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I'm sure they already do assume that, but an eastern european browsing off of his neighbors wifi and 7 proxies probably doesnt care that the fbi is running the forum as long as it works.

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True, but some of them must be operating with faulty assumptions, since otherwise the government derives little utility from running the site.

The value is in having nearly every cyber criminal on the planet gather at a central location. They're able to easily build a database of usernames, passwords, email addresses, and IPs. They can also monitor what type of goods are being sold and new schemes that pop up.

Everyone knows that law enforcement runs/monitors these forums, but they don't care. You need to be anonymous every step of the way.

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