Decided to make 2016 the year I took my privacy more seriously.
Downgraded to Windows 7 and spent the whole week encrypting my drives with BitLocker. What are some more (realistic) steps I can take to help secure my privacy?
>>52169571
use wifi
>>52169571
>Bitlocker
>privacy
im usually not the 'install linux ' guy but
if you want to take privacy seriously use Linux with LUKS.
>>52169571
>Bitlocker
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Use a VPN or Tor.
If you really want privacy, I don't think Windows would be the best option.
It's also useful to have MSSQL installed incase your Bitlocker key is compromised.
>>52169571
>Decided to make 2016 the year I took my privacy more seriously.
>Downgraded to Windows 7
You fucking idiot
> and spent the whole week encrypting my drives with BitLocker.
Proprietary encryption software? Don't be stupid, Microsoft have backdoors and access to your stuff anyway because Bitlocker have a backdoor by design. (Which is why they don't dare showing people the source code because then everyoe would have access to the backdoor) At some point a criminal is going to get the backdoor or figure it out.
> What are some more (realistic) steps I can take to help secure my privacy?
On Windows 7? avoid connecting it to the internet. It has the same problems regarding security as Windows 10 does now. And soon enough nothing will work on windows 7 and you need windows 10 anyway. If you want privacy then use Linux, then you have full control over your own system. Use windows for gaming and the windows applications you strictly need. Just dual boot it (install both at once and choose which one to start when booting up your machine. The mint and ubuntu page have a easy explaination of how this is done and it's fairly simple, but still take backup of important files)
Using VPN or Tor on Windows is a waste of time. It's like putting on a mask inside a bank after talking to the cashier, best case it just looks suspicious. But if you ever do something they don't like then it's over. Also criminals might still get your info because stuff is saved and sent to microsoft. For example depending on what updates you install you will send information to microsoft every time you open and close a image file. what that information is, is unknown at the moment. but someone who hacks into the microsoft servers will know a lot about you, and it is likely easier to do than hacking Tor or a VPN to get at what you look at.
Start hashing your encryption passwords with SHA-256
Install Linux
TOR browser
hack neighbours wifi with wire shark/aircrack and use it instead
VPN
7 proxies
Good luck OP
>>52169571
>decided to take my privacy seriously
>still using Windows
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA FAGGOT
how do i know if linux will have drivers for my hardware?
>>52169891
try it maybe?
>>52169614
>>52169646
>>52169784
I wasn't planning on going full linux until the next wave of privacy suppressing laws were passed, but I now realize it's for the better.
I don't want to use one of those autistic level of secure distros like Tails. What's a good serious distro to use?
>>52169614
>>52169671
>>52169784
>>52169843
Seriously guys? this is obviously a joke.
fucking idiots.
>>52169911
>try it maybe?
i only have a single flash drive and no cd drive
i'm not going to bother with it unless i know it has drivers for my shit
>>52169571
>taking privacy seriously
>by using Microsoft(tm) Windows(r) 7 with Bitlocker(tm) technology
ehuehue
>>52169924
I'm not joking. I'm from /fit/ ;_;
>>52169571
Is this a joke? Does this nigger actually think Windows 7 is better for privacy?
>>52169891
Try it out by live booting it on a USB. It likely has
Stop giving a shit since it only makes you a bigger loser and wastes your time.
>spent the whole week
Or maybe you WANT to waste your time to fill up the void?
I'd post more but the inevitable response is going to be the same fucking "post ur ssn/passwurds then, faggut", you only need one bad excuse versus a million good opportunities to be a loser I guess.
There were times when job application sites sold me out to other sites without my permission, but it was for actually good offers that got me interviews. I remember this homeless guy (has money just got thrown out) on this board a while back complaining that an apartment search site put a cookie of his zip code in his browser and other apartment search sites knew where he was without input, again he was complaining about this. Uh... you're homeless? You actually wanted this in the first place? congrats on your new self importance.
you were doing fine for 15 years on the internet but now journalists have fooled you into thinking your same dumb, irrelevant searches and your shit "data" is worth waging internet wars over.
>Bitlocker
Use veracrypt, you fucking idiot.
