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I'm working my way into computer security (I'm at the beginning stages.) I found this page while doing some browsing about security. I've also included a link (just below) from Tom's Hardware with an overview for several proxy clients.
Tom's Hardware - review of several proxy clients
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You *CAN* browse anonymously.
December 28th, 2007
But I didn’t say it would be free.
It is a given that if you are browsing the web, you are giving away all of your personal information. Whether or not this is ethical, or how is should be, is a moot point. It is a fact, and the indecency of that fact must be accepted if you are going to do something about it to protect yourself.
The 8 Steps to browsing anonymously:
1. Walk into any coffee shop with wireless and take out your laptop.
2. Before connecting to the internet or the wireless router, **broken link removed** of your wireless card.
3. Start up a VPN service that uses a minimum of 256 bit encryption. Make sure it is a trustworthy VPN service. Personally I would suggest using www.vpnout.com. It is extremely easy to use and a fair price.
4. Install and start up the tor bundle which includes Tor, Vidalia, and Privoxy. Make sure you set up tor as a server as well.
5. Install Firefox. Then, install and enable the following “add ons”: Adblock Plus, **broken link removed**, and NoScript,
6. With the Tor Bundle installed and running, open up firefox and enable the foxtor addon. This will immediately configure your browser to use the tor network, disable java, javascript, cookies etc.
7. If using a VPN solution like the one suggested from vpnout.com, **broken link removed**
8. Browse to your hearts content.
Remember, that just because a hacker may take the above steps to protect his identity, doesn’t mean a law abiding citizen can’t do the same. You have every right to your privacy, and you should have every right to hide everything you do, from any entity, including your government. Just because there are terrorists out there, doesn’t mean that by hiding what you are doing, you are one of them. That is what the government would like you to think. It is not true. I take many of the above steps not because I’m browsing shady sites, or sending out viruses to the world, I’m doing so because what I do, is my business, even if it is just browsing news sites, which is 99% of what my time on the internet is spent doing!
What is comes down to is this: It is our privacy, and protecting our privacy shouldn’t make us targets. Whether you believe in conspiracy theories is up to you. But by following the above steps, you are doing everything possible to use the internet, without having it be traced back to you.
Of course none of the above is useful if you go posting your personal information when doing all of the above. If you walk onto a site and put out your SSN, name, and phone number, none of the above measures will protect you. Even when doing the above, make sure you protect what data you put out there, because once you hit the send/post/chat button, it will be in cyberspace forever.
Liam
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Tom's Hardware - review of several proxy clients
**broken link removed**
*****
You *CAN* browse anonymously.
December 28th, 2007
But I didn’t say it would be free.
It is a given that if you are browsing the web, you are giving away all of your personal information. Whether or not this is ethical, or how is should be, is a moot point. It is a fact, and the indecency of that fact must be accepted if you are going to do something about it to protect yourself.
The 8 Steps to browsing anonymously:
1. Walk into any coffee shop with wireless and take out your laptop.
2. Before connecting to the internet or the wireless router, **broken link removed** of your wireless card.
3. Start up a VPN service that uses a minimum of 256 bit encryption. Make sure it is a trustworthy VPN service. Personally I would suggest using www.vpnout.com. It is extremely easy to use and a fair price.
4. Install and start up the tor bundle which includes Tor, Vidalia, and Privoxy. Make sure you set up tor as a server as well.
5. Install Firefox. Then, install and enable the following “add ons”: Adblock Plus, **broken link removed**, and NoScript,
6. With the Tor Bundle installed and running, open up firefox and enable the foxtor addon. This will immediately configure your browser to use the tor network, disable java, javascript, cookies etc.
7. If using a VPN solution like the one suggested from vpnout.com, **broken link removed**
8. Browse to your hearts content.
Remember, that just because a hacker may take the above steps to protect his identity, doesn’t mean a law abiding citizen can’t do the same. You have every right to your privacy, and you should have every right to hide everything you do, from any entity, including your government. Just because there are terrorists out there, doesn’t mean that by hiding what you are doing, you are one of them. That is what the government would like you to think. It is not true. I take many of the above steps not because I’m browsing shady sites, or sending out viruses to the world, I’m doing so because what I do, is my business, even if it is just browsing news sites, which is 99% of what my time on the internet is spent doing!
What is comes down to is this: It is our privacy, and protecting our privacy shouldn’t make us targets. Whether you believe in conspiracy theories is up to you. But by following the above steps, you are doing everything possible to use the internet, without having it be traced back to you.
Of course none of the above is useful if you go posting your personal information when doing all of the above. If you walk onto a site and put out your SSN, name, and phone number, none of the above measures will protect you. Even when doing the above, make sure you protect what data you put out there, because once you hit the send/post/chat button, it will be in cyberspace forever.
Liam
*****
