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| Started by | Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> |
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| First post | 2014-04-29 14:54 -0400 |
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'Tails' OS and the Mac Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2014-04-29 14:54 -0400
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-04-29 16:57 -0400
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-30 09:24 +1200
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-04-29 20:35 -0400
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-30 13:54 +1200
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-29 22:11 -0400
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-30 16:12 +1200
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac billy@MIX.COM - 2014-04-30 14:06 +0000
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac billy@MIX.COM - 2014-05-15 10:39 +0000
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2014-05-16 11:32 -0400
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-02 17:44 +0000
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> - 2014-04-29 21:24 +0000
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-30 16:24 -0400
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2014-04-30 17:07 -0400
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-30 17:57 -0400
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-30 18:09 -0400
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2014-05-02 13:02 -0400
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-03 11:59 +1200
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-05-03 09:36 -0400
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-04 10:18 +1200
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-03 18:57 -0400
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-05-04 07:58 -0400
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-05 08:56 +1200
Re: 'Tails' OS and the Mac JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-30 18:15 -0400
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| From | Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> |
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| Date | 2014-04-29 14:54 -0400 |
| Subject | 'Tails' OS and the Mac |
| Message-ID | <ljosgu$lr2$1@dont-email.me> |
I posted this on Macintouch and got no response, but perhaps someone here can opine: I recently read an article from Wired about Tails, a *Nix-based OS using encryption, Tor, and no local storage: Out in the Open: Inside the Operating System Edward Snowden Used to Evade the NSA <http://www.wired.com/2014/04/tails/> There is a download link for Tails in the article. Anyone here have any experience with it? I wonder if you could install Tails in a virtual machine on a Mac and achieve anonymity and security that way.
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| From | Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-29 16:57 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <5360123f$0$55646$c3e8da3$b280bf18@news.astraweb.com> |
| In reply to | #59012 |
In article <ljosgu$lr2$1@dont-email.me>, Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> wrote: > I posted this on Macintouch and got no response, but perhaps someone > here can opine: > > I recently read an article from Wired about Tails, a *Nix-based OS using > encryption, Tor, and no local storage: > > Out in the Open: Inside the Operating System Edward Snowden Used to > Evade the NSA > <http://www.wired.com/2014/04/tails/> > > There is a download link for Tails in the article. Anyone here have any > experience with it? I wonder if you could install Tails in a virtual > machine on a Mac and achieve anonymity and security that way. Well, it seems well-documented: https://tails.boum.org/ You could try it out. Tor isn't your best friend in the world, by the way. -- Where's the Vangelis music? Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her. They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing room scene. -- notes for Blade Runner
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| From | Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-30 09:24 +1200 |
| Message-ID | <300420140924023522%YourName@YourISP.com> |
| In reply to | #59012 |
In article <ljosgu$lr2$1@dont-email.me>, Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> wrote: > > I posted this on Macintouch and got no response, but perhaps someone > here can opine: > > I recently read an article from Wired about Tails, a *Nix-based OS using > encryption, Tor, and no local storage: > > Out in the Open: Inside the Operating System Edward Snowden Used to > Evade the NSA <http://www.wired.com/2014/04/tails/> > > There is a download link for Tails in the article. Anyone here have any > experience with it? I wonder if you could install Tails in a virtual > machine on a Mac and achieve anonymity and security that way. You can't be anonymous on the Internet - it's a physical impossiblity, no matter what many companies like proxy servers try to tell you. Anyone worried about it is either a looney tin-foil hat wearer or is doing something that SHOULD be discovered.
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| From | Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-29 20:35 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <53604540$0$64250$c3e8da3$aae71a0a@news.astraweb.com> |
| In reply to | #59017 |
In article <300420140924023522%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote: > You can't be anonymous on the Internet - it's a physical impossiblity, > no matter what many companies like proxy servers try to tell you. > Anyone worried about it is either a looney tin-foil hat wearer or is > doing something that SHOULD be discovered. Yeah yeah. And Adam and Eve lived among the dinosaurs ... -- Where's the Vangelis music? Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her. They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing room scene. -- notes for Blade Runner
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| From | Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-30 13:54 +1200 |
| Message-ID | <300420141354039545%YourName@YourISP.com> |
| In reply to | #59022 |
In article <53604540$0$64250$c3e8da3$aae71a0a@news.astraweb.com>, Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote: > In article <300420140924023522%YourName@YourISP.com>, > Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote: > > > > You can't be anonymous on the Internet - it's a physical impossiblity, > > no matter what many companies like proxy servers try to tell you. > > Anyone worried about it is either a looney tin-foil hat wearer or is > > doing something that SHOULD be discovered. > > Yeah yeah. And Adam and Eve lived among the dinosaurs ... Nope. Adma and Eve are just figments of some con artist's imagination written into a fantasy novel to start another silly religion so they could steal other people's money and possesions.
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| From | JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-04-29 22:11 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <53605bd8$0$47869$c3e8da3$5d8fb80f@news.astraweb.com> |
| In reply to | #59026 |
On 14-04-29 21:54, Your Name wrote: > Nope. Adma and Eve are just figments of some con artist's imagination > written into a fantasy novel to start another silly religion so they > could steal other people's money and possesions. You got it all wrong. Space aliens came to visit earth. Husband in space ship find his wife (Eve) cheating with anothert crew member (Adam) and ejects them from space ship and leaves them on Earth to survive alone. The horny couple end up mating with chimps and gave them the missing link which caused them to start talking. (If you want proof, there have been a few documentaries about talking chimps that rule the world). Evolution then gave us the current species of lawyers and politicians who descended directly from those talking apes. They only put that story in old testament so they could get film rights for Charlston Heston who felt very strongly that every american should be armed to the hilt to combat those talking apes (seems he was traumatized by that experience).
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| From | Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-30 16:12 +1200 |
| Message-ID | <300420141612129285%YourName@YourISP.com> |
| In reply to | #59027 |
In article <53605bd8$0$47869$c3e8da3$5d8fb80f@news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote: > On 14-04-29 21:54, Your Name wrote: > > > > Nope. Adma and Eve are just figments of some con artist's imagination > > written into a fantasy novel to start another silly religion so they > > could steal other people's money and possesions. > > You got it all wrong. Space aliens came to visit earth. Husband in space > ship find his wife (Eve) cheating with anothert crew member (Adam) and > ejects them from space ship and leaves them on Earth to survive alone. > > The horny couple end up mating with chimps and gave them the missing > link which caused them to start talking. (If you want proof, there have > been a few documentaries about talking chimps that rule the world). > Evolution then gave us the current species of lawyers and politicians > who descended directly from those talking apes. Lawyers and politicians are descended directly from pond scum, but haven't actually evolved any further. > They only put that story in old testament so they could get film rights > for Charlston Heston who felt very strongly that every american should > be armed to the hilt to combat those talking apes (seems he was > traumatized by that experience). That's because he had his brain whipped to a mush during the chariot race.
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| From | billy@MIX.COM |
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| Date | 2014-04-30 14:06 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <ljr01l$cr1$2@reader2.panix.com> |
| In reply to | #59022 |
Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> writes, quoting
"Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com>:
> > You can't be anonymous on the Internet - it's a physical impossiblity,
> > no matter what many companies like proxy servers try to tell you.
> > Anyone worried about it is either a looney tin-foil hat wearer or is
> > doing something that SHOULD be discovered.
>
> Yeah yeah. And Adam and Eve lived among the dinosaurs ...
The guy's a complete idiot. Tails worked well for Ed Snowden,
just as TrueCrypt withstood a year of the American FBI beating
on it.
Billy Y..
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| From | billy@MIX.COM |
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| Date | 2014-05-15 10:39 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <ll25ge$78f$1@reader2.panix.com> |
| In reply to | #59041 |
From this month's Crypto-Gram -
Nice article on the Tails stateless operating system. I use it.
Initially I would boot my regular computer with Tails on a USB stick,
but I went out and bought a remaindered computer from Best Buy for
$250 and now use that.
http://www.wired.com/2014/04/tails/
https://tails.boum.org/
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/air_gaps.html
Billy Y..
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| From | Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> |
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| Date | 2014-05-16 11:32 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <ll5b3a$dru$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #59356 |
On 5/15/14, 6:39 a, billy@MIX.COM wrote: > From this month's Crypto-Gram - > > Nice article on the Tails stateless operating system. I use it. > Initially I would boot my regular computer with Tails on a USB stick, > but I went out and bought a remaindered computer from Best Buy for > $250 and now use that. > > http://www.wired.com/2014/04/tails/ > https://tails.boum.org/ > https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/air_gaps.html Thanks for the info, Billy. Much appreciated.
