Guide: anonymity and privacy for advanced Linux users

[zhang888 1066]

Table of Contents

• 1 Intro
• 2 Some general sources/Big Thanks
• 3 Technical Information
  • 3.1 Strong Passwords
  • 3.2 Internet Connectivity
    • 3.2.1 Firewall
    • 3.2.2 Changing MAC Address
    • 3.2.3 Intrustion Detection
    • 3.2.4 Disk Encryption
    • 3.2.5 Browsers
    • 3.2.6 Router Configuration
    • 3.2.7 Anonymity Networking
    • 3.2.8 VPN
    • 3.2.9 Proxy Chains
  • 3.3 Operating Systems
    • 3.3.1 Flash Firmware
    • 3.3.2 Enabling a BIOS boot password
    • 3.3.3 USB Bootable Operating Systems:
    • 3.3.4 Linux (image files can be found at http://distrowatch.org)
  • 3.4 Secure Data-Wiping Linux
  • 3.5 Physical Destruction
  • 3.6 Cold-Boot Attack
  • 3.7 Basic Communications
    • 3.7.1 Images
    • 3.7.2 Email Providers
    • 3.7.3 Jabber_XMPP/OTR
    • 3.7.4 Alternative Messaging Options
  • 3.8 GNUPG/PGP Basics
    • 3.8.1 TAILS PGP
    • 3.8.2 Additional reading on PGP
    • 3.8.3 PGP Versions
  • 3.9 Validating Files with MD5 or SHA1:
    • 3.9.1 SHA1 Sum
    • 3.9.2 MD5 Sum

 

 

Credit: beac0n from DDW

 

https://www.deepdotweb.com/2015/06/15/guide-anonymity-and-privacy-for-advanced-linux-users/

[lsat 23]

Thank you! It's a rather comprehensive guide

[encrypted 13]

Nice simplified all-in-one piece.

 

I wonder if I could turn the narrowly formatted main subject matter into a handy PDF to carry along in the woods.

[OpenSourcerer 1435]

3.7.2 Email Providers

 

They forgot Posteo. Guide considered incomplete.

[zhang888 1066]

 

3.7.2 Email Providers

 

They forgot Posteo. Guide considered incomplete.

 

 

Posteo is an independent email provider based in Berlin.

German company, means already backdoored by NSA

Guide complete

[OpenSourcerer 1435]

That's a prejudice. You don't know that. Protonmail could also be backdoored. Consider the new laws in CH!

[NbK 4]

how is VeraCrypt, i have been using TrueCrypt for some time just wondering if its worth trying