“Murder plots are infohazards” by Chris Monteiro

Hi allI've been hanging around the rationalist-sphere for many years now, mostly writing about transhumanism, until things started to change in 2016 after my Wikipedia writing habit shifted from writing up cybercrime topics, through to actively debunking the numerous dark web urban legends.After breaking into what I believe to be the most successful ever fake murder for hire website ever created on the dark web, I was able to capture information about people trying to kill people all around the world, often paying tens of thousands of dollars in Bitcoin in the process.My attempts during this period to take my information to the authorities were mostly unsuccessful, when in late 2016 on of the site a user took matters into his own hands, after paying $15,000 for a hit that never happened, killed his wife himself Due to my overt battle with the site administrator [...] --- First published: February 13th, 2025 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/isRho2wXB7Cwd8cQv/murder-plots-are-infohazards --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.