Makes sense. I'm gonna lean towards a minimalistic use as well, and that's
not even because of privacy issues.
Mostly because it's only a tool, there's more to life overall.
I'm replying to myself because someone downvoted my comment, yay !
WTF? It was only a rough conclusion of what was said before, no real new info
besides comparing Tor and VPN side by side... If with great power comes great
responsibility, with or without freedom, idiocy remains.
Anyway,
I agree, it's just that in what I personally do online, there's a lot of
waste of time that I could use off the computer.
So if I understand, Tor provides full anonymity/invisibility, yet there's the
trouble of malicious exit nodes, and it being slower. This doesn't sound
reliable.
A VPN
I just visite a couple of news site, torrent sites and email. And Trisquel
forum for tecnical support..
;)
might even save your eyesight...from premature cecity.
and the repetitive strain injury :(
Stay away form the internet? No!
It's like saying don't go out and stay in your home because out there there
are a lot of dangerous things
I won't stop using internet and doing whatever I want to do, saying whatever
I want to say just because the Big Brother is listening. Protect yourself the
Here's my 2 cents ramble.
So I'm trying to prepare a simple but complete todo list.
This reminds me of a joke: I've read your manuscript and it was original and
clever. However, the parts that were original were not clever and the parts
that were clever were not original! I.e. you won't
/Calinou/ Ah, true. I suppose that playing only through text input
(coordinates) and Ajax could be a possibility, but not as user friendly.
Though it could help memorize the coordinates. I'd love such a web app. Also
I love the Lichess no registration/ads/plugins required policy. It could
So what's you're overall privacy strategy, everyone ?
I'm still not writing from my free machine since I want to configure it
properly.
Everyday I read about some new thing to configure (like the default Trisquel
DNS server being google's).
So I'm trying to prepare a simple but complete todo
/lembas/ I get the joke (love it also), yet indeed things change and in some
cases some rules do not apply, though maybe there are some rough
principles/outlines regarding setting up a libre system.
For example,
choosing compatible hardware
choosing a libre OS
checking the license of what
Ah, true. I suppose that playing only through text input (coordinates) and
Ajax could be a possibility, but not as user friendly. Though it could help
memorize the coordinates. I'd love such a web app. Also I love the Lichess
no registration/ads/plugins required policy. It could help me
...
/Mangy Dog/ I'm not sure I get this one. Icecat (a fox) on Trisquel (the
boat) saving a poor lad thinking he's secure with Tor. and Wireshark?
Privacy and anonymity are not the same. If you want privacy having a 100%
free OS and a VPN (not trusting external repos, compiling any external
application by yourself, setting your browser in a proper manner, not using
idiotic nonsense like say facebook) should do it.
If you want
I've been using ivpn.net, have been pretty satisfied with their service. I
would recommend using a VPN that is outside the US in a privacy friendly
jurisdiction.
I mean, you have to consider what a reputable VPN company has to lose-- if
someone finds out that logs are being sold then that company's reputation
goes down the toilet, as well as their business.
It's certainly possible that they would sell your logs, but I don't think
they'd take such a
yeah, that was my feeling too, this is why I was interested in setting up my
own VPN server, though it takes more skill. I stumble upon a good article
which backs up what you wrote, and which explained that using Tor first, then
connecting to a VPN made that a moot point.
it's a joke or a bit of humour ??? the fox is me Mangy wwawawawdog
:)
As SuperTramp83 says there is a difference between privacy and achieving
anonymity.
http://lifehacker.com/how-can-i-stay-anonymous-with-tor-1498876762
the tor project org offers extensive explanationson the
Ah ok, I got it ;)
Yeah, it seems that anonymity is only for specific situations. Most likely
not worth the effort for the way I use the web. But worth it for true
journalism.
In essence, my strategy as a basic user would be to focus on security and
privacy.
So, private browsing/anonymity
Regardless, your browser is still sending out info that can be tracked
(besides cookies); see: https://panopticlick.eff.org/
Ruben's point was that if you did everything right to avoid browser
fingerprinting, that's when you'd REALLY stand out from the crowd.
the best advice: get out from internet.
Effectively this could have been an IRC discussion :)
http://www.irchelp.org/
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/connect-trisquel-irc-channel
I agree with JadeCtrl,
some VPN services are dubious but others have a clear policy if they were to
not respect their engagements they would be liable and
I think the point is that you try so hard to protect yourself that in the end
you stand out and are more easily caught.
Ruben makes exactly this point in his 2015 Libre Planet presentation on
IceCat. Unfortunately privacy/security/anonymity need to be the default for
users, en masse, so
I see. Then what are the possible answers?
Not being anonymous makes one visible (but without much access to it's online
activity).
Using Tor properly makes one anonymous.
My goal is to to keep my online activity to myself, even if it's possible to
know that I visit such and such website.
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