Anonymity tips

[pitham1]

Thanks to the bitcointalk admins for allowing Tor access. The peace of mind was worth the few mbits I paid to remove my "Tor evil" when I registered.

I didn't get this. You paid a few mbits?

[Westin Landon Cox]

I just watched this (old) talk by someone called The Grugq. He sounds like he knows what he's talking about to me. (I'm no expert.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XaYdCdwiWU

He talks about Tor vs. VPNs in part of it, and recommends always using Tor first, then possibly a VPN.

It's a fun talk. I really enjoyed his pokes at the dumb mistakes the lulzsec hackers made.

[J. J. Phillips]

Thanks to the bitcointalk admins for allowing Tor access. The peace of mind was worth the few mbits I paid to remove my "Tor evil" when I registered.

I didn't get this. You paid a few mbits?

Yes. I consistently use Tor. When I registered at bitcointalk, it said I couldn't use my account until I paid X satoshis to remove my "Tor evil."
I thought this phrase was funny, so I remembered it. I don't remember how much X was, but I think it was somewhere around a dollar's worth.

As people who use Tor can tell you, many sites will either make you constantly fill out CAPTCHAs or just block you entirely. I'm happy that
bitcointalk allows Tor users to participate at all.

[moriartybitcoin]

Bitcointalk admins will turn over your identity, IP address etc at the drop of a hat - you can bet on it!

You should DEFINITELY be using TOR for Bitcointalk and any other website you visit, whether darknet or clearnet.

I recommend using TAILS in conjunction with TOR. 

[franky1]

anonymity is only as anonymous as YOU decide to make it,

EG. things we can find out about Awesome31312 in 2 minutes

went to chicago bitcoin meetup
doesnt wear glasses
bitcoin clients: armory(back in the day) now bitcoin-core
likes runescape, dislikes world or warcraft
main bitcoin address: 12vARzQRPwUf19sCGUNUYasBK1kYu3F3xw
torchat id: ykdqiugengjud62z

and thats just 2 minutes of searching.....

Hahahah close.

runescape should be green. after all you are trying to buy bitcoins with your runescape gold, so admit you play the game

Hello

I am currently buying Bitcoins for RSGP at the rate of $0.4/m, whatever that is in Bitcoin

I'm trying to keep this post as short as I can, so any further questions will be addressed below

as for the chicago thing
http://bitbiz.io/threads/btc-chicago.74/#post-3058

[2dogs]

anonymity is only as anonymous as YOU decide to make it,

EG. things we can find out about Awesome31312 in 2 minutes

went to chicago bitcoin meetup
doesnt wear glasses
bitcoin clients: armory(back in the day) now bitcoin-core
likes runescape, dislikes world or warcraft
main bitcoin address: 12vARzQRPwUf19sCGUNUYasBK1kYu3F3xw
torchat id: ykdqiugengjud62z

and thats just 2 minutes of searching.....

Hahahah close.

Who believes everything they read on the internet?
Ever hear about disinfo?
Some post info that is completely false and misleading - just to throw out false and misleading data.

[franky1]

i know but most people throw out personal info about themselves without realizing they did it., and that was my point, the OP wants to be anonymous, yet he has already given out lots of info casually.

so people are only as anonymous as the information they give out. no technology can protect them from simply supplying info publicly

[pitham1]

Thanks to the bitcointalk admins for allowing Tor access. The peace of mind was worth the few mbits I paid to remove my "Tor evil" when I registered.

I didn't get this. You paid a few mbits?

Yes. I consistently use Tor. When I registered at bitcointalk, it said I couldn't use my account until I paid X satoshis to remove my "Tor evil."
I thought this phrase was funny, so I remembered it. I don't remember how much X was, but I think it was somewhere around a dollar's worth.

As people who use Tor can tell you, many sites will either make you constantly fill out CAPTCHAs or just block you entirely. I'm happy that
bitcointalk allows Tor users to participate at all.

That is strange.
It is just discouraging people from using tor.
And if you have a compulsive need to use tor (say to perform some illegal acts), you can still do it by paying a $?

[1echo]

awesome is ICO coin dev and asks for anonimty

this looks sketchy to me ^^^^^^^

[awesome31312]

anonymity is only as anonymous as YOU decide to make it,

EG. things we can find out about Awesome31312 in 2 minutes

went to chicago bitcoin meetup
doesnt wear glasses
bitcoin clients: armory(back in the day) now bitcoin-core
likes runescape, dislikes world or warcraft
main bitcoin address: 12vARzQRPwUf19sCGUNUYasBK1kYu3F3xw
torchat id: ykdqiugengjud62z

and thats just 2 minutes of searching.....

