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sweetbitter
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Comment #36851948
You could just use onion services to to hide the server, and store some backup onion services (whose private keys are kept offline) within the application or its files. When the se…
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Comment #36672237
Well, you could try something like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36672217
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Comment #36672217
If you just want to track a few individuals... Enumerate all those who possess the data. Now look for data brokers that they deal with (as commenter korse said) and recurse. Find a…
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Comment #36305096
> It helps to think of it this way, if it touches your phone or the internet in any way, it's part of the public record. No matter what app you were using. So be cognizant of that,…
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Comment #36305004
If you're serious about it, check out this article: https://www.vice.com/en/article/nepxbz/i-gave-a-bounty-hunte... What you need to do is pick an entity that has the information y…
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Comment #34446300
Not quite. The guy who wrote Tor can be clearly seen to have been studying a lot of these things in the later 90s, and it was pretty much always public, but only developed after he…
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Comment #34446101
> If someone wants you compromised, you will get compromised, it only matters how many resources they are willing to throw at you. Wants who compromised? What are they going to do …
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Comment #34446082
For very obvious reasons you don't need to run any nodes, craft any malware, or scrutinize a target's layer 3+ OPSEC, in order to break Tor. You simply go to tier 1 ISPs and buy up…
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Comment #33965461
> can just wait for you to make a mistake. Anyhow, if one slip-up is enough, you're doing it wrong. Imagine you were a mad scientist testing out a jetpack- you are confident yes? B…
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Comment #33602197
Well, what about Monero? That has low fees and is pretty reliable and private.
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Comment #33602041
Thanks for the advice. I use synchronous media like chat protocols much more often, and was blind to this- and yep, it does seem like the primary objection to that argument was bor…
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Comment #33600269
Runtime checker as in the guys who are eager to correct the terminology? Hahahaha
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Comment #33599911
> Cryptocurrencies are a qualitatively new thing humanity has never had to deal with ever, no matter how insistent are cryptocurrency aficionados’ in calling it merely “a digital v…
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Comment #33599747
> Kinda sorta. Wasn't that back when people assumed cryptocurrency provided the same kind of privacy that cryptography does, which was (in retrospect), pretty dumb? Well, there are…
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Comment #33599426
> The entire purpose of cryptocurrencies are to avoid those things, so while you technically could have them with a cryptocurrency, you would end up with no good reason to have a c…
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Comment #33578755
Is it 'illegitimate' that I read all of my preferred news content and chat on the internet using Tor?
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Comment #33578700
Well, you should consider what exactly would be hacked. Banks don't really hold huge amounts of gold or physical cash anymore, most of what they have is 'credit' and debt. Cryptogr…
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Comment #33416735
Looks like it's back online, anon.
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Comment #33416727
Must we pursue this path of suicide? Oh, well, I will make sure I enjoy my life as much as I can. We may be the last generation to enjoy life at all.
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Comment #33416716
You only think in words?
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Comment #33402328
Several kilometers of range seems tolerable with enough collaboration. I do wonder though, whether mesh networks for bidirectional (synchronous) comms are a good idea in hostile en…
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Comment #33402300
They seem to be online via Tor, but have temporarily taken down whatever proxy/server their .net domain points to for the last ~week for reasons. It's likely that they will put the…
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Comment #33388661
I was speculating that the notion of a laser-based mesh network could deserve more attention, if it is economically viable. That seems like a better choice than something like WiFi…
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Comment #33388638
Then your business is not actually scalable.
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