/g/ - Technology

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.

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

>>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.

>>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.

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

>>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

>>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.

bumped.

VPNs are privacy by policy which is something that's always bothered me. I really would not recommend relying on them and personally would never pay for one. I guess you're probably statistically more safer than someone who doesn't use a VPN but in all reality there's nothing stopping a high level organization from gaining access to their data (read NSA).

If you want actual safe torrenting I would recommend i2p. There will be less selection on their network and the dl speeds are slower but you're going to get privacy and security by design and you could actually rely on it more so than some random company. Start reading up on i2p.

Also something you need to cover is your router. If you're really starting to get paranoid or let's say, actively concerned about internet freedom, I would recommend flashing a free firmware onto your router. This isn't all that hard in itself but if you're new to this kind of thing I would recommend due diligence and reading up on how to do this without bricking your machine.

Some good ones are OpenWrt, Tomato, DD-WRT(although it is a bit of a mess and has some non free shit in it. Look around a bit more to find better free alternatives.

I guess this guide is for someone who's a little more paranoid than OP but whatever.

>>3119

I'm fairly sure most of those cookie extensions could be replaced with privacybadger, which from what I understand blocks dodmains if it doesn't break the page, and eats cookies if blocking breaks the page.

>>3230

How to be really paranoid?

>>2949

>Making a transition to better privacy, what do?

Burn your computer and go live innawoods.