The Random Darknet Shopper Is Back Scouring the Deep Web

By December 13, 2015Bitcoin Business

The Random Darknet Shopper Is Back Scouring the Deep Web. robot illustration. newsbtc bitcoin news The Random Darknet Shopper is back! Random Darknet Shopper was an infamous shopping bot that scours the deep web and purchases merchandise at random. Developed by an art group known as !Mediengruppe Bitnik , the bot made its appearance in the deep web last year before running into trouble with the law enforcement authorities in Switzerland.

All purchases made by Random Darknet Shopper are made part of !Mediengruppe Bitnik’s exhibition. The articles that were on display last year at the exhibition held in Kunst Halle St. Gallen was composed of a variety of diverse merchandise including ecstasy pills and contraband cigarettes. While the exhibition received good reception, things didn’t go well either for the bot or its creators. The ‘Yellow Twitter’ ecstasy pills made of pure MDMA were confiscated by the St Gallen public prosecutor’s office along with the Random Darknet Shopper and other articles the bot bought on the deep web. The bot and its creators were threatened with prosecution. However, the public prosecutor’s office decided to drop charges and released the bot after keeping it for about 3 months in their custody.

Now, the bot is back in business this year. It has been on its mission inside the deep web for a few weeks now. According to reports, the Random Darknet Shopper has already bought a handful of items which !Mediengruppe Bitnik is currently in possession of. Some of the articles bought by the shopping bot includes a fake Lacoste polo shirt for $34.00, a Bitcoin miner for $25.00 and a box of fireworks for $7.00. As the bot continues to run around the deep web looking for stuff to buy, a few more articles can be expected to be delivered to the […]

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