How Resourceful Drug Dealers are Using Instagram

Sophisticated cyber-criminals are using technology to advertise their wares on Instagram.

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Law enforcement agencies have had their work cut out trying to keep up with recent trends in online crime. But as technology and policing become more sophisticated, so do criminals. According to VentureBeat, some drug dealers are getting inventive with methods to sell on Instagram without repercussions.

VentureBeat contributor Fletcher Babb, has been covering this story for several months now, and has identified seven steps in setting up an anonymous drug-dealing presence on Instagram:

  1. Get a laptop
  2. Install Ubuntu (a variant of the linux operating system)
  3. Install Virtualbox, which allows users to run another OS inside Ubuntu
  4. Run an Android emulator inside Virtualbox
  5. Subscribe to a VPN (virtual private network) which will anonymize your outgoing data
  6. Connect the Android OS to the VPN
  7. Download Instagram through the emulator, and start posting.
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