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bridges and vpns with tor

by /u/spacelasers · 22nd April, 2023 13:19 in /d/OpSec

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VPN Qube Setup Guide

by /u/spacelasers · 2023-03-09 22:46:00 in /d/Qubes

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How to properly protect yourself in this network?
- /u/spacelasers 24th April, 2023 - 13:15 vpn > bridge
vpn on router > vpn on device
whonix > tails
whonix on linux > whonix on windows

decide on your setup accordingly.

the only choice on that list that could be disputed is whonix vs tails because:
- tails is ram only
- whonix is better protected against de-anon attacks

by /u/Pausil · 23rd April, 2023 23:10 in /d/HiddenService

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bridges and vpns with tor
- /u/spacelasers 📢 29th April, 2023 - 16:47 lol if you disagree speak your mind

by /u/spacelasers · 22nd April, 2023 13:19 in /d/OpSec

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bridges and vpns with tor
- /u/spacelasers 📢 25th April, 2023 - 10:48 you don't seem to want to understand.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigatory_Powers_Act_2016


- required communication service providers (CSPs) to retain British internet users' "Internet connection records" – which websites were visited but not the particular pages and not the full browsing history – for one year;
- allowed police, intelligence officers and other government department managers (listed below) to see the Internet connection records, as part of a targeted and filtered investigation, without a warrant;
- placed a legal obligation on CSPs to assist with targeted interception of data, and communications and equipment interference in relation to an investigation; foreign companies are not required to engage in bulk collection of data or communications;


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collection_of_Internet_Connection_Records


As of March 2021, collection of Internet Connection Records is being secretly trialled by two major British ISPs as part of a technical trial for mass surveillance under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. The Home Office and National Crime Agency are also participating in the trial.

"Internet Connection Records" is a generic term for metadata records of UK Internet users' Internet access patterns. Data collected may include who they are, what sites they connected to and when, and what quantity of data was transferred, but does not include the data content of the transmissions. While the participants have been kept secret, the existence of the trial has been confirmed by the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office.


in case you can't read, internet service providers in the uk are required by law to keep every single citizen's connections records for a minimum of 1 year and upon request are required to assist with targeted interception of data.

connections records means timestamps, ip addresses, dns records, and non-granular volume information. that is collected for every citizen and is enough for them to identify who uses tor, how often and at what times. then the second part allows them to pick specific individuals and get a pcap delivered every x hours with all your traffic - that would be the nail in the coffin for them to perform website fingerprinting or activity correlation which would give them an actual warrant to come take a look at your devices.

if you don't think that this is going to be used to target tor users then you are plain stupid. bonus retard points if you don't think america are already further ahead in implementing something similar.

the reason i advocate for a vpn is that the connection records metadata becomes absolutely useless when you use one, even a fucking pcap would be useless if you had a youtube video running in the background while browsing tor. they won't be able to tell the difference between you using a vpn to browse wikipedia or dread, and more than enough people use vpns that it isn't in the slightest grounds for suspicion.

by /u/spacelasers · 22nd April, 2023 13:19 in /d/OpSec

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