Collaborate Disseminate
More nation-state activity in cyberspace, this time from Russia: Per the different reports in Russian media, the files indicate that SyTech had worked since 2009 on a multitude of projects since 2009 for FSB unit 71330 and for fellow contractor Quantum. Projects include: Nautilus — a project for collecting data about social media users (such as Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn)…. Continue reading Hackers Expose Russian FSB Cyberattack Projects
I have got ThinkPad T400 with coreboot and minimal OpenBSD installation with full-disk encryption. All non-Tor traffic is dropped by pf. Only allowed traffic on the host is torified traffic from package manager, gpg, git and … Continue reading How am I anonymous and safe with my config?
So we all know that NSA has the ability to track down Tor, I2P and all those anonymous networks. I know it’s a piece of old news, but the question always shows up in my mind. Which is why bother it? I mean all your communicat… Continue reading Why it bothers if someone can de-anonymize anonymous network (like Tor)?
Are IP addresses given to a phone static or not?
Also, how can phone companies keep track of a person if they wanted to find them? For example, I don’t have an account and use a pre-paid card.
I’m wondering how celluar data… Continue reading How does cellular data differ from an ISP, and what can be tracked? [migrated]
I have a VM with Linux and the TBB installed on it. What I am trying to do is to make sure that other applications like for example operating system applications cannot “phone home” while I am using TBB (not talking about mal… Continue reading Stopping "phone home" applications in VM with TBB
I have a research study being run. Participants are asked to;
Fill out a consent form (contains personal information as per GDPR)
Complete a questionnaire.
My hopes was that the questionnaire responses could be anonymous… Continue reading GDPR data minimisation session cookies
Does accessing a personally owned Tor node (that only you ever visit) over the Tor network break anonymity?
I read from a long guide by Whonix on how to properly use Tor that I shouldn’t ever access small personal clearnet w… Continue reading Does accessing a personally owned Tor node (that only you ever visit) over the Tor network break anonymity?
Most VPNs claim to adhere to a strict no-log policy, but these claims are typically unproven and/or even downright false. For instance, if the VPN says they collect absolutely no logs, how will they know whether a subscriber … Continue reading Do VPNs have upstream ISPs that log traffic (making VPN claims of having strict no-log policies pointless)?
What a VPN does is take the encrypted traffic from the client, decrypt it and forward it to the server, while tor bounces the traffic in multiple nodes decrypting a layer at each node.
I have some questions about the securit… Continue reading Deanonimizing VPN/tor traffic
Trading altcoins anonymously is a full-time job. I understand I am swimming in deep, dark, sharky waters alone but hope to go for a quick exciting dip before I get nipped.
Every step of the way there are hiccups such as web… Continue reading anonymity and trading altcoins? [on hold]