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Skimmed the article, saw that he reccomended using Googlemail. Looked at the title of the post again. Looked at Googlemail reccomendation. Laughed and made a mental note not to trust "Troy Hunt".
That page recommends going to Social Security Number Registry. Again, an unencrypted totally scammy looking page. If you enter a random name and select a random state, it will 'verify' that your identity has been stolen. Then, if you click on 'Validate', you can enter your SSN (unencrypted, of course).
I don't even know how to code, and this is a news site for hackers? This tripe makes it to the top of the front page?
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I do a lecture at local hackerspaces about basic security for the common person and anonymity is far down on the list. Much higher on the list are basic protection from dangers on the internet, like browser based exploits. So Noscript is one major selling point for Firefox due to most browser based exploits using Javascript. Even if you whitelist all the sites you're still more secure with noscript than without simpl…
I wonder if there's any demand for a pre-built whitelist for NoScript that includes stuff like Amazon, Google, Apple, banks, and most other popular sites. The admin would err on the side of allowing scripts to run, while the default-block rule would still block unknown and ad/tracker domains. It would obviously be less secure than an intelligent user making all their own decisions, but it would make the barrier to us…
The article recommends going to Fake Name Generator (tm) to get a random online identity. The page is not encrypted and looks very, very fishy. That page recommends going to Social Security Number Registry. Again, an unencrypted totally scammy looking page. If you enter a random name and select a random state, it will 'verify' that your identity has been stolen. Then, if you click on 'Validate', you can enter your SS…
Also, as explained by the creator[2], the SSN registry site is worthless and apparently a joke (although I'm not going to poke around on the site to verify).
[1] https://www.fakenamegenerator.com/premium.php
[2] http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamtanner/2014/02/03/the-mormon...
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What you call "fraud" I call "privacy". Anonymous transactions happen all the time with cash, and any new payment method needs an equivalent. In the modern era where it is no longer possible to gain privacy by being unobservable, a new definition of privacy is required. Dan Geer has a very good replacement definition; privacy is "the effective capacity to misrepresent yourself"[1]. If cash isn't possible, misrepresen…
In the interest of discussion, I'm going to play devil's advocate here. Please don't attack me personally. The difference between a cash transaction and, say, a bitcoin transaction is one of scale. To make a cash transaction requires us to be in the same place and to have at least a basic understanding of identity. A fraudster can obviously profit in this situation, but their targets are limited to who they can physi…
The SMS receiving sites don't work so well IME. They tend to use a single number for everyone, and the demand by spammers etc is so much higher than the free supply that for any given service, your number will probably already be blocked. Or the receiving will be unreliable, etc. I've gotten it to work sometimes, but usually not. Definitely too hard and time consuming for "normal people". Is there a site that sells p…
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> it's pretty easy to imagine plenty of uses To all individuals equally? weighed against individual risk?
Here are some things people were targeted over in the past: - generic wealth level - generic education level - living in a particular area of the country - disabilities - having small children You could probably find more examples like those if you browse the history of humanity. The point is, you can be targeted over anything , and you can't predict what it will be in advance. The Nazis exterminated members of relig…
Finding yourself questioned, monitored, surveilled, on any kind of "list" (no-fly, hollywood-black) or at any kind of increased risk or action by any actor, state or otherwise, is a risk to be weighed against whatever gain you might make from accurate stats.
> Who knows what the next evil empire will pick as an excuse to murder people?
An argument for giving up less discriminating information in general.
> You can't run a society on the assumption it's doomed and everyone will get massacred.
Much of the US constitution seems centered on protecting the people from an overly powerful government, and restricting said power. Make this sentence less hyperbolic, and you can run a society based on certain assumptions of corruption and abuse.
The article exemplifies why the widespread misappropriation of of the VPN term is unfortunate (in same series as "router" for NAT boxes...), it serves to confuse people about the potential of real overlay networks.
Please say more about "the potential of real overlay networks".
Here's the thing, if you are a normal person - you aren't going to read a guide on something like this. I have a 1 sentence guide on this for the 'normal person' - If you wouldn't want your grandma to see it, just don't enter it in an internet browser.
I will note, however, that you display some naiveté about grandmothers ;)