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Download and start using the Tor browser as soon as possible, for as much as you can. https://www.torproject.org/download/ https://www.torproject.org/download/

by floxy 5y ago

Download and start using the Tor browser as soon as possible, for as much as you can. https://www.torproject.org/download/ https://www.torproject.org/download/ Disable javascript whenever possible. Check your browser fingerprint. https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ Practice grey man tactics in your online and real life situations. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=grey+man https://duckduckgo.com/?q=grey+man Download the U.S. Army survival guide, and others. Download other books, audiobooks, movies, games, and other entertainments to your physical devices in case the internet goes down, or certain services start to get blocked in your country/city/neighborhood. Get at least a small battery backup solution to keep your devices running if the power goes out. Augment with solar charging if possible.

minimalist 5y ago
Seeing as how can very obvious to your ISP when you use Tor, I would take this advice with caution. I agree that you should download Tor Browser and get used to using it, but also think hard about whether it would be a problem if you were found to be using it, say from home. The Whonix wiki has lots of good tips for digital hygiene in unfriendly environments. Same with the anon guide. --this comment posted via the wonderful community project named Tor
- andrewmcwatters 5y ago
  There is a transfer strategy designed to look like typical Internet/WWW activity, but I don’t know how true that is.
  - gruez 5y ago
    I believe that's an option if you connect to tour using a bridge, but that's not the default.
- pabs3 5y ago
  Tor has alternative transports (bridges) that are meant to disguise the use of Tor on the local network, they should help with the obviousness issue.
sunshineforever 5y ago
Yagi antenna, some faraway open wifi, tor browser.
kaminar 5y ago
Some good advice here...it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when...another black Swan event, coming soon.
derbOac 5y ago
https://briarproject.org/ https://briarproject.org/
abiro 5y ago
Tbh if I wanted to fly under the radar, I’d use something that looks like a corporate VPN, but self-managed instead of Tor.
wolverine876 5y ago
To the OP: Do not follow advice on HN. Find information from real security experts. Real security is complex, expensive, and difficult. To the parent: Please don't do this. It is dangerous and irresponsible to advise someone at risk unless you know what you are talking about, and while I wouldn't comment in a casual conversation, in this case it's important to point out that your comment is ignorant and dangerously wrong. It is Internet misinformation that many seem to collect and repeat to each other, which on the Internet gives it a veneer of truth. You wouldn't give medical or legal advice to someone who faced serious health or legal risks unless you were a doctor or lawyer (I hope). What if the OP follows your advice and ends up tortured in prison? My understanding from actual IT security experts: Tor Browser might help with mass data collection by businesses like Google, but it's the worst choice for threats by government or by others who have extra-legal powers: First, it signals that you are hiding something; it attracts attention: not everyone using Tor Browser is a dissident, but the proportion of dissidents among the Tor Browser population is much higher than among the Chrome and Safari populations. Second, it is based on a relatively insecure browser, Firefox, and then it is modified by a team that simply lacks the resources to design and implement proper security. Again, security is complex, expensive, and difficult. The obvious tactic for the attacker is to infect every Tor Browser visiting dissident resources. > Disable javascript whenever possible. Check your browser fingerprint. If you are using Tor Browser with JavaScript disabled, you've already identified yourself as part of a tiny population. Narrow that to the subset that visits Tunisian dissident websites, and the authorities might know everyone in that population by name.
- wasmitnetzen 5y ago
  > a relatively insecure browser, Firefox In what way is Firefox any more insecure than Chrome or Safari?
- nate_meurer 5y ago
  > Do not follow advice on HN Except for yours I'm guessing?
  - wolverine876 5y ago

by floxy 5y ago

minimalist 5y ago

Seeing as how can very obvious to your ISP when you use Tor, I would take this advice with caution. I agree that you should download Tor Browser and get used to using it, but also think hard about whether it would be a problem if you were found to be using it, say from home. The Whonix wiki has lots of good tips for digital hygiene in unfriendly environments. Same with the anon guide. --this comment posted via the wonderful community project named Tor

andrewmcwatters 5y ago
There is a transfer strategy designed to look like typical Internet/WWW activity, but I don’t know how true that is.
- gruez 5y ago
  I believe that's an option if you connect to tour using a bridge, but that's not the default.
pabs3 5y ago
Tor has alternative transports (bridges) that are meant to disguise the use of Tor on the local network, they should help with the obviousness issue.

sunshineforever 5y ago

Yagi antenna, some faraway open wifi, tor browser.

kaminar 5y ago

Some good advice here...it's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when...another black Swan event, coming soon.

derbOac 5y ago

https://briarproject.org/ https://briarproject.org/

abiro 5y ago

Tbh if I wanted to fly under the radar, I’d use something that looks like a corporate VPN, but self-managed instead of Tor.

wolverine876 5y ago

To the OP: Do not follow advice on HN. Find information from real security experts. Real security is complex, expensive, and difficult. To the parent: Please don't do this. It is dangerous and irresponsible to advise someone at risk unless you know what you are talking about, and while I wouldn't comment in a casual conversation, in this case it's important to point out that your comment is ignorant and dangerously wrong. It is Internet misinformation that many seem to collect and repeat to each other, which on the Internet gives it a veneer of truth. You wouldn't give medical or legal advice to someone who faced serious health or legal risks unless you were a doctor or lawyer (I hope). What if the OP follows your advice and ends up tortured in prison? My understanding from actual IT security experts: Tor Browser might help with mass data collection by businesses like Google, but it's the worst choice for threats by government or by others who have extra-legal powers: First, it signals that you are hiding something; it attracts attention: not everyone using Tor Browser is a dissident, but the proportion of dissidents among the Tor Browser population is much higher than among the Chrome and Safari populations. Second, it is based on a relatively insecure browser, Firefox, and then it is modified by a team that simply lacks the resources to design and implement proper security. Again, security is complex, expensive, and difficult. The obvious tactic for the attacker is to infect every Tor Browser visiting dissident resources. > Disable javascript whenever possible. Check your browser fingerprint. If you are using Tor Browser with JavaScript disabled, you've already identified yourself as part of a tiny population. Narrow that to the subset that visits Tunisian dissident websites, and the authorities might know everyone in that population by name.

wasmitnetzen 5y ago
> a relatively insecure browser, Firefox In what way is Firefox any more insecure than Chrome or Safari?
nate_meurer 5y ago
> Do not follow advice on HN Except for yours I'm guessing?
- wolverine876 5y ago