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| From | Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> |
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| Date | 2014-05-02 17:44 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrnlm7mbb.fag.g.kreme@amelia.local> |
| In reply to | #59017 |
In message <300420140924023522%YourName@YourISP.com> Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote: > In article <ljosgu$lr2$1@dont-email.me>, Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> > wrote: >> >> I posted this on Macintouch and got no response, but perhaps someone >> here can opine: >> >> I recently read an article from Wired about Tails, a *Nix-based OS using >> encryption, Tor, and no local storage: >> >> Out in the Open: Inside the Operating System Edward Snowden Used to >> Evade the NSA <http://www.wired.com/2014/04/tails/> >> >> There is a download link for Tails in the article. Anyone here have any >> experience with it? I wonder if you could install Tails in a virtual >> machine on a Mac and achieve anonymity and security that way. > You can't be anonymous on the Internet - it's a physical impossiblity, You are completely 100% wrong. -- When treading water in a circle of sharks, a wizard will always consider other wizards to be the most immediate danger. --The Last Continent
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| From | Tom Stiller <clusterfux.upmon@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2014-04-29 21:24 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <bsajjlF6ptgU1@mid.individual.net> |
| In reply to | #59012 |
On 2014-04-29, Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> wrote: > I posted this on Macintouch and got no response, but perhaps someone > here can opine: > > I recently read an article from Wired about Tails, a *Nix-based OS using > encryption, Tor, and no local storage: > > Out in the Open: Inside the Operating System Edward Snowden Used to > Evade the NSA ><http://www.wired.com/2014/04/tails/> > > There is a download link for Tails in the article. Anyone here have any > experience with it? I wonder if you could install Tails in a virtual > machine on a Mac and achieve anonymity and security that way. You can install Tails on a virtual machine on a Mac but be advised that anonymity and security will depend on where you visit and how you interact with those sites.
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| From | Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-04-30 16:24 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <2t6dnZupgvlxxvzOnZ2dnUVZ_rOdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #59012 |
On 2014.04.29, 14:54 , Fred Moore wrote:
> I posted this on Macintouch and got no response, but perhaps someone
> here can opine:
>
> I recently read an article from Wired about Tails, a *Nix-based OS using
> encryption, Tor, and no local storage:
>
> Out in the Open: Inside the Operating System Edward Snowden Used to
> Evade the NSA
> <http://www.wired.com/2014/04/tails/>
>
> There is a download link for Tails in the article. Anyone here have any
> experience with it? I wonder if you could install Tails in a virtual
> machine on a Mac and achieve anonymity and security that way.
That may defeat the purpose - at least with Fusion - since it uses the
Mac's ethernet services to access the network and web. I had the same
thought and I found some blog entries claiming that running Tails in a
VM would be self defeating. At least for anonymity. You could run it
there to learn about it. I haven't but it's in my curiosity queue.
--
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
-Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07
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| From | Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> |
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| Date | 2014-04-30 17:07 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <ljronc$p66$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #59048 |
On 4/30/14, 4:24 p, Alan Browne wrote: > On 2014.04.29, 14:54 , Fred Moore wrote: >> I posted this on Macintouch and got no response, but perhaps someone >> here can opine: >> >> I recently read an article from Wired about Tails, a *Nix-based OS using >> encryption, Tor, and no local storage: >> >> Out in the Open: Inside the Operating System Edward Snowden Used to >> Evade the NSA >> <http://www.wired.com/2014/04/tails/> >> >> There is a download link for Tails in the article. Anyone here have any >> experience with it? I wonder if you could install Tails in a virtual >> machine on a Mac and achieve anonymity and security that way. > > That may defeat the purpose - at least with Fusion - since it uses the > Mac's ethernet services to access the network and web. I had the same > thought and I found some blog entries claiming that running Tails in a > VM would be self defeating. At least for anonymity. You could run it > there to learn about it. I haven't but it's in my curiosity queue. Thanks, Alan. That's the kind of info I was looking for but didn't really know enough about the topic to Google for an answer. I had a suspicion that somehow somewhere something from the Tails VM would get written to a Mac cache, var file, or whatever, thus defeating the purpose of the entire effort. So I suppose a dedicated piece of hardware is really what's necessary. I noticed on Macintouch today that a new version of Tor is available, with a Mac variant. Exactly how much benefit is there in running that on a Mac without an underlying OS such as Tails? What sort of identifiers get left behind to track you? Thanks.
