Let me begin by saying that I'm a boring guy. Not much to me that would be a threat.

But I do value anonymity, and I think we can agree that seeking online privacy doesn't make us criminals in and of itself.
Yet more and more often when I want to post, text, or even talk on the phone, I pause to consider the shitty big brother(s) we all have. How many times do we have to hear about someone getting cancelled before being paranoid becomes good judgement?

I've never used facefuck or twatigram, but I haven't signed up for anything like Parlor either because it just seems like a great way to sort out all the folks our enemies would love to keep an eye on. I mean, that's how I'd do it if I were them.

Now I'm wondering if using TOR might be all it's cracked up to be, or if that is asking to be under even bigger microscopes?

Should I just keep it all inside my skull? Seems kinda lonely Doc.

There's no such thing as online privacy.

There is no online privacy. My ISP hijacks my DNS to use theirs regardless of what I try to choose. They also add javascript to every page I visit.

Like Facebook and others, you are the product as well as the consumer.

Use a co-workers computer.

If you didn't want people talking about it, you wouldn't be doing it.

It's just that simple

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:
Use a co-workers computer.

Now, that right there is funny!

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:
Use a co-workers computer.

I once used an Army O-5’s desktop in his JAG office to look up a news story we were discussing in a telecon.

I discovered the Chicago paper is the Tribune by entering a different name that took me straight to a XXX rated website.

It set off some software that locked it until IT could get there.

Boy was he embarrassed. I thought it hilarious. Even the IT guy thought it was funny.

Some people use TAILS, a Linux distribution. It routes through the TOR network.

PC

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Originally posted by PCWyoming:
Some people use TAILS, a Linux distribution. It routes through the TOR network.

PC

Thank you, now we're cooking

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Originally posted by PCWyoming:
Some people use TAILS, a Linux distribution. It routes through the TOR network.

PC

Tell us more. TY.

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Originally posted by MWC:

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Originally posted by PCWyoming:
Some people use TAILS, a Linux distribution. It routes through the TOR network.

PC

Tell us more. TY.

Start here:
https://tails.boum.org/

PC

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Where do you go for online privacy?

127.0.0.1

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:

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Where do you go for online privacy?

127.0.0.1

Is that some sort of pop/geek culture reference I'm supposed to get?

Thanks again to PCWyoming for his informative posts here.

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Originally posted by apprentice:

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:

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Where do you go for online privacy?

127.0.0.1

Is that some sort of pop/geek culture reference I'm supposed to get?

Thanks again to PCWyoming for his informative posts here.

It's IPV4-speak for the address of your home network.

So, yes, sigmonkey made a joke, essentially implying that 'privacy' is pretty scarce, once you connect, but that you're probably safe on your own network ... actually a not a bad joke, for just four numbers and three dots...

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Originally posted by apprentice:

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:

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Where do you go for online privacy?

127.0.0.1

Is that some sort of pop/geek culture reference I'm supposed to get?

Thanks again to PCWyoming for his informative posts here.

The Monkey wants you to talk to yourself.

Thats a great modification of a lesson from the "Five Minute Mafia Manager" course...


How do you get a snake out of a hole?

Use someone else's hand.

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Originally posted by Sailor1911:

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Originally posted by Graniteguy:
Use a co-workers computer.

Now, that right there is funny!

This guy has some great advice - seems to me anyway. Youtube link but still works:

Browser Isolation

Free speech is effectivly gone, but a close proximity can be had at Poal.co and Saidit.net.

It takes a while to learn of ignore the idiots who have just learned to say "poo poo" or "Doo Doo" in public, but it can be inspiring at times in it's honesty.

https://poal.co/all/hot

https://saidit.net/

Top 2 posts right now on the Saidit link (2nd one):

"H.R. 127: A New Bill In Congress Would Literally End Your 2nd Amendment Rights Permanently

and

ALARMING: DEMOCRATS Introduce Bill Calling For MANDATORY LICENCE FOR ALL GUNS, Universal GUN DATABASE, BANNING OWNERSHIP Of Guns By Anyone Younger Than 21"

Although it tends to a riotous mix of all kinds of things. Free speech can be horrific at times if you do not agree with another word choices, but at least you can argue your point freely.