Hey they're practical. A Nissan Leaf or Mistubishi i-whateverthefuck (depending on region) would both suit my needs for daily transportation quite well. The Mitsu is even affordable.
Possession of "hacking programs" is a crime? I think all my computers except my gaming PC have "hacking programs" on them, good thing I don't travel to the states these days.
The cartels salivate at killing the used market because they think it means more sales.
It can mean more sales. If used book stores burned every book they bought, the sales of new copies of those books would increase at least a tiny bit...and that sliver is what they're after.
That's what I'm assuming anyways. If they think that 1 used book sale = 1 lost new book sale, as with piracy they'll be sorely disappointed.
Now the RIAA has flip-flopped by acting as if these digital files are NOT equivalent to physical items...I guess their position will be where the money is, regardless of what's logical or their prior actions.
Addendum: I think I understand what you're thinking.
You're thinking that I meant using the open wifi AP was going to be the only anonymization measure. Well that's silly, I was thinking something more like using Tor while on an open wifi AP.
But never mind that. Let's say the open wifi AP is the only measure. Does living within driving distance make me a suspect? What about the hundreds of thousands or millions of other people within driving distance, including international travellers? By your logic no murder should go unsolved, since bodies are pretty much always dumped within driving distance.
Because you voted for curated computing with your wallet and that's what you got. Oh you wanted to just compile an existing Tor client and browser yourself? Too bad. Jailbreak and lose your warranty or pay up for a dev license.
That's not so much a problem with Tor specifically as it is with the user's browser (although as I've said before, I2P addresses many of Tor's weaknesses).
It takes an expert to set up a truly untraceable browser (you think a fresh-booted LiveCD's standard Firefox install is untraceable? LOL!). Any one little slip up could ruin it all. Your average user is going to connect to Tor using a wide-open cache-laden stock browser, complete with Facebook cookie. Or if we're real lucky, they'll enable Private Browsing, and only have auxiliary cookie mechanisms (Flash cookies, HTML5 storage, Evercookies that use cache), HTTPS MITM attacks and the geolocation API to worry about.
Without the right browser, the means of connecting is meaningless.
It's a practical vs. idealist question. Ideally free speech should not have to be anonymous. Practically it does, because the idealists who use their real names end up ruined or in jail. Also ideally protests should change things. Practically, not so much.
It's absolutely true. In fact, an open WiFi within driving distance of you means you were capable of using it, which could be another piece in a case against you.
In the case against me? And they picked me, John Q. Randomdude, as the suspect because ???
Sounds like you had your browser pointed directly at the Tor proxy. You're supposed to point it at a caching proxy server which then goes through the Tor proxy, acting like a "download accelerator" by aggressively fetching data to produce a reliable output. Still not perfect, but hitting Refresh never killed anyone.
Resident, no, that doesn't happen, it will pass through your system (fully encrypted) but not be stored on it. On Freenet it's a different matter.
And no, there's no way to run a darknet without facilitating the exchange of child porn. If you think the negatives of enabling child porn are worse than the positives of enabling free speech, then don't participate, It's an understandable and respectable decision.
That's true for plaintext traffic, but if you use HTTPS with an anti-MITM plugin like Perspectives/Convergence, and assuming the government in question can't get free and easy access to the site's private key (big assumption, I know), then traffic sniffing isn't possible.
More importantly, it can make connections untraceable, and if you don't send any identifiable information through the connection, then it doesn't matter if the contents can be seen.
That said I think I2P is better both for darknet hosting and anonymization, it has a number of technical advantages over Tor.
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Hey they're practical. A Nissan Leaf or Mistubishi i-whateverthefuck (depending on region) would both suit my needs for daily transportation quite well. The Mitsu is even affordable.
Possession of "hacking programs" is a crime? I think all my computers except my gaming PC have "hacking programs" on them, good thing I don't travel to the states these days.
Anyone who clicks on these deserves it. Lazy fucker's using a URL that trolls have been using for at least a year now.
This is PETA we're talking about. They're always on the verge of literally frolicking in batshit.
...although it might be because I have trouble reading at a distance unless I stay off the computers for a few days.
