Internet Privacy

[shubla]

For complete anonymity you have to buy new computer in disguise with cash that has been found from streets or something in a way that it can not be tracked back to you.
You can only use the computer in public free wifis and even then through multiple good proxies. After each session you must completely destroy computer and all data in it. You must also pay attention to the browser you are using and addons, tor is not really giving you too much privacy. And don't do stuff that could make you identified, such as logging in your own accounts during the session. Also dont carry any devices that you could be tracked with. Such as phone, leave it in home or something, also dont use wifi that is near to where you usually work/live/are. Don't have too long sessions. 15 minutes max. Actually try not to even go inside the cafe or such, as there might be cctv cameras and such that could be linked to you.

To mention some points ^^

Also don't type in such a way that your style could be recognized. Use a different vocabulary every time you post. Only use extremely common figures of speech. No run-on sentences. Spell check everything. Dont talk about similar things at similar times of day. Connect to the internet at random times and stay on for ranDom amounts of time. Type at different speeds. Click though sites using different paths every time. Don't search for anything using your typical tricks and keywords. Don't redirect from one webpage you common to another webpage you common. Etc...

Basically it's impossible, especially with how fast machine learning and neural networks are progressing. There will always be a pattern that once discovered can always be used to identify you.

For someone dedicated enough with proper tools its probably possible to find out who you are regardless of your attempts in protecting your privacy. But it's very possible to stay undetected and anonymous, as probably no one will try to find out who you are in such a large scale. You could also move to some country where law enforcement is non existent. As long as you don't get bunch of governments go after you, you are probably safe.

[MagicManICT]

Basically it's impossible, especially with how fast machine learning and neural networks are progressing. There will always be a pattern that once discovered can always be used to identify you.

There are other tools that will spoof your writing and such. Every security tool gets hacked within days or weeks of being introduced. Some flaws might take some time to come to light, but is that because the hacker that found it just figured it out, has been sitting on it for years, or because it just became a flaw with a change from a recent patch?

There are more secure methods of browsing than TOR, but they do require some secure builds and may seriously restrict what sites you can access. There are security minded builds of Linux you can run off a CD/DVD or thumb drive (TAILS being one). Run from USB, and to make a little extra secure, disconnect any internal drives just to make sure something doesn't bounce in unknowingly or get sent to an internal drive that might linger. If you want to dispose of your thumb drive you're running your secure OS on, then throw it in the microwave for a minute or so. 32GB flash drives are pretty damn cheap any more.

[Granger]

If every single site I visit would tell me with popup that they will track me and I would have to press OK. That wouldn't be cool.

The vast majority of cases would be squashed by the browser simply not auto-following external resources, like "Like" buttons or Google analytics scripts.

This, plus something has to be done about supercookies and browser fingerprinting.

[loftar]

something has to be done about supercookies and browser fingerprinting.

I am curious how frequently these techniques are actually used in the wild. I imagine them as underhanded tricks mostly used by Russian porn sites, but perhaps it is more widespread than I think.

[Granger]

New hotness Audio Fingerprinting.

We really need a browser that dosn't enable all this shit and simple returns identical feature support capabilities irrlevant of the machine it is running on.