Stockpiling zero-day vulnerabilities

Posted Aug 26, 2012 14:57 UTC (Sun) by philomath (guest, #84172)
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How do you sell drugs?
I mean, what stops the party who trades second from taking either the money or the drugs and disappearing?

Ah, it's based on trust. If you lie one time, no one will deal with you a second time.

Stockpiling zero-day vulnerabilities

Posted Aug 26, 2012 15:32 UTC (Sun) by viro (subscriber, #7872) [Link] (1 responses)

Trust? What colour is the sky on your planet? On this one it's more like the knowledge that dealer can and will arrange a suitable... chastisement in such case. If nothing else, to discourage other idiots from repeating that kind of faux pas...

Stockpiling zero-day vulnerabilities

Posted Aug 26, 2012 17:54 UTC (Sun) by apoelstra (subscriber, #75205) [Link]

Especially when you're dealing with chemicals that people plan to put in their bodies, trust is crucial. This is indeed why people don't screw each other over. (With the Silk Road, which admittedly a very new invention, this is the only way to prevent foul play.)

Violence is even worse for business that unfair dealing, and everyone involved knows this. So maybe for large bulk deals between criminal enterprises, this is a factor, but certainly not for ordinary everyday drug deals.