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As a developing clandestine chemist, I have found myself researching immense amounts of chemistry. From amateurs to the great Hamilton Morris. Furthermore, I have done lots of study about OPSEC, most specifically the cybersecurity side of it. Although pesky, it is extremely important as we all know. This leads me to the main point of this thread, the importance of chemical purity. This may sound like DUH, of course chemical purity is important, especially to the user. Correct! Furthermore though, it is important to value chemical purity from an operational security standpoint. If at any point a clandestine chemist draws enough attention to their page that the feds decide to get involved, it is completely feasible (and likely) that any number of these agencies purchases your chemical for analysis. Just like your internet usage and other aspects of your digital presence establish patterns that the feds can use, so does the chemical makeup of whatever you are synthesizing. If it is found that you have trace impurities that could be in any way linked to your purchases, you take a huge hit on your plausible deniability if push comes to shove. With this being said, I hope it inspires my fellow synthesizers to take pride in chemical purity, not only to protect your customers and to provide the product you are advertising, but to disable any and all establishable patterns of impurities within your final product. If this means recyrstallizing in a more expensive solvent, or adding another couple hours to your synthesis by washing with solvents that help to separate any impurities, I highly recommend this. If not for your customers, then for your own safety (I repeat once more...)
Best of luck
Best of luck