Anonymity

by **Endg4m3** on Mon Jul 11, 2011 9:16 pm ([msg=59661]see Anonymity[/msg])

I am wondering about the best ways to stay anonymous on the internet. I use proxies such as Tor, but is that good enough? From a privacy and security standpoint what would be best?

by **mShred** on Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:52 pm ([msg=59668]see Re: Anonymity[/msg])

Endg4m3 wrote:I am wondering about the best ways to stay anonymous on the internet. I use proxies such as Tor, but is that good enough? From a privacy and security standpoint what would be best?

There's few threads and articles about this. Tor is good. You could use VPNs or normal proxies. A lot of it deals with being smart, and just practiving good habits on privacy.

The TOR Hidden Wiki has some really good articles on anonymity. If the wiki is up right now, you should check it out.

by **r-ID** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:13 pm ([msg=59693]see Re: Anonymity[/msg])

Bad thing about tor is that anonymity is supported by volunteers, so anyone can track you, there were research made, guy volunteered, put a sniffer and got some very interesting data, porn accounts mostly.
Bad thing about proxies is that there are some honey pots.
Proxies and tor are cheap and are only good to bypass ip bans, no more.
VPN is better, but there are even better solutions.

by **Endg4m3** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:00 pm ([msg=59697]see Re: Anonymity[/msg])

I know about VPNs but I don't really know how to set one up. Also I had heard things like that could happen with Tor.

by **mShred** on Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:57 pm ([msg=59701]see Re: Anonymity[/msg])

Endg4m3 wrote:I know about VPNs but I don't really know how to set one up. Also I had heard things like that could happen with Tor.

I use a VPN. It's like five bucks a month for the one i use. Acevpn. It's pretty good and the site has it's tutorials for Windows and Linux. But there are free ones out there. Google will tell you where.

r-ID wrote:Bad thing about tor is that anonymity is supported by volunteers, so anyone can track you, there were research made, guy volunteered, put a sniffer and got some very interesting data, porn accounts mostly.
Bad thing about proxies is that there are some honey pots.
Proxies and tor are cheap and are only good to bypass ip bans, no more.
VPN is better, but there are even better solutions.

They can't track you specifically, but they can intercept your data.

by **acevic** on Wed Jul 13, 2011 1:44 am ([msg=59711]see Re: Anonymity[/msg])

Recently came across this. Anyone ever tried it? Any opinions on this one? A free VPN does not really sound like the safest thing to use.

by **Endg4m3** on Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:30 pm ([msg=59746]see Re: Anonymity[/msg])

I have heard of VPNs that steal your data, but no worries, those were run by the FBI.