>>52169891
Only thing you need to worry about is wifi and GPU. Broadcom/Ralink/Mediatek ones are prone to issues especially those with a combo bluetooth adapter hybrid alongside the wifi adapter.
GPU wise AMD cards are as good as useless. Nvidia has some drivers for Linux. The best is ofcourse Intel GPU's, I want to get a 5th Gen i5 with Iris Pro to enjoy the 4.2 kernel.
>>52169926
Most of the standard hardware should be picked up automatically. Graphics cards drivers usually get sorted too. It's fairly plug and play these days if you use a mainstream distro like Ubuntu.
Only thing that may cause issues are specialist hardware like Avid audio controllers or something.
>>52169942
get gentoo gains by killing fat arch acceptance, also leg day, and if I wanted humor I would have asked about your rep maxes
>>52169961
>>52169571
>>52169916
Tails is super secure, but just like Kali it's one of those distros you use on USB and has ONE specific job it does. You are doing the right thing by wanting another distro.
You can use any distribution like Mint or Ubuntu, but if you get the normal Unity Ubuntu, then turn off Amazon search if you worry about Amazon seeing what you search on your computer http://www.howtogeek.com/126995/how-to-disable-the-amazon-search-ads-in-ubuntus-unitydash/
No other version of Ubuntu (xubuntu, kubuntu, lubuntu or ubuntu gnome) have that. But Ubuntu and mint are easiest to get into and I as a linux veteran also use Ubuntu.
>>52169978
>>GPU wise AMD cards are as good as useless. Nvidia has some drivers for Linux. The best is ofcourse Intel GPU's, I want to get a 5th Gen i5 with Iris Pro to enjoy the 4.2 kernel.
It's Linux... I fail to see the use for gaming cards. If I had a workstation card, I would be concerned, but I don't so I don't care about that. I have a Realtek ethernet chip so if it doesn't work then I'm not going to waste my time with Linux.
>>52169943
Well, anything is better than Windows 10 for sure.
>>52169942
Don't worry about the negativity, it's just the culture here. We are snobby about the most ridiculous technical nonsense. Just go with it and you might learn something useful
>>52170092
I game on Linux on my laptop with Intel Graphics, it works pretty well.
As for the Wifi, there is a workaround for it, I discovered it by accident. Just make your Wifi connection hidden from your router/modem settings. Then in the Linux network manager, select connect to hidden network and it will work properly without losing connection every 10 seconds.
>>52170128
>I game on Linux on my laptop with Intel Graphics, it works pretty well.
You play TF2. You don't play games.
>>52170062
I've used with Ubuntu before (10.04, 12.04, 14.04 LTS) but never gave up windows completely because I was still gaming.
Now that I don't game anymore, I guess it's time for a change. Should I bother with the Ubuntu Privacy Remix at all or is that one of those distro that was made for a specific job?
>>52170145
Actually mobas like Dota 2 and League of Lesbians.
>>52170115
That's my general approach to 4chan, but when I post this late I rarely encounter so many Australians.
>>52170147
Privacy is a meme. Use any distro you want, Linux is far more secure than Windows in terms of malware and worms.
>>52170183
>still believes you can't get malware on Linux
>>52170212
I have a 12.04 install of Ubuntu from ages ago still on my other HDD. Never gotten any malware or viruses. So yeah, I think Linux is secure.
>>52170147
>Should I bother with the Ubuntu Privacy Remix at all
Not known to me, sorry. Likely is something like tails. But you might know more about WHY and HOW your privacy is protected if you do your own configurations and set ups. But ubuntu or mint (look at mint with Cinnamon, it's good looking) is way more secure out of the box than Windows. You would already made it much harder for everyone. And would avoid a lot of the normal mass surveillance by default.
>>52169571
>Decided to make 2016 the year I took my privacy more seriously.
Why? Do you have something to hide?
>>52170225
You need to work a bit harder to get malware, you won't get that from normal use or by installing software from the default repositories. You need to make a genuine effort and look for porn apps for linux or even program it yourself. It IS technically possible to get malware on linux even if it requires a bit of work.
Is duck duck duck a meme?
