Tor, DarkWeb, Hacking, Anonymity, Security & other resources

[Coriolis]

I am bumping this thread and quoting Floki's link from the thread on the recent House vote against internet privacy regulation.

Let's continue to add to this thread on the technical aspects of securing one's online privacy as well as possible, and staying aware of the evolving threats to online privacy.

How to set up a VPN in 10 minutes for free and why you urgently need one

 

[Smilephantomhive]

Let's revert back to paper. Who wants to be my penpal?

 

[Trash Panda]

Everytime Ive downloaded a tor browser it's slow as fuck. I don't feel like I need it for anything so I delete the apps and re download them again later of I feel like it.

 

[Trash Panda]

Ive only ever visited a few dark net markets. It was mostly drugs, weapons, and passports/IDs.. I didn't see anything like human trafficking or whatever but I wasn't looking for it.

 

[Coriolis]

Everytime Ive downloaded a tor browser it's slow as fuck. I don't feel like I need it for anything so I delete the apps and re download them again later of I feel like it.

I've been trying tor for the past week or so, and don't notice much of a difference in speed, but then my service isn't that fast to begin with. I would be interested in hearing of others' experiences.

 

[Qlip]

[MENTION=28147]Trash Panda[/MENTION] It really is going to be slow and kind of kludgy if you're browsing through Tor. Tor routes your connection through many relays to hide you, it has to add more time. It's the trade off you have to make for anonymity.

 

[HisKittyKat]

I want to visit the dark Web, now ☻...Curiosity is killing me 😟. ..I'd be all in my glory snooping around, it would be a rush 😈

 

[kotoshinohaisha]

Not worth it. Full of shit out there. You'll just be hacked

 

[kotoshinohaisha]

I accessed tor before. Sent me bullshit message like:

You've been hacked for watching porn and pedophile videos, yadah yadah.. If you wanna recover your account click this:

Yeah click bait ffs. XD

It's stupid. I uninstall it. Anyways i can access stuffs with regular Internet connection. If i wanna access a blocked site, just simply use VPN/proxy. XD

 

[Qlip]

Why I Had to Buy My Wife's Inhaler on the Dark Web - Motherboard

I've always found the dark net markets to be fascinating and I spend more time than I should browsing the markets and the communities that have been built around them. Because of this fascination, I knew that there were vendors who offered prescription drugs that don't get you high. Drugs such as antibiotics, allergy pills, and most importantly, asthma inhalers.

 

[HisKittyKat]

Not worth it. Full of shit out there. You'll just be hacked

No problem, I'm already hacked.

 

[Cellmold]

Why I Had to Buy My Wife's Inhaler on the Dark Web - Motherboard

$300 for an inhaler?!

I pay £20 for two and some other stuff.

 

[Tater]

If you find a lot of utility in USB flash drives, but have concerns about vulnerabilities they might create, you may find that encrypted USB drives serve as a decent solution. For instance, Iron Keys: Encrypted Flash Drives | Windows To Go | IronKey have a good reputation for heavily enciphering data. I've heard that even the developers have difficulty decrypting the contents sometimes. Other products include Aegis and SecureKey. I don't own one of these yet, but I would love to get one and format a bootable Linux distribution on it.

As a caveat, they can be pretty pricey; sometimes sketchy manufactures of USB drives have been known to (intentionally or unintentionally) insert malicious backdoors in their products.

Even still, if I was handling data at high classification levels, I would use an encrypted drive after vetting it.

 

[Tater]

I've been trying tor for the past week or so, and don't notice much of a difference in speed, but then my service isn't that fast to begin with. I would be interested in hearing of others' experiences.

TOR is definitely slower for me. It's best used in conjunction with a VPN, which will make your connection even slower than it was initially. Latency happens when you encrypt your traffic 3 times over 3 nodes before doing anything else.

Here are some general guidelines for using TOR:

11 Do’s and Don’ts of Tor Network - Hongkiat

You already have some of this taken care of by avoiding Windows, IIRC.

 

[Tater]

Concerning ransomware like the now infamous wannacry:

The No More Ransom Project

 

[Tater]

How to Erase All Your Stuff When You Quit Your Job - WIRED

 

[Tater]

Why You Really Need to Stop Using Public Wi-Fi

 

[Numbly Aware]

Why You Really Need to Stop Using Public Wi-Fi

I appreciate this...

Tho, rlly I talk to myself about this like,
Worst case scenario: what are they gonna do? Steal bank information? How to withdraw money? Without my id? And they'll probably get caught anyways... Ok, now deeper, so they stole money? Yes. Can I get it back? Yes. If not, then am I gonna die over it? No. Can I make more money? Yes.
What next? Photos? That's a shitty move, but do I have any pics that I have to seriously worry about? Nah. In another's eyes even if they use pics you rather not others know about, it's honestly shitty coming from them, unless the receiver is an idiot. And do I care about an idiot's opinion? No.

#nvm °^° *still hooks up to public internet* idc ;^; at least I know I'm putting my phone at risk, which I already knew.

 

[Numbly Aware]

How to Erase All Your Stuff When You Quit Your Job - WIRED

This is rlly good...

Ugh, I'm so lazy I deserve being hacked. Jk xD

 

[Tater]

I appreciate this...

Tho, rlly I talk to myself about this like,
Worst case scenario: what are they gonna do? Steal bank information? How to withdraw money? Without my id? And they'll probably get caught anyways... Ok, now deeper, so they stole money? Yes. Can I get it back? Yes. If not, then am I gonna die over it? No. Can I make more money? Yes.
What next? Photos? That's a shitty move, but do I have any pics that I have to seriously worry about? Nah. In another's eyes even if they use pics you rather not others know about, it's honestly shitty coming from them, unless the receiver is an idiot. And do I care about an idiot's opinion? No.

#nvm °^° *still hooks up to public internet* idc ;^; at least I know I'm putting my phone at risk, which I already knew.

There are countless reasons to be concerned about the integrity of your data on a public network, even if you don't have many valuable items on your device. Identity theft comes in a number of forms, some of which do not require a large quantity of centralized information to perform. For instance, the information security community calls it "jigsawing" when an attacker collects bits of seemingly insignificant information to form a complete picture of who you are and how your data can be exploited. It's the equivalent of what a dumpster diver would do when piecing together shredded paperwork. Furthermore, even if just your phone or laptop gets compromised on a public network, the implications stretch further than that single node. For example, if you take your compromised machine to home or work, it could serve as a foothold for an attacker to gain further entry into your personal network or your company's network. Do you want to be that person who was found to have let a worm loose in your business environment? In any case, it would be, at best, an inconvenience if your machine got bricked just because you accidentally logged into a spoofed network. Who likes inconveniences like that? Moreover, it is not a strong likelihood that such an attacker would be apprehended. Most breaches are only discovered too long after the fact to respond with effective legal action. It's therefore ideal to prevent them before they occur.