WeeGogs
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heknifed the guy 4 times he is lucky to be alive.
Has anyone ever been busted as a result of using this site?
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Xcon
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I know of one user who tried to blame RIU for getting busted, and the admin called bullshit. The dude got busted growing shrooms. One cop kept tabs on him, knew he had a record, and was out for him. The dude's girlfriend was on probation from the last time he got caught, and the cops used that as an excuse to search his pad without a warrant.wonder y there's not one person (or friend of one) out there that could speak from personal experience?
if so y havent they sent out a warning?
He said something about the cops having pages and pages of every post he made here, which was listed in the discovery (where they have to present their evidence to the defense). But it had nothing to do with his house getting searched or him getting busted. It was used as leverage. The only reason he got caught is because they could legally search his pad without a warrant, and the cops in his town had a hard-on for him. Yet he still blamed RIU, here's the thread....
https://www.rollitup.org/politics/429080-estesj-out-prison-dont-post.html
Last post is the admin rightfully calling bullshit and closing the thread.
loudpac
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^^good shit
Also (rhetorical, but answer if u want), y cant RIU make a sticky for it so ppl culd blog in peace n kill all the rumors and biased opinion on this circulating.
to post, or not to post... that, is the question?
so whats your take on it? You will always be at risk to get raided on here no matter what or simply because some people share too much info?
Also (rhetorical, but answer if u want), y cant RIU make a sticky for it so ppl culd blog in peace n kill all the rumors and biased opinion on this circulating.
to post, or not to post... that, is the question?
FriendlyGuy
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wtf my posts ARENT getting me subscribed... this is whack no wonder I make threads and I never get a notification... fuck.
panhead
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Its how you set up the account when you first joined,if your not getting notifications its all about selections you made,you can modify thread preferences in the user cp.
So what was the charge? You said knife fight, which means it was between two people, so that can mean self defense or attempted murder. Obviously sounds like attempted murder, but you were vague in your description so I didn't know.
panhead
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What is this supposed to mean,ive read your post 4 times & it dosent get any easier to understand the more its read.
Im pretty sure its the way some people talk when their texting,to some of us older folk who have never sent a text message in their entire life it reads like gibberish,can you please use full words.
Thank you.
Laughing my ass off. He's just saying America is fucked up with prison sentences and you'd be out in half that time if you lived in Ireland.
I know what you mean though, I stay off the lingo myself, I feel like I get a little dumber everytime I text my friends with shortened terms.
I know what you mean though, I stay off the lingo myself, I feel like I get a little dumber everytime I text my friends with shortened terms.
Xcon
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My take on the whole thing is that there's minimal danger, no more than I believed there was the last time I posted pics.
The only way to get info from this site is with a subpoena or court order, and it's the only way cops can legally prove it was you who made those posts, and even then, it's on shaky ground. On top of that, RIU doesn't retain the information they'd be asking for in the first place. And furthermore, police departments that are limited in their jurisdiction have zero legal authority to search RIU's records. The only cops that can exercise legal authority over this website are federal.
I saw this exact type of thing go down on another board a few months ago, somebody was openly committing fraud and sharing the wealth, so to speak. Companies were being defrauded out of $50k. Owner of the website got a subpoena from the feds, signed by a grand jury, for the kid's ip and the kid got busted. He even posted the subpoena after the gag order was lifted. That's how it goes down. They left everybody else alone because, in the FBI agents words, we were "bottom feeders" (even the pot growers, who posted their grows were left alone).
Local cops call the FBI, DEA, ATF all the time for assistance, but lulz is the cop who asks for assistance busting a closet grow op, feds just won't waste the resources unless he's wanted for something much more serious.
Cops maintain control through fear, people are afraid of getting caught through power bills and internet posts and heat signatures and buying lights through the mail. They even use growroom fires as propoganda to scare people. Cops will use any opportunity to frighten people when it suits their agenda, and this is no exception.
toker!
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two years for one plant you would be out of jail for armed robbery in ireland in 2 or 3 years, america is mad i watched a prison program and a chap had 10 life sentences. if you were arrested with weed 3 times would the 3rd strike (25-life) happen? sorry about the writing panhead its easier when high.What is this supposed to mean,ive read your post 4 times & it dosent get any easier to understand the more its read.
Im pretty sure its the way some people talk when their texting,to some of us older folk who have never sent a text message in their entire life it reads like gibberish,can you please use full words.
Thank you.
Buddy232
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I read all 8 pages. 
My take on the whole thing is follow the rules set forth! Not sure of other states, but right on our Dept. of Health website it tells you not to discuss your MMJ status with others. Obviously that helps protect you from robbery, federal prosecution, etc! The less people that know the better!
