Questions tagged [anonymity]
The state of being anonymous. Meaning: not identified by name and not having outstanding, individual, or unusual features that enable identification.
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How did he find my full real name based on my Steam or FACEIT Profile? [closed]
Yesterday, I was playing a counterstrike game on FACEIT, when all of sudden one of my teammates started bullying me for my bad plays. It was standard trash-talking for a bit, but then all of a sudden, ...
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Since devices in typical house scenario are exposed to ISP, Do anonimous OS (tails/kodachi/etc) require a different scenario to keep anonymity?
Researching on this topic I found the answer of Conor Mancone for a similar question about whether Can an ISP detect or log specific devices connected to ISP-provided home routers?, which answer was ...
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Are passkeys anonymous?
I was considering using passkeys as a 1FA. I wanted users to login/register without email or password and without logging their IP.
But being anonymous would probably bring very bad things to any site....
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Is hardware linked between different operating systems installed in same computer?
I know the safest bet If I want to remain anonymous is having 2 separate computers, but I was curious if having 2 OS in different hard drives (both encrypted) but on same computer the same? Is the ...
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I'd like to upload photos anonymously
my goal is to upload photos such that I preserve anonymity (not so concerned about WHAT is being uploaded, but trying to conceal WHO is doing so).
I came up with the idea of taking a screenshot of the ...
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Impact of Deep Learning Based Flow Correlation on Tor
It's been known ever since Tor existed that flow correlation attacks can break Tor's anonymity, but whereas in the past flow correlation attacks had a false positive rate far too high to be useful ...
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Is Tor over VPN a security risk?
In his talk about OPSEC, The Grugq stresses that you first have to go through TOR before connecting to a VPN. Otherwise, the VPN would be a direct link from the endpoint to you. He summarizes:
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Staying anonymous while using BurpSuite
While testing any site using BurpSuite, if we send any request it will use BurpSuite HTTP "Proxying through BurpSuite" but still we are not fully anonymous, it will still use our original ...
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Anonymous unasked bounty hunter wants bounty for found issues
A bounty hunter reached out to us to give us information about a security vulnerability in our company's information systems. In our estimation, the risk of exploitation for this vulnerability is ...
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proxy anonymity level, what is the tehnical difference ? (specific example from hide my name)
By using hidemy name I can check for a proxy if it is up or down, and also check the anonymity level using the app. A sample result looks like this:
IP address Port Country, City Speed ...
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Authentication on public availble Restful API
We are using an API from a third party for managing content which is secured by an API key which does not change over time. Now we are building our own API to support part of that functionality.
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How to configure VPN to get maximum anonymity from my ISP?
If my main intention is to hide whatever I do on the internet from my ISP, then which VPN connection should I use; TCP or UDP? Or if I need to do anything more for that purpose please tell me.
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How to make the website owner anonymous? [duplicate]
Buying an international web domain (so there is no national law to expose its details beyond the domain registrar)
Not putting any personal and family name in the website
What else?
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Alternative for secure browsing since Tor is too slow
What options for secure browsing are available these days? I always used Tor, but since the DDOS attack, even simple sites like google.com need almost 2 minutes to load.
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What is using timing and cryptotext length for deanonymization called?
Alice and Bob are communicating frequently via an encrypted overlay network. Eve can observe the timing and length of Alice's and Bob's incoming and outgoing ip traffic, but cannot read their ...
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Is a one-time, paper wallet Bitcoin transaction anonymous if you never link personal info? Can one begin with anonymity/end with anonymity too?
Say I buy bitcoins from someone with cash (no bank, name, trace, etc.) and have them send it to a paper wallet/offline address. Yeah, there's a "trace" but to WHAT/WHO? It's bought with cash,...
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Is a VPN effective when connected to WiFi network that requires authentication?
I pay monthly for a VPN. However, I browse online while connected to my university WiFi which requires authentication to use. The WiFi is open (no password directly) but when someone connects to it a ...
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How does the --os-shell parameter in Sqlmap work? Is it still anonymous over Tor?
How does the --os-shell parameter in Sqlmap work? I know its uploading a backdoor, but how is Sqlmap uploading it and is the file just a normal reverse shell trojan?
Also, is it still anonymous when ...
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Is it safe to use AnonAddy or SimpleLogin for email address security?
I was intrigued with AnonAddy and SimpleLogin. They provide an email address forwarding service to prevent leakage of your real email address.
I just want to ask if they really hide my real email ...
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How secure and anonymous is the --tor parameter in Sqlmap?
How secure and anonymous is the --tor parameter in Sqlmap?
Does it really send every request over Tor and does it have any IP/DNS/STUN requests leak loopholes?
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Can Tor bridges really prevent ISPs from knowing the fact that you are using Tor?
Using Tor bridges for censorship circumvention routes your traffic to a bridge before an entry node. If the IP of the bridge is constant, isn't it abnormal that you are always connecting to the same ...
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Broadcast message anonymity and untraceability
The difference between anonymity and untraceability is clear for me in the context of e.g. voting (you have to identify your self but your vote can not be traced back to you guaranteeing ...
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Should you use encrypted DNS before connecting to a VPN?
The ISP would still see the IP address of the VPN you're connecting to, but it would not be in plaintext compared to normal DNS from what I understand. Should one even bother or just let it be as it ...
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Before Tor, VPNs and proxy services, how did cybercrimals remain anonymous?
I have read that they used previously breached machines, but to try to gain access to those machines they also needed some kind of protection right? How did they do it then?
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Anonymity setup criticism
My current setup up is for pseudonymous communication on a smartphone. I need help to know if I am doing anything wrong.
