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Making a transition to better privacy, what do? Anonymous 07/25/15 (Sat) 04:42:18 No.2949

hey /g/ so in light of recent happenings,i have decided to make myself more concious so i dont get vanned over ripping off an album

what programs and services respect my privacy the most and are superior to nsa software?

im going to be using a paid vpn with a prepaid card to anonymize my mobile and computer

for my phone ive rooted it, got a custom os, ditched all the jewgle programs,about to get a prepaid provider so i dont need a contract. under my brothers atm

for my computer. im using a linux machine to torrent, and play my games on win 7 machine, internet off (i dont care for multiplayer, never have)

ive steered clear of social network sites, messengers

i know utorrent cant be trusted.

Anonymous 07/27/15 (Mon) 01:21:05 No.2963

A big issue is that we don't really know too much about what will kill NSA software. The prepaid card is a good step, you could take it a step further and buy bitcoin and buy the vpn with that. I've personally been using tixati for torrenting, they have some p2p chat bullshit that you can just ignore. Also make sure that in the event that your vpn times out or gets disconnected you are using some sort of firewall so you don't leak your IP in the downtime.

Anonymous 08/12/15 (Wed) 10:46:39 No.3104

Try to browse the internet with your window maximized so it's not in an unusual resolution.

Anonymous 08/13/15 (Thu) 21:09:56 No.3119

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Not my pic but have a few useful extensions.

Anonymous 08/15/15 (Sat) 03:58:24 No.3132

>>3119

This is really good, didn't know some of these.

OP, use Palemoon or GNU Icecat depending on your interface preference.

In about:config make sure all connections are proxied through tor ( tor must be setup, obviously ).

One last thing: DON'T BE FUCKING STUPID. Taking all of these precautions can't save you if you always use the same username or password or link your NSA-faceindex account to every website you visit. don't install shit from Google, Apple, Facebook, or Microsoft because it is all NSA-spyware. Last of all: never use a website to do something you can do on your computer or without the website altogether.

Anonymous 08/15/15 (Sat) 09:22:49 No.3133

>>2949

The phone is a lost cause, don't bother.

>>3104

Resolution can be used to identify you, so it's preferable to browse the web in odd window dimensions.

Anonymous 08/17/15 (Mon) 07:04:43 No.3156

I doubt NSA, or the GCHQ in your case, is interested in you ripping CD's. Hiding your traffic from law enforcement is fairly easy, hiding your traffic from the nine eyes is not possible

Anonymous 08/17/15 (Mon) 15:35:13 No.3161

>>3156

>not getting it

windows 10 is NSA now

they can literally call the police and go to court because they know you have torrented music on your drive..'

yes

Anonymous 08/18/15 (Tue) 19:44:36 No.3167

>>3161

Well, this is a 5-years-away thing. They're going to babystep it in by building the technology first and normalizing the legal argument later.

Anonymous 08/22/15 (Sat) 21:07:07 No.3209

bumped.