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| From | Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> |
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| Date | 2014-04-30 17:57 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <1IWdnRjMhZ4q7PzOnZ2dnUVZ_o6dnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #59057 |
On 2014.04.30, 17:07 , Fred Moore wrote:
> On 4/30/14, 4:24 p, Alan Browne wrote:
>> On 2014.04.29, 14:54 , Fred Moore wrote:
>>> I posted this on Macintouch and got no response, but perhaps someone
>>> here can opine:
>>>
>>> I recently read an article from Wired about Tails, a *Nix-based OS using
>>> encryption, Tor, and no local storage:
>>>
>>> Out in the Open: Inside the Operating System Edward Snowden Used to
>>> Evade the NSA
>>> <http://www.wired.com/2014/04/tails/>
>>>
>>> There is a download link for Tails in the article. Anyone here have any
>>> experience with it? I wonder if you could install Tails in a virtual
>>> machine on a Mac and achieve anonymity and security that way.
>>
>> That may defeat the purpose - at least with Fusion - since it uses the
>> Mac's ethernet services to access the network and web. I had the same
>> thought and I found some blog entries claiming that running Tails in a
>> VM would be self defeating. At least for anonymity. You could run it
>> there to learn about it. I haven't but it's in my curiosity queue.
>
> Thanks, Alan. That's the kind of info I was looking for but didn't
> really know enough about the topic to Google for an answer. I had a
> suspicion that somehow somewhere something from the Tails VM would get
> written to a Mac cache, var file, or whatever, thus defeating the
> purpose of the entire effort. So I suppose a dedicated piece of hardware
> is really what's necessary.
>
> I noticed on Macintouch today that a new version of Tor is available,
> with a Mac variant. Exactly how much benefit is there in running that on
> a Mac without an underlying OS such as Tails? What sort of identifiers
> get left behind to track you? Thanks.
Tor does not need you to be too careful about what you do. You're onion
wrapped and tossed computer to computer to computer with encryption
layers between each, each hiding IP addresses a layer away in each
direction and then erasing all info after each session (servers and
within your client). Tracing you would be extremely difficult and
require international cooperation of incredible complexity. Tor is more
for the home or office user who doesn't care what is on his system - he
just doesn't want an intercept to occur in the middle.
Tails is more about leaving no trace on the computer you're using. If
your computer is seized, nothing will have been written to disk (caches,
history, files, etc.). In the end you are not possessing compromising
material. Not even encrypted material that might get "the authorities"
to ask what's in that encrypted file. This is why some journalists use
tails. They can write their story and send it (encrypted) and there is
no copy or version of it on the machine they have in possession.
Anything intercepted is very well encrypted and not likely to be decoded
other than by rubber hose. Put it in a VM and you can't tell what may
be recorded on the host OS side.
I tried Tor sometime last year and found it to be very slow to load
whatever page I was interested in. I don't think that's the
application's fault but a consequence of the chain of intermediary
computers/networks (onion layers) in the chain.
I'm trying Tor as I write this, latest v. and yep, it's not nimble nor
quick. But it does seem faster than last time I tried it.
Loaded cbc.ca
le figaro (French newspaper)
gmail - forced to authenticate using a 6 digit number sent
by text message to my phone.
Performance is not too bad. But I recall in the past sessions where it
was slower or varying. I'll try it more over the next while for the
hell of it. Tails is something for another day.
--
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
-Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07
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| From | Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> |
|---|---|
| Date | 2014-04-30 18:09 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <uKSdnQ_CV_Yc6fzOnZ2dnUVZ_sednZ2d@giganews.com> |
| In reply to | #59059 |
On 2014.04.30, 17:57 , Alan Browne wrote:
> On 2014.04.30, 17:07 , Fred Moore wrote:
>> On 4/30/14, 4:24 p, Alan Browne wrote:
>>> On 2014.04.29, 14:54 , Fred Moore wrote:
>>>> I posted this on Macintouch and got no response, but perhaps someone
>>>> here can opine:
>>>>
>>>> I recently read an article from Wired about Tails, a *Nix-based OS
>>>> using
>>>> encryption, Tor, and no local storage:
>>>>
>>>> Out in the Open: Inside the Operating System Edward Snowden Used to
>>>> Evade the NSA
>>>> <http://www.wired.com/2014/04/tails/>
>>>>
>>>> There is a download link for Tails in the article. Anyone here have any
>>>> experience with it? I wonder if you could install Tails in a virtual
>>>> machine on a Mac and achieve anonymity and security that way.
>>>
>>> That may defeat the purpose - at least with Fusion - since it uses the
>>> Mac's ethernet services to access the network and web. I had the same
>>> thought and I found some blog entries claiming that running Tails in a
>>> VM would be self defeating. At least for anonymity. You could run it
>>> there to learn about it. I haven't but it's in my curiosity queue.