>>52170279
They still track you. It's not as blatant as Google, but they still track you.
>>52170264
Everyone has something to hide. Credit card information, passwords, fetishes they don't want to become public, that one time you looked at gore/loli/weird shit, when you get paid, your banking information, social security numbers, nude photos of yourself or your girlfriend and lots of things that are available for any criminal or prankster that hacks into the microsoft servers or works for microsoft and gets the info for themselves.
>>52170300
Is there a free index search out there?
>>52170300
No it does not, where is your proof?
>>52170264
>>52170328
Cmon man
>>52170315
Basically this. You present yourself as a different person in your professional life but you don't want those people to know you fap to doujins in your personal time.
The social stigma of discovering that other people are human beings with human needs and flawed is too much for some people to handle. The tend to take you for face value and think you are a wholesome person.
>>52169571
>What are some more (realistic) steps I can take to help secure my privacy?
Prettt much any other thing than what you actually did.
>using W7 which has had all of W10's telemtry updates added to it
>bitlocker which is full of backdoors
Come on, I am a W10 user and I even know better than this.
>>52170315
>>52170461
Yeah, no. You're just a couple of fucking pedophiles. I seriously hope they outlaw encryption so sick fucks like you can be publicly executed.
Hello, anons. I want to fully encrypt my Windows 10 PC. I'm not bothered about stopping the NSA, GCHQ or Putin because they've probably rooted me already (lol joke), but I'd rather annoy the meth junkie who breaks in, shanks me and steals my shit to a pawn store.
Is TrueCrypt (from a pre-'no longer secure' install) still the best solution, or is there something else newer that'll do the job.
>>52170492
I think you are confusing me with unemployed spergs posting anime in desktop threads. My fetish primarily revolves around milf/teacher/mother+son incest doujins.
>>52170515
Are you me?
>>52170549
We both have good taste anon.
I don't care enough to stay in this thread and argue for hours, just want you to know that caring about privacy and then using Windows 7 is retarded. You should be using GNU/Linux or BSD if you really care about privacy. I would also include Mac OS, but unfortunately it's probably almost as backdoored as Windows simply due to being lead by a corporation.
>>52170515
I understand the whole shota thing (I mean what guy didn't have daydreams of banging a hot older woman when they were younger?) I just don't get the incedt stuff however.
>>52170584
You don't need to understand it. Some guys want to be pampered by an older experienced lady who would take the lead and love them unconditionally.
>>52169571
Stop downloading child porn.
>>52170567
Thanks. Working on that right now.
Can anyone give me a TL;DR differences between Mint and Ubuntu? I really like gnome so I'm leaning toward mint.
>>52169978
AMD drivers have improved by a lot in 2015. especially the FOSS ones.
>>52170594
But why does that lady have to be your mother?
>>52170594
So man children?
>>52170676
Stop and troll elsewhere you don't get it nor do you want to understand. off to >>>/b/
>>52169571
bitlocker - end your life
>>52170675
Oedipus did it first.
We're all humans m8
>>52170869
4 u.
Burning a copy of mint 17.3 right now.
Once that's installed, where do I go from there?
Obviously don't use chrome
>Decided to make 2016 the year I took my privacy more seriously.
>and spent the whole week encrypting my drives with BitLocker
>>52170952
Yeah but he didnt know it was his mother and when he found out he gouged his eyes out and his mother hanged herself.
>>52171078
He still tapped that shit though
It's Freudian, don't try to think too much into it
>>52169571
you can downgrad to windows xp, telemetry was already used on it, so xp, 7, 8.1, 10 it doesn't matter
big brother is watching you
privacy is a question about backdoor and confidentiality.
who want to access to your personnal computer if it is always home.
it's all about facebook, google, yahoo, etc ...
Non-american have no rights
American companies collect data for commercial use and NSA have the right to access to it and do whatever she wants with your data.
>>52170276
I smiled.
Last drive finally decrypted. See you guys in a few hours
>>52171026
>Mint
fucking up this bad from the start. Xubuntu or Fedora Workstation m9 if you want to make your life easy.
