Posted on 03/25/2018 8:12:01 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that they aren't out to get you."
I don't know, or care, who said that originally, but in this age of hacking and cyber corruption – and the deep state trying desperately to defeat the forces of light - it's becoming increasingly clear that there appears to be folks out in cyberspace who don't have your best interests in mind.
Indeed, you may have heard about how Facebook and Google have been revealed as corrupt data miners more interested in raking in cash and helping their fellow political travellers than in providing the benign platforms for the people they've purported to be.
Then there's the censorship being reported of right-leaning folks from places like Twitter and YouTube. It's enough to make one a tad, well, paranoid about spending time online in an environment that seems increasingly hostile to true diversity of thought.
Now, these companies are private businesses and can do whatever they want as long as it's legal. But that doesn't mean you have to make it easy for them. You may have nothing to hide, but that doesn't mean black hats should have access to everything you do with your computer or smart device. It's really no one else's business, as long as you aren't breaking the law either.
Into this scenario comes the Vivaldi browser, which is partnering with search engine DuckDuckGo to help you protect your privacy. I'd never heard of Vivaldi before receiving their press release, but it looks like a pretty interesting and flexible browser, and the privacy features appear quite compelling.
Vivaldi was started in Oslo by Jon von Tetzchner, who also founded Opera (perhaps he couldn't afjord to have his surfing tracked…). According to the press release, Vivaldi is the first browser...
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Don’t see one for 64 bit Windows 10.
All Tor exit nodes are mapped, monitored, and the exiting traffic slurped up by governments. If they choose to, they can correlate your entering traffic with their holdings of exiting traffic and... gotcha!
I used to use Tor. Now, I treat it as a honeypot.
I’d have to buy a new mac to use it. Needs OSX 9.1 or better.
“Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean that they aren’t out to get you.”
Joseph Heller - Catch 22
They can’t track it if you’re behind a VPN.
Been using DuckDuckGo for several years now. Wish they’d come up with an eMail system.
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Darn.
To be relatively secure:
1. Use a VPN seret ice.
2. Use DuckDuckgo or startpage.
3. Get a secure email account such as startmail.
4. Use Linux as your OS.
5. Browse in private mode on your Browser.
A VPN is not a magic talisman. It is just an organization of humans operating technology. Don’t trust humans operating technology. VPNs are good for keeping your ISP from sniffing your traffic and then pushing ads at you but don’t trust them with your life, liberty, or property.
To be relatively secure:
1. Use a VPN service.
2. Use DuckDuckgo or startpage.
3. Get a secure email account such as startmail.
4. Use Linux as your OS.
5. Browse in private mode on your Browser.
Typo on #1.
“They can’t track it if you’re behind a VPN.”
That’s not true. Not even close.
How do you get over the “connected to the Internet” thing?
If you are connected, they can sniff your traffic no matter what you do. It is physically impossible to be connected and disconnected at the same tie.
VPN’s will hide you from the Data Brokers but not the Government.
If they can catch General Patreas’s girlfriend they can catch anyone. He was head of the CIA and she knew all the safety protocols.
They knew she was using a public wi-fi and then got the local security camera to identify her car.
Their is a hidden story there. Why did they want him out so bad that they would go to all that effort?
Maybe I’ll ask Q!
So is there any solution?
If you log into something with your real id while behind a VPN using Tor browswer you’re an idiot.
How about several proxies?
All your ISP can see is that you have an encrypted connection to your VPN provider. They can’t see anything beyond that.
Otherwise they have a record of every web site you have been to.
They can’t see encrypted sites such as online banking.
But any open site such as Free Republic they can see everything you can.
The big Data slurpers:
1. Your ISP.
2. Your Email provider.
3. The OS. Think Windows 10.
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