Second, I agree with 'Jacker Harer'. Before I even considered visting this site or any like it. I did, and always do tunnel myself. I do it on other sites that are irrelated but might have security issues.
Third, change your gosh dam router SSID, passwords, address, etc. Do it routinely. (I hide my SSID) Go through all your router settings and fix them - by default they're all pretty lax. You never know whos watching. EVEN if it's the 12 year old nerd down the road.
And no I am not paranoid. Especially not because of this site.... I did this stuff long before. It's the smart thing to do.
My take on the whole thing is follow the rules set forth! Not sure of other states, but right on our Dept. of Health website it tells you not to discuss your MMJ status with others. Obviously that helps protect you from robbery, federal prosecution, etc! The less people that know the better!
Second, I agree with 'Jacker Harer'. Before I even considered visting this site or any like it. I did, and always do tunnel myself. I do it on other sites that are irrelated but might have security issues.
Third, change your gosh dam router SSID, passwords, address, etc. Do it routinely. (I hide my SSID) Go through all your router settings and fix them - by default they're all pretty lax. You never know whos watching. EVEN if it's the 12 year old nerd down the road.
And no I am not paranoid. Especially not because of this site.... I did this stuff long before. It's the smart thing to do.
zvuv
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Exactly. How often do you hear about people getting busted in these forums? It's like airplane crashes. They make the news. Everyone gets nervous and thinks it's going to happen to them when in fact overall, flying is the safest way to travel and driving is damn dangerous. There must be tens of thousands of people growing a few plants. Every now and then one of them gets unlucky. Every year 45,000 Americans die in car wrecks. When you hear about a car wreck, do you think about giving up driving? Do you even try to minimize your driving and pick the safest route? Don't piss your pants. Find your balls!
Your local cops are not going to spend their time checking the hidden data in every photo posted on an international forum like this just to find some HS kid in their jurisdiction with a pot plant under his bed. That kid needs to be worried about his mom, not the cops.
As for 'fucking pigs' grow up! We need cops. There's no two ways about it. In the days before regular professional police forces, crime stats were 10x higher. Cops don't make the rules and if they are told to make a bust, they have no choice. Who would you rather have on your police force? Cops who are sympathetic to mj but their hands are tied or cops that think you are the spawn of Satan and must be stamped out? As a grown up you will find that keeping a job means doing things you don't like and sometimes even think is wrong, especially if you work for a beauracracy. Teachers, soldiers, judges etc find themselves forced to carrry out policies they don't agree with.
The problem isn't the cops, it's the law. Actually not, the problem isn't the law, its the politicians who make the laws or don't want to change them. Let me ask. Did you vote in your last natl/state/county election? Every American I have ever met bitches about the gov't yet only 50% of us vote! The problem isn't the cops, or the law or the politicians. It's us!
WeedFreak78
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Ever since more of my fellow Americans voted for American Idol than in our national election I lost faith in the people of this country, more and more I believe our populous is full of fat,dumb,lazy,self-centered,materialistic buffoons . They are sheep , every now and then a few try to stray to a greener pasture and are forced back in line with threats or physical/emotional/financial violence.
Watch your back, be smart, trust noone!
I seem to remember when I joined this site I was asked to confirm I was at least of 18 years of age and a legal medical marijuana patient in the state I reside in.
That right there protects rollitup and myself but not the people who abuse their privilege or simply don't read the rules at all.
You guys talk about profiting from a sale, changing ip's, photos and the like, You are just breaking the law. Don't be stupid and tell the world.
Get legal or risk getting busted. Simple as that.
That right there protects rollitup and myself but not the people who abuse their privilege or simply don't read the rules at all.
You guys talk about profiting from a sale, changing ip's, photos and the like, You are just breaking the law. Don't be stupid and tell the world.
Get legal or risk getting busted. Simple as that.
zvuv
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I wasn't asked for anything more than a user name, password & email address. It's great that you have a card. Before you got your card, did you grow illegally?
I have a sick friend who needs help. We live in a state where a card is not an option (yet). I feel I have no choice but to take a risk. I wasn't born knowing how to grow mj, 90% of what I learned is from forums like this. In doing this, I accepted the risk of being caught, sure. Risks are unavoidable in life. You can't eliminate them but you can assess them intelligently and minimize them. Just like with driving. I know it's dangerous. I do it anyway but I try to find out what things I need to worry about. I am very careful when I back up in a parking lot. I don't worry much about the wheels falling off.
It was perfectly reasonable for the OP to ask about the dangers of posting on grow forums. He needs to know whether it's worth taking precautions against being identified. There's a lot of different dangers and paranoia can magnify them to the point of being totally unrealistic. Airing your concerns in a forum like this and asking for a sanity check is the smart thing to do.