Hahahah close.

runescape should be green. after all you are trying to buy bitcoins with your runescape gold, so admit you play the game

Hello

I am currently buying Bitcoins for RSGP at the rate of $0.4/m, whatever that is in Bitcoin

I'm trying to keep this post as short as I can, so any further questions will be addressed below

as for the chicago thing
http://bitbiz.io/threads/btc-chicago.74/#post-3058

The fact that I'm trying to get rid of my RSGP for Bitcoin means I no longer like that game, common sense mate:P

Also the post:
"I went to a Bitcoin convention once, and was the only guy with no glasses "

Was supposed to be funny

[Westin Landon Cox]

People do leak info about themselves very easily. If you're serious about anonymity, a friend of mine wrote a python program called "idmas" that generates identities (with a name, birthday and nationality) along with passwords and bitcoin addresses and so on. It's open source:

https://github.com/cjbauer/idmas

The idea is that you can use the name when you sign up for something like bitcointalk without worrying about accidentally choosing a name/password that leaks information about you. The nationality and birthday thing is just so you can be in the mindset of who you're supposed to be.

I wish I'd had something like this before I joined bitcointalk. I have kind of a big mouth and there are too many Lois Lerner types in today's world. I think I've already mentioned roughly where I live and I stupidly used my full name as my username. I'm basically screwed.

[ANTIcentralized]

As Bitcoin users it is a common interest on maintain anonymity on the web.

I do have a few questions.

Is TOR enough to conceal one's identity on the web? Not the Deepweb, but on Bitcointalk
If there is an IP leak, do the administrators at Bitcointalk cooperate with efforts to distribute personal information of Bitcointalk users to ISPs?

Will TOR prevent the mods/administrators on bitcointalk from knowing your IP address/identity? Yes, as long as you have java script disabled (unless the forum were to attempt to launch a zero day attack against you, which is very unlikely considering the ideology of the people who run the forum).

Will the forum try to give your personal information to your ISP? No...absolutely now (see above). They would almost certainly give up your personal information to law enforcement in the event the forum receives a valid legally binding request (order) for information 

[pequelore]

Bitcointalk admins will turn over your identity, IP address etc at the drop of a hat - you can bet on it!

You should DEFINITELY be using TOR for Bitcointalk and any other website you visit, whether darknet or clearnet.

I recommend using TAILS in conjunction with TOR. 

What if I use VPN? Can bitcointal still track my identity?

[Cryptowatch.com]

if you use TOR, you announce to your ISP that you use TOR. What if you use VPN, then TOR through that?

Also, you can configure iptables to block any packets if your connection drops, so that there won't be an ip-leak.

Also, try this site:
http://ipleak.net/

It show a lot of information about your client.

[awesome31312]

I'm only worried about admins knowing my personal information because I don't trust anyone on the internet with such sensitive data

[franky1]

the point being if you give away personal info, it will be found.. no technology can stop that

[bitnanigans]

It is possible to maintain complete anonymity if you're very careful, but the problem is we are human. At some point, someone is bound to make a mistake sooner or later, which may result in identifying information being leaked/released.

[Lionel]

I am not sure that TOR can help in anonymity 100%. I had a one case, when using TOR website tell me from where I am, well this was only one time ...

Wow :O But it told you the exact city you are from or only the country?
Maybe the TOR exit node you were using was located in your country

tor is only good for onion websites that use https....

normal dot coms and http sites are not protected via tor.

I'm not 100% sure and i'd like having some details.
When you enter a site with TOR it's like the TOR's exit relay computer is using the site, and not your computer.

The site can even be http and not https but it still believes that the visitor is the tor exit relay.

I think the only one who knows of you is the TOR entry relay you are using to enter the TOR network

[Lionel]

if you use TOR, you announce to your ISP that you use TOR. What if you use VPN, then TOR through that?

Also, you can configure iptables to block any packets if your connection drops, so that there won't be an ip-leak.

Also, try this site:
http://ipleak.net/

It show a lot of information about your client.

Who cares if the ISP knows that, they still don't know what you were doing with TOR, and if they ask you just don't say the truth

[dserrano5]

Who cares if the ISP knows that, they still don't know what you were doing with TOR, and if they ask you just don't say the truth

Depending on where you live, that could be awful advice. Bridge relays exist for a reason.