[PLUG] For those of you thinking your computer activity is secure...
Louis Kowolowski
louisk at cryptomonkeys.org
Tue Feb 10 00:56:24 UTC 2015
In Security Now, episode 493, Steve Gibson discusses why Tor doesn’t give you anonymity as we once though.
> On Feb 9, 2015, at 4:04 PM, Steve Dum <dr.doom at frontier.com> wrote:
>
>
> Slashdot had an interesting link today, about the technologies that
> betrayed silk road's anonymity.
> http://www.itworld.com/article/2881775/four-technologies-that-betrayed-silk-roads-anonymity.html
> here's a quick teaser:
>
>
> Five technologies that betrayed Silk Road's anonymity
>
> 1. Bitcoin is traceable. A detailed public ledger keeps track of each
> wallet a bitcoin passes thru.
> 2. Its nice to use encrypted chat tools like TorChat, but not wise, to
> log your chats to your local computer in unencrypted files.
> 3. encrypting your hard disk is only helpful if your computer is shut
> down when the government grabs it, but take your laptop to a public
> place, sit with your back to the crowd, and the computer can be seized
> before you can
> shut the lid of the laptop. Giving the Feds full access.
> 4. the Feds read facebook. Don't tie your secret identity to yourself there.
> 5. ssh can provide protection by encrypting data, but if you have
> password-less key pairs, tied to your identity on your own computer, if
> the Feds seize your computer running, you just gave them all the keys.
>
> Now don't get me wrong, I would never advocate doing anything illicit,
> but it's important to know if your doing the right things to keep
> communications secure.
>
> steve dum
>
>
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