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Why would it be impossible online? You can pay anonnymously for Mullvad VPN, or use Tor, or open wifi. It's online that anonymity is even attainable.
by blfr 4y ago
Why would it be impossible online? You can pay anonnymously for Mullvad VPN, or use Tor, or open wifi. It's online that anonymity is even attainable.
- mikece 4y agoAnd then connect to which accounts?
- onetimeusename 4y agoWhat about signing in to apps which often uses a phone # and email? Also, betting on Tor is like betting there there are no 0-day exploits in browsers or Tor's network. Not a bet I would make.
- ghaff 4y agoIt all depends on your threat model at the end of the day. I could create a blog and social media accounts in a few hours and, unless I do something stupid, it's going to be pretty hard for Joe Random on the Internet to figure out who I am. But if I start writing things that catch the attention of the FBI? They'll figure things out quick enough.
- JohnFen 4y agoThis. If you're trying to hide from governments, that's Next Level stuff. You have to be prepared to actually live underground, which involves sacrifices most people aren't willing to make.
- onetimeusename 4y agoI am assuming you are talking about Tor. This is a sophisticated view of things and it's correct. Tor provides as good security and anonymity as a public VPN. But Onion Routers and therefore Tor were built with the intention of protecting against powerful adversaries that can perform MITM attacks. You could argue that the FBI is an even more powerful adversary I suppose but I think there is a mismatch in what Tor was intended to do in theory versus what it provides in practice and without knowing that you could be making a mistake. So I think it's unfortunate that people have to know how to do this analysis before making decisions.
- ghaff 4y agoReally more generally. If I create a blog on Blogger and a Twitter account--sure my identity is very discoverable by law enforcement, etc. But Joe Random isn't going to find it especially easily.
- haroldp 4y agoYou can set up a VOIP phone number that accepts SMS for about $2/mo + $0.01/minute.
- onetimeusename 4y agoyes, I am not saying it's impossible. This is what I do. It's just a nuisance and it took me a long time to find a VOIP provider I actually wanted to use. But that said, I've seen SMS verifiers reject VOIP provider networks.
- rsync 4y ago2FA mule: https://kozubik.com/items/2famule/ https://kozubik.com/items/2famule/
- kube-system 4y agoAnd those carriers are blacklisted by many apps that require phone number verification. e.g. https://www.twilio.com/docs/lookup/v2-api/line-type-intelligence https://www.twilio.com/docs/lookup/v2-api/line-type-intellig...
- jacooper 4y agoYou could use email aliases
- jerf 4y agoAs always with a security discussion, it's about threat model. Preventing a random internet person from tying a particular nym to you is easy. Fooling a bunch of people is harder, but doable. Being a top-tier youtuber would probably be effectively impossible. And if your concern is nation states, well... good luck with anything.
- pr337h4m 4y agoWorked for Satoshi Nakamoto :)
- NoZebra120vClip 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonelygirl15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonelygirl15