DK1 – Well a quick intro before I begin my first article; I’m just a regular guy that enjoys staying one step ahead. On thenexus I will be detailing a few methods to keep your sites secure and what to avoid on-line.
10 Steps stay anonymous on-line
1. This is very important. Don’t use firefox, internet explorer, or safari. Use an anonymous web browser. As an anonymous web browser will store your information, cookies, and cache on a secure server. This will hide your IP. This will protect you just as a proxy would, and more.
All the information the browser receives from your computer can ONLY be opened and examined with your password you specify. And your constitutional rights say that you don’t have to give a password to ANYONE no matter what the circumstances.
One good alternate browser in eCapsule that costs about $30
2. Encrypt your harddrive with PGP etc. what is basically does is it encrypts your entire hard drive. No one will be able to open whatever private files you have. This making it harder for hackers and the such to use information if they have stolen it, or if you misplace soem vital work (on a government laptop say).
3. Back up your system and system restore. Register your PC with completely false and misleading information, and then restore your system. This is optional but if you really want to be completely secure, you should do it.The main reason is that some programs and error reports log these information. The most famous being office documents. They have you Name and other details inside the ‘properties’ of the object.
4. Connect to a public wi-fi or system with many users. This being an obvious step as you can have all the above but if you are the only user of an IP the well it doesn’t take a genius.
5. Proxies. Tor, hidemyip, and all the manual proxies, forget about them. They’re slow, ineffective, and well, just stupid. It’s also annoying having to type in the URL to every website you want to visit in the proxy itself. Virtual Private Networks are much more effective. And you CAN get them for free.
FREE APPLICATION THAT CONNECTS YOU TO THEIR VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK
APPLICATION AND YOU REGISTER AN ACCOUNT AND CONNECT TO THEIR BASIC NETWORK (FREE)
INFO ABOUT THE APP HAMACHI AND GUIDE TO USE IT, FREE FOR BASIC VERSION
GUIDE TO SETTING UP A FREE VPN IN YOUR OWN HOME
You will be connected to the VPN. It will be fast because it’s private and not public like the manual proxies. And you don’t have to go to a specific website and type a url in each time. You use the application or connect to the server and you will be connected to the VPN in EVERYTHING you do. Not just surfing the web. Playing a game and you cheated? They will not ban your IP because you will be connected to the VPN. Everything you do that requires the internet will use the Virtual Private Network’s address. You will be completely secure.
6. Use HTTPS instead of HTTP in your URLs whenever possible. It’s more secure. For example: https://gmail.com instead of http://gmail.com
7. SPOOF YOUR MAC ID AMONG OTHER THINGS. Download MacMakeup at
It changes your machine ID and assigns you a random one.
8. Never use any of your real information when signing up for accounts at places you are unsure of. As identiy theft and selling of information is a massive buiness online.
9. Download a complete internet protection suite. I highly recommend Kapersky’s Internet Security full suite. It will protect you against anything and everything malicious online.
10. Download Peerguardian and Protowall. They block millions of unsafe IPs from yours. It is normally used for torrents, but the libary of known hacker ip’s held within and useful to have.
And thats the basics! Keep an eye out for my next article which deals with clickbank products and security.
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This is a great post, and very useful as a reference point. I had been researching this subject in the past and it is good to have an overview of how it can be done.
I simply change usernames and use proxies.
@germz, yes that is an alternative but be wary there are a number of different types of proxies, some are just gateways and log your IP etc, while others are a lot more secure, as they log nothing.
Very interesting post!
Nice ways to stay anonymous online!
Very good tips. Unfortunately, complete anonymity is never possible. In this information age, there is no real privacy. But #1 and #8 are really effective.
True unless you are an extremely careful on what information you submit; have every technical barrier between you and person X. given enough time X can find it all out.
It’s so hard nowadays to maintain privacy, especially with all these social sites around
A decade ago though, then it may be different. I guess people need to find a new way to validate your identity
Maintaining privacy full stop. That is a challenge in itself. Both in the online and offline world, though there are always steps one can take to improve or have some privacy.
I’ve never heard of eCapsule, being the conspiracy nut that I am I might have a look at it.
Oh I got the final solution for Anonymous browsing… Thanks for sharing.
I use VPN for anonymous web surfing. This is reliable and easy.
Thanks for sharing those 10 ways for anonymous surfing.
Hmm. Looks interesting. Thanks for these tips.
glad it was of use karthik; could you please sign of with your name in the future
cheers
Actually I am creating a website where everyone can express their thoughts and talk about anything while remaining anonymous and unknown even for the site.
I dont know if I am allowed to mention the site’s name, however Ill mention it and if not right to mention, I understand if it is removed..
http://www.cubeaccess.com
The site is not done yet…