Online Anonymity

studiorat

Linked here is a Wiki description of The Onion Router.

It simplifies the process of setting up proxy servers. It routes Net traffic through a worldwide volunteer network to conceal the users location or usage from network surveillance. Using the client software makes it more difficult to trace Internet activity, including "visits to Web sites, online posts, instant messages" etc. back to the user. It is intended to protect users' personal freedom, privacy, and ability to conduct confidential business by keeping internet activities from being monitored.

Only available for Mac and Linux I'm afraid.

You'd probably be able to set up a few multiple users on a forum if you wanted to as well.

antybots

Although I bet the internet would be a much friendlier place if there was no anonymity. Trolling would be a hell of a lot harder if you could readily be indentified to all.

Corkfeen

studiorat wrote: »

Linked here is a Wiki description of The Onion Router.

It simplifies the process of setting up proxy servers. It routes Net traffic through a worldwide volunteer network to conceal the users location or usage from network surveillance. Using the client software makes it more difficult to trace Internet activity, including "visits to Web sites, online posts, instant messages" etc. back to the user. It is intended to protect users' personal freedom, privacy, and ability to conduct confidential business by keeping internet activities from being monitored.

Only available for Mac and Linux I'm afraid.

You'd probably be able to set up a few multiple users on a forum if you wanted to as well.

Tor is available on windows, isn't it?

Torakx

Yes Tor browser would be an alternative for windows.
I was hoping for a ct of some kind though.
I thought you were going to say these networks set up to hide peoples ip's are possibly government databases or something

studiorat

Torakx wrote: »

Yes Tor browser would be an alternative for windows.

Seems it is...

Torakx wrote: »

I was hoping for a ct of some kind though.
I thought you were going to say these networks set up to hide peoples ip's are possibly government databases or something

Anythings possible in the world of CT's isn't it?

antybots wrote: »

Although I bet the internet would be a much friendlier place if there was no anonymity. Trolling would be a hell of a lot harder if you could readily be indentified to all.

There doesn't have to be anonymity. You have the choice, perhaps you could lead by example.

Fighting Irish

antybots wrote: »

Although I bet the internet would be a much friendlier place if there was no anonymity. Trolling would be a hell of a lot harder if you could readily be indentified to all.

might as well stick to real life

stuar

studiorat wrote: »

Linked here is a Wiki description of The Onion Router.

It simplifies the process of setting up proxy servers. It routes Net traffic through a worldwide volunteer network to conceal the users location or usage from network surveillance. Using the client software makes it more difficult to trace Internet activity, including "visits to Web sites, online posts, instant messages" etc. back to the user. It is intended to protect users' personal freedom, privacy, and ability to conduct confidential business by keeping internet activities from being monitored.

Only available for Mac and Linux I'm afraid.

You'd probably be able to set up a few multiple users on a forum if you wanted to as well.

Torakx wrote: »

Yes Tor browser would be an alternative for windows.
I was hoping for a ct of some kind though.
I thought you were going to say these networks set up to hide peoples ip's are possibly government databases or something

Maybe it is Torakx, from studiorats link:

Originally sponsored by the US Naval Research Laboratory,[7] Tor was financially supported by the Electronic Frontier Foundation from 2004 to 2005.[9] Tor software is now developed by the Tor Project, which has been a 501(c)(3) research/education nonprofit organization[10] based in the United States of America[1] since December 2006 and receives a diverse base of financial support;[9] the U.S. State Department, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, and the National Science Foundation are major contributors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)

Now some of the named financial contributors wouldn't like the idea of Bin laden's 4,000,000th in command being able to send information to their kindergarden Jihadist buddies, so I wouldn't be putting my faith in this anonymous network.

I forget the name of the once spouted most secure operating system, then a couple of years ago it was outed as having a backdoor for the FBI, online there is no such thing as anonymity.
Actually a quick google gave me the name OpenBSD, here's a link to the story:
http://www.hitxp.com/articles/software/openbsd-fbi-ipsec-secret-backdoor-code-operating-system/

ALL operating systems have backdoors accessable by almost every intelligence agency on the planet, so if I wanted to be annymous on the internet I'd find a pair of shoes a few sizes too big in a clothes recycling plant, put on a pair of latex gloves, a full body forensic suit with hood and a balaclava and go to a chinese/nigerian internet cafe and post from there, make a quick exit and have a fire going to burn my outfit nearby, and hope I don't pass a Garda on my way out.

FullRetard

stuar wrote: »

ALL operating systems have backdoors accessable by almost every intelligence agency on the planet

Intelligence agencies dont just have that ability,holes are constantly being poked in OS's by people that have the know how and not just governments.