obfuscation Sam Bent

107.2K views - 3 months ago

DangerZone: The Snowden-Approved Tool That Sanitizes Documents Through Isolation

DangerZone: The Snowden-Approved Tool That Sanitizes Documents Through Isolation Sam Bent

18.5K views - 4 months ago

KDE Linux Ends Three-Decade Distributor Dependence

KDE Linux Ends Three-Decade Distributor Dependence Sam Bent

22.3K views - 4 months ago

Why You Never Rob Cancer Patients in Front of the Internet, AND Why Steam Sucks

Why You Never Rob Cancer Patients in Front of the Internet, AND Why Steam Sucks Sam Bent

33.2K views - 5 months ago

Why TorVPN's OnionMasq Architecture Destroys Traditional VPN Security

Why TorVPN's OnionMasq Architecture Destroys Traditional VPN Security Sam Bent

28.6K views - 5 months ago

The Surveillance Architect Running Signal Engineering

The Surveillance Architect Running Signal Engineering Sam Bent

16.4K views - 5 months ago

How Apple Killed a Global Encryption Backdoor Demand

How Apple Killed a Global Encryption Backdoor Demand Sam Bent

9K views - 5 months ago

How Weak Passwords Beat Strong Passwords

How Weak Passwords Beat Strong Passwords Sam Bent

7.9K views - 6 months ago

The $94 Million Smart Meter Surveillance Scheme Exposed

The $94 Million Smart Meter Surveillance Scheme Exposed Sam Bent

93.6K views - 6 months ago

Why Europe's “PROTECT” Strategy Is Pure Orwellian Doublespeak

Why Europe's “PROTECT” Strategy Is Pure Orwellian Doublespeak Sam Bent

15.1K views - 6 months ago

Tornado Cash: Criminalizing Code

Tornado Cash: Criminalizing Code Sam Bent

22.9K views - 7 months ago

The Tor Project Just Gaslit Their Entire User Base

The Tor Project Just Gaslit Their Entire User Base Sam Bent

185.4K views - 7 months ago

Perplexity's "Comet" Browser is CLOWNWARE

Perplexity's "Comet" Browser is CLOWNWARE Sam Bent

33.4K views - 7 months ago

Dread's Permanent Ban: When "Decades of Experience" Means Nothing (Because it's not real, probably)

Dread's Permanent Ban: When "Decades of Experience" Means Nothing (Because it's not real, probably) Sam Bent

16.1K views - 7 months ago

The Secret URL That Kept Me Online While Dread Was Dead

The Secret URL That Kept Me Online While Dread Was Dead Sam Bent

10.6K views - 7 months ago

L💌VE Your Country. H🅰️TE Your Government.

L💌VE Your Country. H🅰️TE Your Government. Sam Bent

5.2K views - 7 months ago

Deniable Encryption: They Can't Prosecute What They Can't Prove

Deniable Encryption: They Can't Prosecute What They Can't Prove Sam Bent

39.4K views - 7 months ago

The Human Cost of Cybercrime: IntelBroker's Prison Messages from Germany

The Human Cost of Cybercrime: IntelBroker's Prison Messages from Germany Sam Bent

17.7K views - 7 months ago

They Can Steal Your Passwords Just From Fan Noise

They Can Steal Your Passwords Just From Fan Noise Sam Bent

27.1K views - 7 months ago

Alleged Archetype Admin Arrest Footage Surfaces (?) - Back Head ID (lol)

Alleged Archetype Admin Arrest Footage Surfaces (?) - Back Head ID (lol) Sam Bent

18.4K views - 8 months ago

ARCHETYP MARKET SEIZED? Hugbunter's Expert Analysis Reveals Disturbing Red Flags

ARCHETYP MARKET SEIZED? Hugbunter's Expert Analysis Reveals Disturbing Red Flags Sam Bent

29.9K views - 8 months ago

XLibre: The Middle Finger to IBM That Could Save Linux

XLibre: The Middle Finger to IBM That Could Save Linux Sam Bent

128.1K views - 8 months ago

How $2.5 Million Darknet Empire Got Busted: Project Bionic's Amateur Hour

How $2.5 Million Darknet Empire Got Busted: Project Bionic's Amateur Hour Sam Bent

10.6K views - 8 months ago

Federal Judge Turns ChatGPT into a Data Trap

Federal Judge Turns ChatGPT into a Data Trap Sam Bent

17.8K views - 8 months ago

The Ross Ulbricht Donation That Exposed Everything Wrong With Bitcoin Privacy

The Ross Ulbricht Donation That Exposed Everything Wrong With Bitcoin Privacy Sam Bent

