https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_circumvention
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freenet On 11 February 2015, Freenet received the SUMA-Award for "protection against total surveillance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GlobaLeaks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InterPlanetary_File_System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_P2P#List_of_anonymous_P2P_networks_and_clients
Thank you for that. As someone who only understands the basics, a lot of that information is beyond me. What are your thoughts on this resource? - https://www.privacytools.io/
Well it's a list of commonly available tools it's not bad but that's not going to define your needs for you, that's where you need to start
What degree of online privacy do you need to begin with? If you want "total online privacy" don't go over the internet lol. Now more seriously, if you want to turn your pc into a stealth machine there are ways but then you'll appear as an oddity over the network... You're that one bizarre thing on the radar that simply is way too different from the rest to look honest. Nobody knows what you're hiding but what is known is that you went to great length to hide something, see what I mean? That's the problem with tor, you're still a tor user....
For most people, normal people that aren't completely tech dumb of course, not giving into illegal stuffs and who don't need to use proprietary softwares, I would recommend a linux based OS for instance, debian or derivative (some will tell you BSD or bust, debian is just my preference and I use a custom build of debian, which isn't necessarily what's best suited for you or even the ideal way to go about it, that's just me), with a browser equipped with ublockorigin. From there, you avoid the most common privacy invasive softwares and practices mostly coming from the commercial world. And of course, start by not spreading your own personal information on social media, eh (proceeds by telling what OS and what browser he uses anyways). Personally I use chromium and some will scream murder because I do
Now maybe you want to go full james bond but as I've said already, it's not necessarily what you want, because you have people whose job is to track the full james bonds, because there's a reason why you want to go full james bond, and chances are it's not necessarily because you have good intents
https://www.theregister.com/2014/07/03/nsa_xkeyscore_stasi_scandal/
>Use Tor or 'extremist' Tails Linux? Congrats, you're on an NSA list
>Alleged leaked documents about the NSA's XKeyscore snooping software appear to show the paranoid agency is targeting Tor and Tails users, Linux Journal readers – and anyone else interested in online privacy.
Logic, I would run a snooping agency I would also target those users first for obvious reasons lol
I super appreciate that you took the time for that overview. I have read the same about TOR before as well. Thank you again and Merry Christmas!
So just using Tails gets the NSA after you? In that case I recommend EVERYONE use Tails. That proves the NSA has BAD intent and oversteps it's authority and needs to be eradicated. I mean, the feds are so fucking incompetent and/or corrupt they totally ignore a confession by the former VP about blackmailing a whole nation, who sons collect money from hostile foreigners, and their biggest recent bust was a VERY DANGEROUS white nationalists with evil intent who's mommy made the 17 year old take down his NAZI flags!
I feel overwhelmed, but these are good lists.
Can you tell me whether the stuff I mentioned in the OP about Zeronet is true or not?
Edit: Also, why use Tor v. I2P v. Freenet v. Zeronet v. etc.? Do they all have their specific niche use-cases?
I wouldn't use zeronet, in fact, while there are a lot of options, as far as I'm concerned, the lighter the better, in terms of footprint/installation
zeronet is pretty "invasive" not in terms of privacy but in terms of installation, I don't even have a clear idea of what gets installed and what keeps on working or not once shut down. And it's even more of a problem on a phone because of the little control you're offered over the overall machine
I'm all clearnet, I just use a web browser in incognito mode (so I don't have to clean my cache all the time) with ublockorigin, that's all. And I don't or extremely rarely go on facebook, sometimes I go on twitter to grab a link, and I have zero account over there, same for facebook same for youtube no account, in fact I'm a big lurker, I rarely register anywhere
That's for the overall philosophy, don't put your dick in crazy. At the same time I'm here lol
I shouldn't even tell you about all this, but well, I'm a nobody. I'm not super hackman up to super hackshit. I read the news. Mostly zerohedge btw
But I'm tempted to start using freenet again. Last time I tried to install it, the graphical interface was lame and it was long ago, and the graphical interface is for total noobs for a quick try if memory serves, it's not intended to be used that way, it's just a convenient way for a try. And something went wrong it didn't work but really, I didn't try hard it was like poof let's click here done, work doesn't work, ok ciao. I haven't done it seriously
Why freenet? Because it's mature, it's rather old, it has its reputation. The only downside of freenet last time I heard (again long ago) is thatnit's rather slow, it's not intended for video streaming, but it's perfectly suited for text/image based communication
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu9gM3_gIfM
And IPFS also, looks interesting, but same deal it's limited in some fashion
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