Planet Niburu, Is This Actually Real???

[Manonfire45]

[ToraToraTora]

JD, used extensively on the dark web to conceal true IP addresses and locations. Basically it routes the user through an unrepeatable, untraceable number of nodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_%28anonymity_network%29

[jim360]

The real tragedy here is that this is just about the only type of "science" question that gets asked on AB these days.

But anyway.

[-Talbot-]

Another real tragedy is the volume of engagement that this type of question attracts.

[jim360]

That too. It's always an interesting question as to how much you should engage with conspiracy theorists. If you don't, then it just festers and grows without the exposure to much-needed scrutiny. If you do, then you maybe end up giving the theory more legitimacy than it would have had otherwise.

A more in-depth discussion here, perhaps. The "Gabor Fekete" mentioned in the subject used to send me (and probably everyone else in the entire world) emails about once or twice a month. It's dried up now... I miss those, the pictures were pretty.

http://www.rapiddiffusion.com/science/crackpots-bane-science/

http://www.rapiddiffusion.com/science/crackpot-gabor-fekete-part-2/