They even had a rocket launcher handed in this year

Blues Man wrote:

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Probably pinched from the defence force.

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https://www.smh.com.au/national/armys-history-of-weapons-theft-20061215-gdp229.html

Craig1 wrote:

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They even had a rocket launcher handed in this year

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Those feral cats are getting bigger all the time you know! :)

I believe this amnesty does not have a cut-off date, which is very sensible.

I'm a curious person by nature, and I've always wanted to explore the "Dark Web", but I don't know where the line between curiosity and criminality is drawn. For example, if I download a design for 3D printing a firearm, have I committed a crime, or is it only a crime if I print a weapon?

What if I go window shopping at a web site that offers drugs or firearms or illegal services, something like the Silk Road? I know that some web sites are blacklisted by the Australian government (and enforced by ISPs), but one can still access them via proxies or VPNs.

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I'm a curious person by nature, and I've always wanted to explore the "Dark Web", but I don't know where the line being curiosity and criminality is drawn. For example, if I download a design for 3D printing a firearm, have I committed a crime, or is it only a crime if I print a weapon?


What if I go window shopping at a web site that offers drugs or firearms or illegal services, something like the Silk Road? I know that some web sites are blacklisted by the Australian government (and enforced by ISPs), but one can still access them via proxies or VPNs.

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I would not want to be caught with a file for printing a firearm on my computer Dorian. I have a 3D printer and have occasionally downloaded files from a popular and legal website that offers free downloads of thousands of items. Among them I have noticed are some firearm accessories which it would be Illegal to own in Victoria but although I am curios and it would only take a click of the mouse to have a closer look I have decided to stay well away.
Landy

dorian wrote:

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I'm a curious person by nature, and I've always wanted to explore the "Dark Web", but I don't know where the line between curiosity and criminality is drawn. For example, if I download a design for 3D printing a firearm, have I committed a crime, or is it only a crime if I print a weapon?

What if I go window shopping at a web site that offers drugs or firearms or illegal services, something like the Silk Road? I know that some web sites are blacklisted by the Australian government (and enforced by ISPs), but one can still access them via proxies or VPNs.

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Too late Dorian! Silk Road is no more but there are plenty of others.

I don't believe possession of plans/design for a firearm is a direct offence but they could try for some oblique "intent" type charge but they'd need good evidence, no reason why you should not have such info purely for interest sake.

Having a poke around the Dark Web is interesting it's also quite difficult to find out where to go, takes some time to learn the ropes. I was disappointed by the amount of child pornography present, far more than I expected, depressing.

You'll need a TOR browser:

Tor browser

The NSW Police web site didn't provide any clarity, but this news article (in 2018) provides yet another reason why this country is so screwed up:

https://www.9news.com.au/national/3d-printed-guns-australia-everything-you-need-to-know-laws-safety-danger-access/4520a96e-3100-4937-87fe-5fc4a9aace63

One would think that gun laws should be a federal jurisdiction. After all, Howard was able to enact federal laws after the Port Arthur massacre, so why can't Morrison do the same? Or have the laws changed since 2018?

By the way, I have already installed Tor. What I don't understand is why all Tor browsers report the same identity. This would immediately alert the authorities that a Tor user is trying to evade scrutiny. Why not report some completely fictitious, unique identity which changes every time the browser is used? Of course any remnants of previous identities need to be securely erased.

So, sporting shooters get kicked out of various types of parks. Sporting shooters are ONLY permitted to shoot pests or a few game animals. In many areas spotlights are not permitted. . Sporting shooters will never remove all pests/feels but they do help to control the numbers. Pigs, goats, rabbits, dogs, foxes, hares, deer are the main ones.

Once numbers build up (and that's guaranteed) the goverment will need to pay to have the numbers reduced. How? You ask.

Poisoning (1080) is the most commonly used, look it up, pretty nasty. Trapping, very labour and time intensive. And best of all and used recently in NPs to reduce deer numbers, shooting from helicopter. Costs an arm and a leg.and all the meat is left to feed the dogs, foxes and pigs. Great stuff. Let's lock up more land for nobody to use.

I'm not an expert on internet stuff but from the little code I have written in that area I think there is very little reliable information one can extract from a visiting web browser. The site you mention thinks my web browser is Chrome - it isn't, it's Brief which may use the Chrome engine, don't know.

Tor hides one's IP address by nefarious routing and I believe it is only the IP address which can be used to trace an individual source.

To the best of my knowledge Tor is safe - I think you can be assured it would be *all* over the internet if there were known flaws.

There are claims that Tor has been compromised.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/02/judge-confirms-what-many-suspected-feds-hired-cmu-to-break-tor/

This web site claims that "Tor is vulnerable to IP leaks, especially with Windows":

https://restoreprivacy.com/browser-fingerprinting/

There are plenty of security researchers/commentators who consider a browser fingerprint to be almost as unique as an IP address. A Google search turns up hundreds of thousands of hits.