Stuff They Don't Want You To Know Dangers of the Dark Web: Kill List, with Carl Miller
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Jan 22, 2025 Join Carl Miller, an award-winning journalist and dark web expert, as he unveils the chilling realities of the internet's underbelly. He discusses his harrowing experiences with hitman websites and the disturbing trend of individuals seeking hired killers. Learn about a real-life kill list investigation following a murder, where journalists faced ethical dilemmas and the challenge of notifying potential victims. Miller emphasizes the vital need for awareness and the psychological toll of navigating such dangerous digital landscapes.
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First Meeting with Chris Montero
- Carl Miller's first meeting with hacker Chris Montero involved a surprising revelation.
- Montero showed Miller assassination sites on the dark net and a video of a torched car as a warning.
From Retrospective to Real-Time
- Initially, Miller and Montero's podcast about assassination markets was intended as a short retrospective.
- Montero's discovery of a site vulnerability, granting access to back-end order information, transformed the project.
Scams, Not Hitmen
- Miller and Montero discovered two key things about the assassination market.
- Many users weren't serious, and there were no actual hitmen, only escalating scams.