Quote: (03-22-2018 05:22 PM)TravelerKai Wrote:
Quote: (03-22-2018 05:08 PM)Black Caesar Wrote:
dawg that is not how things work at all
Prove it then. Show me where they are not running Tor nodes.
https://arstechnica.com/information-tech...f-its-own/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016...break-tor/
https://arstechnica.com/information-tech...t-funding/
https://arstechnica.com/information-tech...web-sites/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016...t-malware/
Rawmeo, had he ever told me personally what he was doing before it happened, I would have told him he was fucked (if it was even true to begin with). It's clear he was not a real hacker or even security professional.
Tor is done. It's been done for a while. No black hat worth his salt, that is not compromised or a plant is using it without added obfuscation.
Don't fill these dudes heads up with illusions of grandeur. Unless you really know what you are doing (and you likely would not be reading advice on RVF), nothing is anon these days. It's mostly over. Unless you live in a country with no consequences (Russia/China), it's Live CDs and obfuscation (Which is not real security) like throw away dope phones. Problem is, they got access to cameras so they will try to catch your face on whatever wifi you bumming on, because the ISPs will betray you like someone else said.
Proxy hoppin still works, but the countries you do it through matter more than anything.
This is not the 90s or the 2000s.
This. X1000.
The level of sophistication you have with computers, coupled with your affinity for throwaway donkey work that will just eat up time and cost you money, is what the name of this game is about now.
TK knows his onions!
It is still possible to be anonymous on the internet, but you need to have been studying this for years, or start studying and come back in a year or two.
You also need time to travel out of town, buy burners, research coffee shops/free wifi points you can easily hijack. It is possible. But it will cost you both in time and money.
Expertise + Time + Money = Security/anonymity.
Insecurity and de-anonymisation has been built in to computers and networks ever since the dawn of the platform. Hell, the whole TCP/IP stack and whatnot that the WWW is built on is just a hack and inherently insecure. They made it more insecure from there with back doors.
Back doors in software of your OS. Backdoors on firmware in your hard disk. Back doors on your CPU that can phone home even when your computer is turned off via its ethernet cable which can power it down your phone line.
Never mind about the breaking of encryption, not so much by mathematical means but by getting the companies involved to provide back doors and keys. Which makes the whole protocol more vulnerable to hackers/crackers. Which has been exploited because once Russia/China knew there were holes to be popped, they sent their finest in to rummage around. Who knows what they know. It's cat and mouse. Industrial espionage.
My Router is made in China. Prolly should change it at some point.
So, to sum up what TK is saying here, and in a more crass manner: We are fucked! Truly fucked.
Don't listen to me. Listen to him. This shit is just a hobby for me.
So that's hardware/firmware/software, but what about the end client point software like browsers? Someone mentioned fingerprinting. It's possible to detect the same person on a different website with 95 percent plus accuracy. All it takes is sharing of information. FaceBook anyone?
And the more blockers and security you use, the more you get fingerprinted, hence needing to set up unique IP's via VPN's and unique fingerprints by throwaway Virtual Machines. I never did get around to doing my Data Sheet on VM's but maybe I will. I did some half - assed stuff on some VPN threads.
I remember Thebeast asking me 'but why? it doesn't protect you really, what do you get out of it?'. And I knew what he was saying. The truth is even a VPN doesn't cover you that much. Depends what you want to do. Eventually I explained what I wanted it for and he understood. Like TK, I think he knows a whole lot more about computers than I do, and I know more than 'most' people.
A VPN is a tool. It's a hammer, not a chisel.
Tor is a tool. It's a saw, not a file.
A Virtual Machine is a screwdriver, not a hammer.
I'm pretty sure there are a few people here that could do some very nefarious stuff (or just remain anonymous) if they wanted to. But they won't be able to do that without considerable effort. It's not just a case of paying for a VPN, seting up a VM, and going over TOR just to be sure.
TOR over VPN is very secure though, but that is an argument for another day. You need a certain level of skill, and you need to find a VPN provider that will provide that service for you.
But I don't believe any of us are talking about learning this to break the law here. I know I am not. It's just to stay anonymous. Well, like TK said, tough, you can't. So it's just to obfuscate as much as you can to hide your tracks if you don't want to be tracked and sniffed and slurped and mined.
Good luck with that!
The best way, again as TK has pointed out, is to withdraw from these platforms, perhaps even keep some kind of presence as to not arouse suspicion (what you don't have a FaceBook? - dodgy). You don't really need them. If you need facebook to stay in touch with your family then, sorry, there is something deeply flawed with your family. I'm sure there are some exceptions but I stand by what I say, generally speaking.
And as to the OP, Hypno, no offense, and this might be seen as nit-picking, but true AI does not exist yet. It's not even on the horizon. Maybe in a few decades we will know if it is possible or not.
What we have now is Machine Learning and whatnot. Not the same. And that is what makes it so dangerous. Because these are very crude algorithms. Sure they can give surprisingly uncanny results and insights, but their capacity for 'gotcha' level BS is well known.
You can't have true AI, without understanding what Consciousness is. No one has a clue about that one, yet.
Also, see the arguments between Weak AI and Strong AI. Again, machine learning will crop up there somewhere.
Google, the government, no one has true AI. It does not exist. Well, according to how I define it anyway, and there are many people who take the same viewpoint.
By all means, get a cheap VPN for five bucks a month. Download free Virtual Machine software and have the ultimate protection from viruses and ransomware. Even run over TOR for a bit of extra security. This can be done and be taught to be done in a matter of hours really. A lot of information already on this very website if you search.
And it's not all just TOR or VPN, there are other anonymisation services such as JonDonym. There is an old program by a guy that died a while back called Proxonimitron. There are even people out there that can use it to do the old 9 proxies trick that will actually work, but you need to know them. Or you could spend months/years working it out yourself. Badly configured Servers are also an option and can be hopped through but you need to know vulnerabilities and how to search for them and how to take advantage of them. They might only last a few hours or days though.
We aren't looking for a bad girl to spend the night with here, we are looking for reliable and secure entities we can 'wife up'.
Read the quote again at the top by TK.
Get used to it - it's the way it is.
Adjust your actions accordingly.
I missed the Rawmeo debacle. But it sounds to me like he was another guy too clever for his own good.
You can achieve a certain amount of good hygiene on the net, but again, it means making hard choices and just coming off some platforms altogether.
But don't listen to me. Listen to what TK has to say and you won't go far wrong.
The game is pretty much over. And unless you are actually doing deeply nefarious shit then really, I doubt you will have the expertise, time, money and inclination to cover your tracks.
You is pwned!
But that isn't to say you can't get a good cheapish VPN, maybe set up a Virtual Machine (for true protection against ransomware/viruses), and get some stuff going on where your browser fingerprint doesn't give you away. That stuff is fairly easily doable, and at little cost.
RVF member 'Valentine' is also another member here that really knows his shit with regard to this, if you want to look up his posts.