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https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html """ I am careful in how I use the Internet. I generally do not conne

by gertef 9y ago

https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html """ I am careful in how I use the Internet. I generally do not connect to web sites from my own machine, aside from a few sites I have some special relationship with. I usually fetch web pages from other sites by sending mail to a program (see git://git.gnu.org/womb/hacks.git) that fetches them, much like wget, and then mails them back to me. Then I look at them using a web browser, unless it is easy to see the text in the HTML page directly. I usually try lynx first, then a graphical browser if the page needs it (using konqueror, which won't fetch from other sites in such a situation). I occasionally also browse unrelated sites using IceCat via Tor. Except for rare cases, I do not identify myself to them. I think that is enough to prevent my browsing from being connected with me. IceCat blocks tracking tags and most fingerprinting methods. I never pay for anything on the Web. Anything on the net that requires payment, I don't do. (I made an exception for the fees for the stallman.org domain, since that is connected with me anyway.) I also avoid paying with credit cards. """

B1FF_PSUVM 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradecraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradecraft Fortunately, nowadays half the planet's population are Stasi volunteers.
kevin_thibedeau 9y ago
Doesn't he know Tor is completely compromised?
- appleflaxen 9y ago
  that's news to me. a cursory google search doesn't show anything substantive (only tor browser vulnerabilities). are you saying that tor, the protocol, is compromised? what's the basis for your claim? we do know that state actors can break it at great expense, but that isn't really a statement about tor weakness as much as it's a statement about the resources of state actors. and for a person like RMS who is likely not a state-level threat, his use of Tor probably does provide him with some degree of protection.
  - j_s 9y ago
    It has happened in the past (chosen example: 2014). Not sure if any current vulnerability is public. https://blog.torproject.org/tor-security-advisory-relay-early-traffic-confirmation-attack https://blog.torproject.org/tor-security-advisory-relay-earl... https://blog.torproject.org/did-fbi-pay-university-attack-tor-users https://blog.torproject.org/did-fbi-pay-university-attack-to...
  - mandelbrotwurst 9y ago
    From a certain perspective, he is a "state-level" threat. Not an imminent, physical threat, certainly - this is a threat of a different type. He loudly and vigorously argues and advocates against various government policies and actions (as well as those of the largest corporations most deeply entangled with the state apparatus) and gives advice on how best to resist them.
  - mrguyorama 9y ago
    Weren't those side channel attacks? IE getting the tor browser to leak info over plain internet when connecting to an onion site so the connection could be correlated?

by gertef 9y ago

B1FF_PSUVM 9y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradecraft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradecraft Fortunately, nowadays half the planet's population are Stasi volunteers.

kevin_thibedeau 9y ago

Doesn't he know Tor is completely compromised?

appleflaxen 9y ago
that's news to me. a cursory google search doesn't show anything substantive (only tor browser vulnerabilities). are you saying that tor, the protocol, is compromised? what's the basis for your claim? we do know that state actors can break it at great expense, but that isn't really a statement about tor weakness as much as it's a statement about the resources of state actors. and for a person like RMS who is likely not a state-level threat, his use of Tor probably does provide him with some degree of protection.
- j_s 9y ago
  It has happened in the past (chosen example: 2014). Not sure if any current vulnerability is public. https://blog.torproject.org/tor-security-advisory-relay-early-traffic-confirmation-attack https://blog.torproject.org/tor-security-advisory-relay-earl... https://blog.torproject.org/did-fbi-pay-university-attack-tor-users https://blog.torproject.org/did-fbi-pay-university-attack-to...
- mandelbrotwurst 9y ago
  From a certain perspective, he is a "state-level" threat. Not an imminent, physical threat, certainly - this is a threat of a different type. He loudly and vigorously argues and advocates against various government policies and actions (as well as those of the largest corporations most deeply entangled with the state apparatus) and gives advice on how best to resist them.
- mrguyorama 9y ago
  Weren't those side channel attacks? IE getting the tor browser to leak info over plain internet when connecting to an onion site so the connection could be correlated?