>people bitch about computer & internet privacy
>still owns a cellphone & uses a credit card
Makes perfect fucking sense
>>52171555
>make your life easy
Can you explain that a bit more?
>>52171611
Xubuntu is very much like Windows, you can adapt easily. Fedora with Gnome 3 is also easy to use. Mint is shitty implementation of XFCE with bloat and unnecessary packages.
>>52169571
>Decided to make 2016 the year I go full retard
FTFY.
>>52169916
Xubuntu or arch linux(if you would be a more hardcore linux user) is what i would recommend.
>>52171707
I've installed Arch before, but the whole installation process was such a clustercuss that it was a huge turnoff. I think I'll give myself a few months of using Xubuntu before making the full jump to Arch. The whole bleeding edge concept makes me turgid.
>>52169891
>how do i know if linux will have drivers for my hardware?
Linux stuff runs even on a potato if you want so it 99% will have drivers if you bought your shit after 2006 or so
>>52171707
or mint.
>>52171877
Architect Linux if you don't want to fuck with the CLI but once or so it's a ncurse installer for Arch
>>52169571
>Downgraded to Windows 7
one step forward
>encrypting my drives with BitLocker
two steps back
Smokr xral
>>52169571
As long as you are using PRISM-corporations' products to protect your privacy, you might wrap yourself with tinfoil too.
If you seriously even want to try:
https://prism-break.org/en/all/
>>52170393
What about startpage? Is that any good?
>>52169571
Use a vpn. I recommend setting up your own with a raspberry pi or something
Use tor with an https plugin
Make a Kali disk, analyze your network
>>52174354
>Use a vpn.
I never understood how this helps exactly. Instead of your ISP now VPN provider has all information on you.
>>52174457
Not if you use openVPN with a Raspberry Pi. Then it's encrypted, but no data is collected
>>52169916
Xubuntu 15.10
>>52175201
How is that different from plain https?
>>52170492
>I seriously hope they outlaw encryption so sick fucks like you can be publicly executed.
Outlawing encryption or any kind of math is a waste of time because people know it or can figure it out by just logic. And it might be impossible to notice. Say encryption is outlawed, how can they check? And how much encryption? Will people be jailed when they say "topkek" instead of "very funny" since it's a 'culturally encrypted code'? Or is it just the maths involved that is illegal? What operations exactly? Factorization? Well, better not teach children multiplication then, because then they know that 3*2=6 and that 3 and 2 is factors of 6. That is gateway encryption towards harder stuff.
If you care about privacy then there is no better guide for beginners than Jolly Rogers Security Guide for beginners.
https://www.deepdotweb.com/jolly-rogers-security-guide-for-beginners
>>52175304
Prevents isp from gathering metadata.
Plus, more encryption is always better
>>52171555
>Xubuntu or Fedora
>Your life easy
Why are yo so mean with anon?
Get Mint MATE. That's the actual "just werks" distro right now. Xubuntu is OLD and Fedora is a broken hipster piece of shit.
>>52175729
I remember breaking my windows when installing Fedora at one point. It's a pain in the ass. I don't use windows anymore, but for a newb it is easy to mess up.
>>52169916
debian testing
>>52175893
https://igurublog.wordpress.com/2014/04/08/julian-assange-debian-is-owned-by-the-nsa/
>>52169961
>journalists have fooled you into thinking your same dumb, irrelevant searches and your shit "data" is worth waging internet wars over.
>journalists
>support privacy
>BitLocker
autismus in 2016,
oy vey goy
>>52170492
>>52169571
>downgraded to windows 7
He thinks he's safer using windows 7 kek
>>52170183
>>52170212
>>52170225
>>52170276
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94QsgdXnsmU
>>52169571
>Decided to make 2016 the year I took my privacy more seriously.
>encrypting drives with BitLocker.
AYYLMAO
>>52169571
Stop using a stock computer and start using one that doesn't have IME/PSP built in.
>privacy
>windows
pick one
when i browse chans i use hide my ass for maximum privacy and maleware protection
>and it all means nothing because of Intel's Management Engine Interface
>>52175930
Read the article, he has edited the article and claims it was a troll all the time, because people pointed out that Assange never said such a thing.