The cartels salivate at killing the used market because they think it means more sales.
It can mean more sales. If used book stores burned every book they bought, the sales of new copies of those books would increase at least a tiny bit...and that sliver is what they're after.
That's what I'm assuming anyways. If they think that 1 used book sale = 1 lost new book sale, as with piracy they'll be sorely disappointed.
Now the RIAA has flip-flopped by acting as if these digital files are NOT equivalent to physical items...I guess their position will be where the money is, regardless of what's logical or their prior actions.
Surely the next guy will be different!
You drive an old electric golf cart? Well this explains a lot.
Also outside of America, 2 or 3 blocks is called "walking distance."
Addendum: I think I understand what you're thinking.
You're thinking that I meant using the open wifi AP was going to be the only anonymization measure. Well that's silly, I was thinking something more like using Tor while on an open wifi AP.
But never mind that. Let's say the open wifi AP is the only measure. Does living within driving distance make me a suspect? What about the hundreds of thousands or millions of other people within driving distance, including international travellers? By your logic no murder should go unsolved, since bodies are pretty much always dumped within driving distance.
Still doesn't answer the question. See here:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2527036&cid=38063106
TL;DR-friendly list of patents:
https://www.networkworld.com/community/files/imce/img_blogs/microsoft_patents.jpg
I don't know what to say.
But how would this make me different from anyone else in the world who is capable of using open wifi?
I don't think you understand how this works.
Because you voted for curated computing with your wallet and that's what you got. Oh you wanted to just compile an existing Tor client and browser yourself? Too bad. Jailbreak and lose your warranty or pay up for a dev license.
Welcome to the future.
That's not so much a problem with Tor specifically as it is with the user's browser (although as I've said before, I2P addresses many of Tor's weaknesses).
It takes an expert to set up a truly untraceable browser (you think a fresh-booted LiveCD's standard Firefox install is untraceable? LOL!). Any one little slip up could ruin it all. Your average user is going to connect to Tor using a wide-open cache-laden stock browser, complete with Facebook cookie. Or if we're real lucky, they'll enable Private Browsing, and only have auxiliary cookie mechanisms (Flash cookies, HTML5 storage, Evercookies that use cache), HTTPS MITM attacks and the geolocation API to worry about.
Without the right browser, the means of connecting is meaningless.
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It's a practical vs. idealist question. Ideally free speech should not have to be anonymous. Practically it does, because the idealists who use their real names end up ruined or in jail. Also ideally protests should change things. Practically, not so much.
It's absolutely true. In fact, an open WiFi within driving distance of you means you were capable of using it, which could be another piece in a case against you.
In the case against me? And they picked me, John Q. Randomdude, as the suspect because ???
Sounds like you had your browser pointed directly at the Tor proxy. You're supposed to point it at a caching proxy server which then goes through the Tor proxy, acting like a "download accelerator" by aggressively fetching data to produce a reliable output. Still not perfect, but hitting Refresh never killed anyone.
If you already have your neighborhood overrun with spooks tracking everything that goes in and out of your house, you have bigger problems.
Even if that were true (which it's not), an open wifi AP within driving distance of you is the mother of all roadblocks.
Resident, no, that doesn't happen, it will pass through your system (fully encrypted) but not be stored on it. On Freenet it's a different matter.
And no, there's no way to run a darknet without facilitating the exchange of child porn. If you think the negatives of enabling child porn are worse than the positives of enabling free speech, then don't participate, It's an understandable and respectable decision.
That's true for plaintext traffic, but if you use HTTPS with an anti-MITM plugin like Perspectives/Convergence, and assuming the government in question can't get free and easy access to the site's private key (big assumption, I know), then traffic sniffing isn't possible.
More importantly, it can make connections untraceable, and if you don't send any identifiable information through the connection, then it doesn't matter if the contents can be seen.
That said I think I2P is better both for darknet hosting and anonymization, it has a number of technical advantages over Tor.
Oh yes:
http://slashdot.org/journal/269014/how-to-bring-the-cops-to-tor-exit-node-operators-doors-using-the-exit-feature
I2P doesn't allow this, and changes exit points more often.