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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 21:35:16 No.51029187 View Reply Report Delete

Recently got a dose of paranoia, which I get from time to time, so I have encrypted all my drives and only surf through Orbot and use OpenVPN (downloaded VPN profiles from vpnbook.com, not sure if they're good) on my phone.

But alas, I'm a total newbie when it comes to internet privacy. Is there any tinfoil hats here or other people with some knowlegde about privacy?

My main questions are as follow: What is the best browser for privacy, what extensions do you use/recommend and is Orbot and OpenVPN secure to use?

Please help me out, I'm currently thinking over deleting my Facebook.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 21:36:56 No.51029223 Report Delete

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And is there any way to erase the tracks I've left behind me?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 21:40:38 No.51029289 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51029371

Ovpn.se

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 21:44:57 No.51029371 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51029445

>>51029289
Would that be better than Ipredator.se?
Probably should have mentioned it, but I can't pay for a VPN right now, so I'm mostly checking out free VPN:s.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 21:46:42 No.51029405 Report Delete

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Cyberghost is decent for it being free

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 21:48:32 No.51029442 Report Delete

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>>51029187
>>51029287
/g/64 will be Botnet free.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 21:48:40 No.51029445 Report Delete

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>>51029371
Free vpn services is shit and should not be used ever. They will make money on you somehow, there is no free lunch.

Ipredator is goos as well.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 21:50:38 No.51029492 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51029540

>>51029445
What's wrong with Ipredator? From what I've read it looks trustworthy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 21:52:53 No.51029540 Report Delete

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>>51029492
Good*

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 21:55:36 No.51029583 Report Delete

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>>51029540
Oh lol. Thanks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 22:05:11 No.51029746 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51029844 >>51029875 >>51030806

>delete your facebook.
>delete your email associated with fb
>make new email using fake info
>keep a copy somewhere so you don't get locked out. i keep my login info in an encrypted .7z, on an encrypted thumb drive, in my safe
>Delete your mobile phone account, wipe the phone with software and NOT JUST FACTORY RESET. then destroy it.
>start new with an old, old prepaid phone if you must have a mobile phone. Use fake name on new account. Dumb phone only. Never have it powered on at your house, only use when far away from where you live
>get rid of all devices that run on closed source software (only exception: house appliances that DO NOT CONNECT TO INTERNET such as kitchen microwave and modern washing machines)
>get rid of all devices that are attached to accounts that have your information. update those accounts with false information if you can.
>if you must use a tablet device at home, only use an aosp build AND DO NOT INSTALL GAPPS
>run orbot when you need to go online. use option to port all app traffic through orbot. look into how the exit nodes, act accordingly.

and this is only the beginning.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 22:12:49 No.51029844 Report Delete

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>>51029746
>Ok
>Ok
>But what's the point? I still need an email for work/alike, that would still give me away, wouldn't it?
>Copy of what? My email?
>Ok. Currently use Cyanogenmod
>Doesn't this defeat the point of having a cellphone? Don't really know how I can get an old phone, but those lines are as easy to tap right?
>Ok.
>Ok, but won't they still have the old info in a back up?
>What do I use instead of GApps? Have F-droid, but there's about 20 apps there.
>Ok. So Orbot is safe to use?

Thanks!

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 22:14:54 No.51029875 Report Delete

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>>51029746
Also, when making new accounts and the like, can't they see that I'm using the same IP as my old accounts? I mean, 1+1=2 or am I to paranoid?

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 22:48:45 No.51030389 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51030641

What are u hiding from? vpn helps for filesharing and normal ad tracking avoidance. otherwise you have to live under a stone far away from humanity and eat insects for the rest of your life.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 23:09:14 No.51030641 Report Delete

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>>51030389
Mostly, I don't want to be mapped. That of course is Google and such creating a profile of me, but I also want to avoid being recorded by NSA and the others. Or at least not being directly linked by my internet use to my person by such agencies.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 23:20:32 No.51030806 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51030959 >>51031174

>>51029746

Dumbphone advice is trash. They will figure out who you are based on which social circles you contact.

What you should do is live a seemingly normie life and then do everything important in secret. If you are philosophically opposed then you could go the route the other anon advised, but for real security you're going to raise more flags by not being in the system.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 23:33:38 No.51030959 Report Delete

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>>51030806
This, fill your online presence with trash updates, don't make it obvious what you're hiding, misdirection is key. Leave your device when you're doing business, or bring it but have an excuse to be at a location. Discussions should be face to face and with recording devices removed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 23:35:54 No.51030979 Report Delete

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And evaluate what you are paranoid about. Don't let your imagination run, if this happens in waves then recognize them. Take sane steps to protecting your identity and disguising your motives, overreaction like this tend to draw more attention anyway.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 23:52:13 No.51031174 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51031222

>>51030806
i figured it'd be obvious not to contact the same people you were contacting previously but, yes, you're right, you can be identified that way too. so don't do it.

dumb phone is better than smart phone because it's not as easy to track. when i turn on a dumb phone for 60 seconds it doesn't have the ability to pinpoint my exact location and send that over the internet to update some account of my whereabouts; smart phones aren't smart if they can't do that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 23:55:31 No.51031222 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51031554

>>51031174

All phones ping cell towers and give away you're location. The cell companies log this info and either store it for government queries or outright give it to them. If you're worried about an internet company knowing your location then just install CM on a smart phone and only connect via wifi. Or, spoof your location, or use a permission manager to block their location requests.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 23:59:47 No.51031279 Report Delete

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>>51029187
Oh man what did you do this time anon?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 00:23:12 No.51031554 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51032037

>>51031222
dumb phones don't have your exact location in 60 seconds. read what i wrote. also, cm won't keep you anonymous unless you make sure NOT to install GAPPS, and in that case it's just a ROM, like aosp builds.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 27 Oct 2015 01:02:18 No.51032037 Report Delete

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>>51031554

Dumbphones have your rough location within a second of turning them on, and within a few minutes, they can narrow it down even further. As soon as you turn the phone on, you're fucked. And this is for the dumb phones that are over a decade old. The newer models have GPS that can be remotely turned on by the e911 system.

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