the government is watching, how to browse "safely"

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While it seems nothing is sacred online anymore, their are ways to help cover your tracks.

One of the easiest I've found is using this tor browser. My understanding of this browser is that it blocks all websites from seeing your IP

Link for torbrowser
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en

 

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To say "does not work" is not a correct statement

It works exactly as intended

It really just makes it a pain in the ass for them to track you down.

 

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But the point of using this browser is to add layers of proxies in between your ISP and the information your accessing.

I think you over estimate your isp's willingness to work with the cops on anything besides pirating (they wanna save bandwidth).

If the police have warrants for your info your.prob fucked already. This will help hide it in the first place

 

[sixstring]

it would seem better to have a program in your comp that self destructs when you get busted lol.
im with TG on this one,they can and will find out anything they want if they so choose and a tor/proxy aint gunna stop em;)

 

[Ohiofarmer]

just use a virtual private network (vpn), it's all you need now and will ever need to be "safe" online

 

[Seamaiden]

But the point of using this browser is to add layers of proxies in between your ISP and the information your accessing.

I think you over estimate your isp's willingness to work with the cops on anything besides pirating (they wanna save bandwidth).

If the police have warrants for your info your.prob fucked already. This will help hide it in the first place

It's not a matter of your ISP's willingness, or lack thereof. It's to do with the fact that the government now has their own monitoring equipment installed in your ISP's central office, and your ISP has no control of it whatsoever. This is a direct result of FISA, CALEA, and PATRIOT. Honestly, you're going to have to be very good at masking and proxies to avoid any surveillance issues.

I know these particulars because my husband works for the local telco, who is also the local cable company, who is also the local ISP.

 

[pinegrovedave]

It's not a matter of your ISP's willingness, or lack thereof. It's to do with the fact that the government now has their own monitoring equipment installed in your ISP's central office, and your ISP has no control of it whatsoever. This is a direct result of FISA, CALEA, and PATRIOT. Honestly, you're going to have to be very good at masking and proxies to avoid any surveillance issues.

I know these particulars because my husband works for the local telco, who is also the local cable company, who is also the local ISP.

And we have been "visited" by the "Men In Black" and told that we will comply....whether we like it or not.

 

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And that's the exact point of using this browser.

They have actually had some problems with large scale spammers using this to hide behinod. Saw a service like this several weeks ago that had the volume of their traffic increase 50% in one day, obviously because somebody was sending out a large amount of spam.

My biggest worry is the NSA sending info to the dea

http://www.lifeofthelaw.org/dea-use...rects-officersdas-to-launder-the-information/

And it looks like its happening already

 

[Aforce]

If u r really worried about such things tor network will not help.. the only safe bet is to use a tester modem with a cloned mac addy (ie motorola surboard series flashed with haxorware) or just use open wifi when posting..