25.3K views - 8 months ago

For 9 Years Tor Ignored Princeton's Proof: BGP Attacks Can Unmask Millions of Users

For 9 Years Tor Ignored Princeton's Proof: BGP Attacks Can Unmask Millions of Users Sam Bent

96.8K views - 8 months ago

The AI that Snitches on YOU (blackmails too) - Claude 4 Opus

The AI that Snitches on YOU (blackmails too) - Claude 4 Opus Sam Bent

17.4K views - 8 months ago

KeePass vs the Cloud: Why Centralized Password Managers Keep Failing

KeePass vs the Cloud: Why Centralized Password Managers Keep Failing Sam Bent

56.5K views - 8 months ago

888 Interview - Darknet Dialogues

888 Interview - Darknet Dialogues Sam Bent

11K views - 8 months ago

How I Escaped Photo Surveillance, With 5 Commands (free, self-hosted)

How I Escaped Photo Surveillance, With 5 Commands (free, self-hosted) Sam Bent

15.7K views - 9 months ago

Coinbase’s $20M Reward Wasn’t for You

Coinbase’s $20M Reward Wasn’t for You Sam Bent

5.3K views - 9 months ago

FBI Busted him, Locked Him Up For 10 YEARS then became HIM

FBI Busted him, Locked Him Up For 10 YEARS then became HIM Sam Bent

6.2K views - 9 months ago

Google’s “Privacy” Age Check Is a Surveillance Trojan Horse

Google’s “Privacy” Age Check Is a Surveillance Trojan Horse Sam Bent

28.9K views - 9 months ago

Trust Is Dead: Welcome to the Age of Account-Based Infiltration

Trust Is Dead: Welcome to the Age of Account-Based Infiltration Sam Bent

17.1K views - 9 months ago

Why the Feds Will Never Stop Targeting Crypto

Why the Feds Will Never Stop Targeting Crypto Sam Bent

5.5K views - 9 months ago

For 11 Months, Tor Let Users Think They Were Safe

For 11 Months, Tor Let Users Think They Were Safe Sam Bent

78.4K views - 9 months ago

How an Ad Got a Darknet Market Burned

How an Ad Got a Darknet Market Burned Sam Bent

10.4K views - 9 months ago

Your VPS Provider Can Still Betray You, Monero or Not

Your VPS Provider Can Still Betray You, Monero or Not Sam Bent

14.3K views - 9 months ago

REDDIT Got Outsmarted by AI and Is Now Crying About It

REDDIT Got Outsmarted by AI and Is Now Crying About It Sam Bent

16.2K views - 9 months ago

Why I Made a Browser Extension to Punch Surveillance in the Face (It's free and open source)

Why I Made a Browser Extension to Punch Surveillance in the Face (It's free and open source) Sam Bent

119.8K views - 9 months ago

Black Ops Darknet Market's New Move COULD Reshape the Darknet Forever

Black Ops Darknet Market's New Move COULD Reshape the Darknet Forever Sam Bent

17.1K views - 9 months ago

Tor Browser’s Latest Update Could Get You Fingerprinted...

Tor Browser’s Latest Update Could Get You Fingerprinted... Sam Bent

93.5K views - 10 months ago

Nemesis Admin Tried to Relaunch After the Bust – It Gets Worse

Nemesis Admin Tried to Relaunch After the Bust – It Gets Worse Sam Bent

6.4K views - 10 months ago

Europol’s ‘Biggest Bust’ Was a Honeypot from Day One

Europol’s ‘Biggest Bust’ Was a Honeypot from Day One Sam Bent

9.8K views - 10 months ago

Intelbroker Interview - Darknet Dialogues

Intelbroker Interview - Darknet Dialogues Sam Bent

17.5K views - 10 months ago

Archetyp’ DDoSed ➡️ Darknet Admin Breaks Silence

Archetyp’ DDoSed ➡️ Darknet Admin Breaks Silence Sam Bent

9K views - 10 months ago

Canada's Spyware Manual the RCMP and ODIT

Canada's Spyware Manual the RCMP and ODIT Sam Bent

8.9K views - 10 months ago

10 Darknet Vendors in 1 - JoyInc aka LaFarmacia aka WhiteDoc aka JanesAddic. E7 Darknet Demystified

10 Darknet Vendors in 1 - JoyInc aka LaFarmacia aka WhiteDoc aka JanesAddic. E7 Darknet Demystified Sam Bent

14.1K views - 10 months ago