The problem with that is people could be liars or braggers.
Just remember that a lot of ways the laws work (all over the world, not just any particular state/country) isn't based on what makes logical/rational sense.
For example if you are delivered a kilogram of cocaine and accept the delivery, having made no such order, it being a complete mistake, and a bunch of cops jump out and arrest you for possession, you simply accepting the package into your hands and/or signing for it can be grounds for you being guilty of possession of that kilogram.
Makes no sense since logic would dictate you'd have to have knowledge that the package contained cocaine before you'd be guilty for accepting it, since 99% of people will just sign for/accept any package addressed to them without a second thought, but apparently the US courts rule that if you accepted the package you must have been expecting it.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Grubbs
So there are some cases where something that seems innocent without some slew of accompanying extra evidence can get you into trouble.
Here's some general rules for avoiding getting in trouble with the law:
- If you want to avoid getting in trouble for breaking the law, don't break it, if you have a family to take care of, an upstanding job and have a lot to lose should you get in trouble, and it's just too big of a risk even if the likelihood of getting caught is small then look to the world of legal research chemicals and the like, just make sure you're not playing in murky grey areas that stuff like analogue acts will get you into trouble with - failing that, never keep anything in your possession, only purchase a dose at a time, and purchase immediately at the time of consumption so the only room for getting caught is in the 2-3 seconds before you swallow/snort/whatever your dose.
- If you have a sizeable stash, if you're a dealer (particularly if that means you're making a living off of it not just handing your friend a joint once in a while - which, for what it's worth, in most legal systems, is tantamount to dealing), or if you're a cook or run a lab/cooking operation for some drug that isn't perfectly within the bounds of the law then you really likely shouldn't be posting on somewhere like Bluelight in the first place as you want to avoid drawing *any* attention to yourself in any form. The bigger the operation, the more this holds true. At the very least, don't make any mention of any of the above things in your postings if you're going to use online drug forums despite the above, and certainly don't think you're immune to leaving a trail just by switching on a proxy or loading up TOR and using an anonymous name you haven't used before, it takes one slip up and you can pretty much nab someone's home address just from an obscure forum post that accidentally mentions a couple of tiny details about them that could lead to other online profiles etc. No, that's not paranoia, it's the truth, I remember a few years back on another forum I used, someone said they wanted to delete one post because it linked to their real life info, and just to prove to them how deleting that one post wouldn't do much I did a bit of Googling and within an hour I had their home address, telephone number, and girlfriend's home address and number, pasted it to them, and they secured their info a little bit better. The internet keeps most of the stuff you post for a very long time, so it doesn't matter if you're secure now if you're at all linked in any way to any past logins/users that weren't so secure when 14 year old you liked to tell his Habbo hotel friends where he lived.
- Turn on your phone right now, and check through the GPS and photo settings, somewhere should be an option for GPS tagging, make sure that option is turned off. If it was turned on, and you've posted any photos to the site from that phone, get rid of all of them right now - you literally posted photos that contained your GPS co-ordinates in them, pinpointing your exact address/location at the time of the photo. So those guerilla grow op pictures you posted at your super secret spot? Not so super secret now.. It helps to turn off GPS altogether and remember to only manually enable it if you need to use Google Maps or some other GPS-reliant/GPS-beneficial function and then turn it back off again, as some phones like to tag your photos even when the tagging option is off for some weird reason, and others don't have any way to turn off the tagging except by turning off GPS completely.
- Calls not texts. You shouldn't be texting anything about your illegal activities or the illegal activities of others. All that information is only a warrant away, and in some cases it may even be read without a warrant simply because of flagged words in the message (like illegal drug names for example). These texts can often be stored for 6 months or longer after they're sent so it's a real bad idea. Also, if you use "burners" (i.e. cheap prepaid phones that you can throw away and replace easily) for your phone calls, make sure you change them regularly to reduce the chance of your calls being tapped.
- Think before posting identifying information. Even if you're just the occasional toker who lights up once a month and doesn't indulge more than that, if you do post about it here and you end up posting pictures, names, and other identifying information, should you ever end up doing more than just the occasional smoke down the line and should you end up getting in trouble for it, those posts could come back to haunt you and be used as extra evidence to seal the final nail in the coffin at your trial.
- "SWIM" ("Someone Who Isn't Me"), "All my posts are fictional/roleplaying" and such other attempts at evading the law simply do not work. If you're busted, "SWIM bought 20g of Cocaine yesterday" just reads "I bought 20g of Cocaine yesterday" effectively in the court room. That's why SWIM is against the rules at Bluelight, as it gives people the false impression of them being protected in any way. You have just as much ability to defend that the "I bought 20g of Cocaine yesterday" post was fake as the SWIM one, as anyone is free to write fiction online - if there's already drugs evidence against you in some other form, or you also posted pictures of drugs from the same name elsewhere etc, then suddenly it doesn't matter and the court will take it as evidence not fiction. So think about whether you really need to post about what you bought/consumed and anyone with any sort of eye on them from the police, any sort of illegal stash, or who sells or regularly uses illegals should consider if it's wise in the first place.
- It's the internet, most people/pretty much everyone are not who they say they are. Take me for example, if I'm talking to someone here at Bluelight, I conduct myself differently from if I'm talking to someone in real life - everyone does, but some people take this a step further and introduce lies, fraud, scams, and baiting into their conversations and you can quickly become entrapped by some kind of scammer out for your money, have your identity stolen, or end up in jail all because you said a little too much to that lovely harmless girl who has 4000 posts on BL and everyone knows - I mean, she's a regular, how could she possibly be a fed with that many posts, right.. right.. ? Anyone could be, so don't start giving out your info just because someone's staff or trusted in the community, and think twice before arranging meet ups unless you're completely clean both you, your house, and everything else legally.
Just a few tips
