BEHOLD, A NEW LOST DROP -- our 14th! This one was discovered by @kunstderfuge1.
And THIS one strongly suggests Q was using Tor! How? More on that in a moment, but first: what's the lost drop, and what is Tor?
As for the lost drop, it's the first post in the image below. 1/8
And THIS one strongly suggests Q was using Tor! How? More on that in a moment, but first: what's the lost drop, and what is Tor?
As for the lost drop, it's the first post in the image below. 1/8
Let's take a moment to establish context. This post was made right when 8kun was taking its first baby steps towards MAYBE sorta being online again, after a 3-month absence. (If you don't know the story, feel free to ask for details.)
Very few people could access it.
Very few people could access it.
So the canonical drop -- #3571 -- was Q's first post after the downtime.
How do we know they're by the same person? First, because /BAS_Test/1 and /2 seem pretty thematically consistent! Almost like Q just forgot to enter their tripcode the first time around. But second...
How do we know they're by the same person? First, because /BAS_Test/1 and /2 seem pretty thematically consistent! Almost like Q just forgot to enter their tripcode the first time around. But second...
look at the user IDs!
Note how the lost drop ("/BAS_Test/1") has the same user ID, 0d590d, as the canonical drop "/BAS_Test/2."
Open and shut, right? Except... hang on, those other responses ALSO have user ID 0d590d. Are those Q's sockpuppets?
Maybe! BUT we can't be sure...
Note how the lost drop ("/BAS_Test/1") has the same user ID, 0d590d, as the canonical drop "/BAS_Test/2."
Open and shut, right? Except... hang on, those other responses ALSO have user ID 0d590d. Are those Q's sockpuppets?
Maybe! BUT we can't be sure...
because there was a bug around this time, where users who were logging on via Tor tended to share the same user ID in a thread.
Here's one user mentioning their Tor access test *right* below Q's... *and sharing Q's user ID.*
Here's one user mentioning their Tor access test *right* below Q's... *and sharing Q's user ID.*
So... what's Tor?
Well, Tor is what the most paranoid and security-conscious people use to access the web. It's great for dissidents and journalists in unfree countries, but is more famously used by pedophiles and hackers.
Well, Tor is what the most paranoid and security-conscious people use to access the web. It's great for dissidents and journalists in unfree countries, but is more famously used by pedophiles and hackers.
This is not to say that Q is *any* of the above (I personally think Q is just LARPing and Tor seems *hardcore*), but basically Tor is something you use if you expect that serious, suit-wearing people are going to try to track you down and imprison you.
So it's FASCINATING that Q was apparently using it!
As for why we're counting "Test 1" as a lost drop & not the other two responses: there's obvious continuity between "test 1" and "test 2," whereas the responses are at least POSSIBLY not sockpuppeted by Q. It's a judgment call
As for why we're counting "Test 1" as a lost drop & not the other two responses: there's obvious continuity between "test 1" and "test 2," whereas the responses are at least POSSIBLY not sockpuppeted by Q. It's a judgment call
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