>>52169614
>>52169646
>>52169784
>>52169813
>>52169843
>>52169916
>>52169929
>>52169943
>>52170062
>>52170100
>>52170128
>>52170147
>>52170183
>>52170225
>>52170315
>>52171026
Don't listen to ANY of these idiots. Linux is complete and utter SHIT. Trust me, I have to use it at work (pic related)
You should DEFINITELY stick with Windows and upgrade to Windows 10. It's the most secure operating system there is, I promise you.
It's perfectly secure, and besides, if you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to fear.
>>52169571
>Use linux.
>Encrypt EVERYTHING, I talk WHOLEDISK >encryption, ext4.
>Use VPN
>Use PGP
>Delete your accounts on social netwerks
Congrats, you now took care of your privacy.
Don't diiieeeeeee
>>52169571
They already own you.
>>52178891
This guy should know, the NSA actually uses red hat ( https://www.nsa.gov/ia/_files/os/redhat/rhel5-guide-i731.pdf ) this guy is genuine.
The NSA knows all about linux since they use it daily. If anyone should know if it's shit or not it's probably experts like that, listen to the NSA the safest bet is to get Windows 10. It's the most secure.
if you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to fear.
>>52169571
>>>getting this angry over privacy when you literally have nothing to worry about aslong as you don't have CP or whatever
are you scared they're going to find your tentacle hentai folder? blow yourself out of this shit already senpai
>>52179981
No porn desu. Just noided
>>52179988
You can laugh the day some guy hacks into the microsoft servers. Nothing is safe, it's a large company and many people work there, the criminals only need to find a human weakness and then it's open. Or they can find a software weakness. Microsoft is pretty bloated. It is bound to happen at some point at least since they have a silver platter of credit card numbers, nude photos, names, adresses, social security numbers, passwords and all that
>>52169571
Turn off internet when not using it.
>>52169943
are u fucking retarded or autistic?
>>52169571
Don't listen to all these assholes. In a nutshell:
PC SHIT:
-Dualboot Windows (for Windows shit espec gaming) and Fedora for basically everything else
-use a virtual machine in Fedora of KaliLinux to do anything remotely "Dangerous" and delete frequently
-In Windows use PeerBlock, TOR, Firefox with adblock and proxy add-ons
-ENCRYPT YOUR PARTITIONS (nothing less than 256-bit)
-BIOS lock too
-Leach off neighbors Wifi (Wireshark)
-Unplug ur router when not using
-don't use home wireless like ever
-VPNs or paid proxies are good too
-Glary utilities to wipe cache and history (do weekly)
-Last but not least, be smart, don't do weird illegal shit
>>52180518
He is a windows user, not a sperglord like you.
Let's keep tinfoil hats out of this. Just a simple Linux install and common sense is enough.
>>52180540
and last but not least OP don't listen to twatwaffles like this chump
>>52180573
dude no one cares about your horse cock collection.
>>52180610
shhhhhh ;)
>>52180518
>-use a virtual machine in Fedora of KaliLinux to do anything remotely "Dangerous" and delete frequently
wtf... how is Kali more secure than any normal distro? It's a ATTACK vector, not for defence.
>-Leach off neighbors Wifi (Wireshark)
Have you used wireshark? It's not a hacking tool, it analyses the network
> -Glary utilities to wipe cache and history (do weekly)
That's for Windows, that's like washing a piece of shit in a attempt to avoid the shit getting dirty. It IS what you are trying to wash off. The cache and history is safely saved elsewhere.
>-In Windows use PeerBlock, TOR, Firefox with adblock and proxy add-ons
Windows with TOR, that's like putting on a mask in a bank after giving your adress to the cashier. You might get the attention of your local NSA, but how is that going to help you when your computer is recording what you are doing locally and sending it to the windows servers?
Someone might use wireshark and intercept all packages your computer sends out to windows servers and at some point someone might figure out how to interpret it. Using TOR on windows is a false sense of security.
res
>>52169571
the botnet upgrades have been backported to win7
bitlocker is backdoored
>windows any version
>bitlocker
you already blew it
>>52180518
>KaliLinux
Why no Tails or something?
