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My reaction to this discussion, that has occurred in this thread and then in other threads in other locales just now, is that one doesn't want to draw too great a conclusion from this one case, in terms of our behavior. Yes, guys were convicted of using USASG once. The prosecutors elected to charge them for that because, of all the things they had on them, they thought that would be the most successful course of action. Maybe even they were hoping to establish a useful precedent for future prosecutions. However, it does not appear that has occurred. It hasn't turned in to a big deal one needs to worry about anywhere guys are mongering.

The Brit term is 'too clever by half'. Don't over-emphasize the importance of this 8 years old case. This happening, yeah, it was bad. It gives all of us chills, just like the Ashley Madison hack. A good reminder to try to keep good OpSec at all times. It is way better never to have to face such daunting prospects than to try to figure out how to extricate oneself. The reasons dudes here will sometimes say their 'spidey sense' went off and they extricated themselves from some potentially touchy situation.

New Year's Resolutions?

[QUOTE=FarFarAway;7148091]My reaction to this discussion, that has occurred in this thread and then in other threads in other locales just now, is that one doesn't want to draw too great a conclusion from this one case, in terms of our behavior. The Brit term is 'too clever by half'. Don't over-emphasize the importance of this 8 years old case. A good reminder to try to keep good OpSec at all times. It is way better never to have to face such daunting prospects than to try to figure out how to extricate oneself. The reasons dudes here will sometimes say their 'spidey sense' went off and they extricated themselves from some potentially touchy situation.

New Year's Resolutions?[/QUOTE]Fully agreed, and my suggested New Year's Resolution for posters is to drop this thread now. It's played out.

[QUOTE=Taliesin92;7146415]One other thing I forgot to note: Some of the guys who got busted in the Seattle case were very tech savvy. [b]They used VPNs and other tools to protect their privacy. Guess what the prosecution said about that? They claimed using a VPN is proof that you are doing something illegal. So, as absurd as that statement is (given that nearly everyone in the corporate world uses VPNs to protect their company's internet traffic) the jury was told that using a VPN means you are a criminal.[/b]

On the flip side, a lot of the guys didn't use VPNs, so it was even easier to find them. But, either way, the prosecution turned that into a lose-lose situation for the men involved.

The only way to protect yourself from that kind of prosecutorial overreach is to lay low, use all security tools available to you, don't ever reveal your real name to anyone in the pay-for-play world (not the agencies, not the bookers, not the ladies, not your buddies, not anyone). Fly below the radar as much as possible and HOPE you never get caught up in a nightmare like the Seattle case, or the more recent cases in Boston and Virginia.[/QUOTE]Bolded emphasis is mine. When this happened almost 10 years ago, I'm sure that argument worked well for the prosecution because it actually had the ring of truth. VPNs have become much more mainstream these days, and folks are encouraged to use them for all sorts of reasons: banking, netflix regions, porn sites, etc. I don't think they could get 12 jurors to buy that shit now. But I completely agree with your premise. Once they get after you, they can make it work. If one doesn't have the resources to really fight back, then there's a good chance they will take a plea deal. As far as grand juries go, the system can get a ham sandwich indicted.

Most aren't Robert Kraft, and don't have the resources to go full on nuclear and start investigating the investigators to fight back.

[QUOTE=Sticker;7148333]Fully agreed, and my suggested New Year's Resolution for posters is to drop this thread now. It's played out.[/QUOTE]It is getting tiresome and I need to get back to banging k-girls.

How do you guys get your hookups. Like 1 on 1 ones. For me fastest one was when I met a drunk girl in club, next second we were banging in parking lot. But Facebook dating is also very lucrative in this sense. I know hinge is not bad. Share your thoughts.

just wondering why this site was having access issues for the past few days? Perhaps Admin has shared this information somewhere on the pages, however I cannot seem to find it.

I'm grateful that, at least for now, it's up and running.

DB.

I think they update the platform against BOTs or machines. I think their servers were under DOS attack. They have introduced now this CAPTCHA requirement. CAPTCHA flags IP addresses associated with questionable activities, and I would guess that whoever was conducting the DOS attack was likely using a VPN. I will check later if you can still join the site using VPN.

[QUOTE=DildoBaggens;7301343]just wondering why this site was having access issues for the past few days? Perhaps Admin has shared this information somewhere on the pages, however I cannot seem to find it.

I'm grateful that, at least for now, it's up and running.

DB.[/QUOTE]

Thank you for the possible / probable explanation. I too that it was some sort of attack on the site.

[QUOTE=JanGorzo;7301362]I think they update the platform against BOTs or machines. I think their servers were under DOS attack. They have introduced now this CAPTCHA requirement. CAPTCHA flags IP addresses associated with questionable activities, and I would guess that whoever was conducting the DOS attack was likely using a VPN. I will check later if you can still join the site using VPN.[/QUOTE]

I am sure I am not the only one that had issue with recent delays and trouble with the site, hopefully everyone else have an easier access to the site than I am especially when it comes to posting messages.

I experienced a minor inconvenience earlier today.

I kept receiving timeout messages due to incorrect password attempts whenever I tried to log in yesterday and today, even though I was using the correct password. The system was showing an error message. After waiting 15 minutes, I was able to log back in. I then decided it was time to update my account email since the original one I used had expired. I changed it to a Gmail account, but I wasn't receiving the verification code. I was stressing because, when I tried to write a report like this one, I would get a message indicating that I needed to be verified. I emailed the admin but received no response.

So, I decided to go back and change my email again, this time to a Yahoo email, and I was able to get my verification code without any issues.

Anyway, I just wanted to give a heads-up to anyone who might be experiencing the same problem. I didn't want to lose my senior account and have to create a new one.

Glad to be back!

It seem like everyone had issues with the site a few days back and last month as well, but now the new security system locks my phone to the livechat ad when I refresh my page, any tips to get pass that? I can only access the site with PC now.

[QUOTE=BigBoDonk;7266222]How do you guys get your hookups. Like 1 on 1 ones. For me fastest one was when I met a drunk girl in club, next second we were banging in parking lot. But Facebook dating is also very lucrative in this sense. I know hinge is not bad. Share your thoughts.[/QUOTE]I don't know man, it depends on how you look really, I had like 0 luck getting anywhere with these women, which is why I am venturing into the habit of AMP at least getting my dick wet for about the same money to get a stuck up B* and not even getting anywhere.

[QUOTE=BigBoDonk;7266222]How do you guys get your hookups. Like 1 on 1 ones. For me fastest one was when I met a drunk girl in club, next second we were banging in parking lot. But Facebook dating is also very lucrative in this sense. I know hinge is not bad. Share your thoughts.[/QUOTE]I get better luck at the bar and sometimes fb, dating apps are just shit now a days, standards are way too high and you are competing with like 10-20 guys on average, and not being the best looking hurts your chances.

Retired monger misses your photos.

[QUOTE=StStephen;7316132]Retired monger misses your photos.[/QUOTE]Didn't he have like five handles.