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RE: A Beginner Friendly Comprehensive Guide To Installing And Using A Safer Anonymous Operating System.

in #technology8 years ago

See this for why you're not safe behind tor nodes:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2928752/tor-connections-to-hidden-services-could-be-easy-to-deanonymize.html
http://www.esecurityplanet.com/open-source-security/the-trouble-with-tor.html
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140401/17422126773/yes-federal-agents-can-identify-anonymous-tor-users-because-most-people-dont-know-how-to-be-anonymous.shtml
https://www.wired.com/2007/11/swedish-researc/
https://arstechnica.com/security/2014/11/law-enforcement-seized-tor-nodes-and-may-have-run-some-of-its-own/
https://medium.com/@a2d2/hacking-tor-cc3f2331d10f
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/14/government-hackers-tor-malware-attacks-onionduke-miniduke
https://darkwebnews.com/dark-web/spying-tor-nodes/
https://www.recordedfuture.com/stripping-tor-anonymity/
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/08/04/2054208/half-of-tor-sites-compromised-including-tormail
http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/37430/is-the-fact-that-tors-development-is-largely-government-funded-cause-for-concer
http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/good-tor-2014/
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2912234/cook-county-subpoenas-romanian-security-firm-a-tor-exit-node-operator-for-real-ip.html
https://threatpost.com/judge-confirms-dod-funded-research-to-decloak-tor-users/116464/
https://www.cnet.com/news/nsa-likely-targets-anybody-whos-tor-curious/

Tor was founded by the DOD (Department of War) and receives it's founding largely from the DOD still, the only reason Tor has been release to the public is to secure it by making the traffic now 100% Gov.
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Thanks for protecting me @baah :) I'm mostly on there for reading purposes only, as the amount of documentation on there is staggering - particularly government documents! No ounce of coke at 1.28 BTC or hacked porn accounts for this @mindhunter ;)

Lavabit look exciting, but the one used by most hardcore criminals on the darknet is: https://antidetect.org

The seizure of Silk Road and all their Bitcoins really made me lose faith in Tor!