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all traffic over tor using (orbot)
using Signal with anonymous ...
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Privacy - If I get a new IP from my ISP (home network), can websites infer the new IP is me?
Let's say I am a member of a website. I always sign in from computer A, which is not linked at all with computer B, and I have always signed in from my home network.
Now let's say my ISP releases the ...
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Does it make sense to not use a VPN while consuming some services such as Internet Banking?
I have recently watched an interview with a guy discussing how to drastically diminish your digital footprint. One of the points argues that VPNs should be used all the time:
DO NOT use a VPN when ...
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Securing home network when not controlling the router
I have just moved to a new place and the router is controlled by the managing company, what can I do to improve my security and my anonymity under this constraint?
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can virtualbox be used to access a locked website without being tracked and without getting detected of using a virtual machine?
I need to open a website where access is denied in my country. I would like to know if virtualbox can be used to solve this issue. my concern is if they can detect that I am using a virtual machine. ...
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How can someone using public wifi be deanonymized?
Say someone wants to send a document overseas while living in a hostile country. He uses tor over public wifi. What are some ways he can be tracked if he uses a burner laptop and public wifi? Few ways ...
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Best practices against mass surveillance for everday internet usage? [closed]
Corporations and governments use a variety of de-anonymization techniques to identify and profile users.
All aspects of our personal lives are now consolidated online (banking, medical, academic, ...
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How do hackers use C&C servers without revealing their identity and keep them up?
I recently watched a couple of YouTube videos about malware analysis and in most of the cases, the reverse engineer easily found out which IP address the malware connects to.
Usually, there is a link ...
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How can one avoid being identified by facial recognition in a public setting?
Facial recognition is ubiquitous and methods like disguises, surgical masks and makeup are becoming ineffective owing to the improvement in algorithms.
In light of these advances, what are some ...
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How to prevent DNS leaks without using a VPN
I use Windows 10, and I've configured my network to use Quad9 in Windows settings.
I've also enabled DoH.
Now, when I go to ExpressVPN DNS Leak
Test webpage to know whether I have DNS leaks or not, it ...
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Anonymous video uploading on an internet host
How much video uploading could be trackable for some person who uses the Tor Browser for uploading video on YouTube or other video hosting services with low authorization and sign-up processing, like ...
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Nym Perfect Forward Secrecy
I recently heard about the Nym mixnet and am researching it and the Sphinx packet format. So far it looks promising, but there is one thing I'm unsure of.
Networks like Tor use ephemeral keys to limit ...
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How to maximize anonymity in a monero payment to a VPN service?
So first, I know that VPN isn't exactly useful for anonymity.
Did my homework about TOR and Tails.
However, I still want to use VPN, NordVPN to be precise.
I want to avoid causing a paper trail ...
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How to calculate the posterior belief in bayes-optimal-privacy?
The paper "L-diversity: privacy beyond k-anonymity" (DOI: 10.1109/ICDE.2006.1) introduces the concept of bayes-optimal privacy and the idea of prior and posterior belief.
A formula for ...
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Is saving a dark web page locally and reloading it in another browser a security risk?
Say I have Tor running and am browsing the dark web with the Tor browser. If I were to save a local copy of a web page and render it into another browser, like Chrome (with JS enabled), would I then ...
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What uniquely identifies my device to my ISP?
Something like the Hong Kong protests for example. If a protestor wanted to use his personal computer on a network that is monitored, how can he change its properties enough so that it is not traced ...
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sending an email without being traced (IP, identity) [duplicate]
I want to send an email through Gmail without the other side being able to trace me. I actually want to report something. I opened up a new Gmail account with a fake name (I used Tor to log in). I did ...
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What’s the point in using proxychains for an nmap scan when you could use Tor?
I always hear on YouTube and other places on the internet that Tor is the best option to stay anonymous. Tor is used by many activists, journalists etc. hiding from oppressive governments and so on. ...
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How choose a k for k-anonymity?
I have manually scraped multiple pages of search results on Google and haven't found a single suggestion as to how to find an optimal k when you are trying to "k-anonymize" your dataset. All ...
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Could an OS or app store and send my old IP after I start using a VPN?
If I connect to a VPN, go to some websites, post something or browse something, is it possible for my OS (Windows 10) in this case to:
Store my IP before I connected to the VPN, say "old IP"...
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What is the definition of "sensitive attribute" in the context of k-anonimity?
I have encountered the term "sensitive attribute" multiple times when reading up on the concept of k-anonimity -- but the texts never formally define what this term means.
Take this example ...
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How many people would need to answer a survey of 1000 questions before the aggregate data from the survey is sufficiently anonymous?
Websites release statistics on their user base all the time and it’s not considered a breach of privacy because their user bases are so large that it’s impossible to pick apart who thinks or watches ...
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How do I prevent my Facebook and Instagram acccount from appearing in "people you may know" recommendations?
Facebook tends to "recommend" your account based on IP and collected data. How do I keep it hidden from people that are geographically related to me? I want to create a pseudo-anonymous ...
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What makes this cellphone (and the weird instructions) so privacy-friendly?
I stumbled upon this weird product in a webstore primarily selling Cannabis-related products (not the actual herbs): https://smoketower.com/nyheter/Anonym-3310-mobiltelefon
I've manually translated ...
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Preventing facebook from recognizing me [closed]
First of all I am not a "computer person" and I'm not going to spend a year learning more about computer stuff so I don't have to ask questions here. I've searched for similar questions, and ...
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ssh and anonymity?
According to the man page, ssh by default sends multiple public keys from files in the ~/.ssh folder, one by one, until authentication success. Does that mean that the server side could know multiple (...
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