>>
>> Thanks, Alan. That's the kind of info I was looking for but didn't
>> really know enough about the topic to Google for an answer. I had a
>> suspicion that somehow somewhere something from the Tails VM would get
>> written to a Mac cache, var file, or whatever, thus defeating the
>> purpose of the entire effort. So I suppose a dedicated piece of hardware
>> is really what's necessary.
>>
>> I noticed on Macintouch today that a new version of Tor is available,
>> with a Mac variant. Exactly how much benefit is there in running that on
>> a Mac without an underlying OS such as Tails? What sort of identifiers
>> get left behind to track you? Thanks.
>
> Tor does not need you to be too careful about what you do. You're onion
> wrapped and tossed computer to computer to computer with encryption
> layers between each, each hiding IP addresses a layer away in each
> direction and then erasing all info after each session (servers and
> within your client). Tracing you would be extremely difficult and
> require international cooperation of incredible complexity. Tor is more
> for the home or office user who doesn't care what is on his system - he
> just doesn't want an intercept to occur in the middle.
>
> Tails is more about leaving no trace on the computer you're using.
And, (I forgot to mention,) it forces you through Tor in any case.
If
> your computer is seized, nothing will have been written to disk (caches,
> history, files, etc.). In the end you are not possessing compromising
> material. Not even encrypted material that might get "the authorities"
> to ask what's in that encrypted file. This is why some journalists use
> tails. They can write their story and send it (encrypted) and there is
> no copy or version of it on the machine they have in possession.
> Anything intercepted is very well encrypted and not likely to be decoded
> other than by rubber hose. Put it in a VM and you can't tell what may
> be recorded on the host OS side.
>
> I tried Tor sometime last year and found it to be very slow to load
> whatever page I was interested in. I don't think that's the
> application's fault but a consequence of the chain of intermediary
> computers/networks (onion layers) in the chain.
>
> I'm trying Tor as I write this, latest v. and yep, it's not nimble nor
> quick. But it does seem faster than last time I tried it.
>
> Loaded cbc.ca
> le figaro (French newspaper)
> gmail - forced to authenticate using a 6 digit number sent
> by text message to my phone.
>
> Performance is not too bad. But I recall in the past sessions where it
> was slower or varying. I'll try it more over the next while for the
> hell of it. Tails is something for another day.
>
>
--
"Big data can reduce anything to a single number,
but you shouldn’t be fooled by the appearance of exactitude."
-Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis, NYT, 2014.04.07
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| From | Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> |
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| Date | 2014-05-02 13:02 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <lk0j2t$ms5$1@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #59061 |
Here is another possible privacy weapon from the EFF, Privacy Badger. Obviously much more limited in scope than Tails or Tor. EFF “Privacy Badger” plugin aimed at forcing websites to stop tracking users <http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/05/eff-privacy-badger-plugin-aimed-at-forcing-websites-to-stop-tracking-users/> Still in alpha and no Safari version unfortunately. The article also mentions the HTTPS Everywhere extension which might be useful, but again no Safari version.
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| From | Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> |
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| Date | 2014-05-03 11:59 +1200 |
| Message-ID | <030520141159364300%YourName@YourISP.com> |
| In reply to | #59091 |
In article <lk0j2t$ms5$1@dont-email.me>, Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> wrote: > > Here is another possible privacy weapon from the EFF, Privacy Badger. > Obviously much more limited in scope than Tails or Tor. > > EFF ìPrivacy Badgerî plugin aimed at forcing websites to stop tracking users > > <http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/05/eff-privacy-badger-plug > in-aimed-at-forcing-websites-to-stop-tracking-users/> > > Still in alpha and no Safari version unfortunately. The article also > mentions the HTTPS Everywhere extension which might be useful, but again > no Safari version. Even *if* that actually worked, you're still "tracked" by numerous other methods, including your ISP connection. Anyone who believes they're anonymous when using the Internet is an idiot.
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| From | Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2014-05-03 09:36 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <5364f0e6$0$51580$c3e8da3$eb767761@news.astraweb.com> |
| In reply to | #59118 |
In article <030520141159364300%YourName@YourISP.com>, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote: > Even *if* that actually worked, you're still "tracked" by numerous > other methods, including your ISP connection. > > Anyone who believes they're anonymous when using the Internet is an > idiot. We're talking about _serious_ anonymity here, not just posting to Usenet or sending stuff through remailers. It's not even very hard to be totally anonymous, just takes some time and some money. -- Where's the Vangelis music? Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her. They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing room scene. -- notes for Blade Runner
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| From | Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> |
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| Date | 2014-05-04 10:18 +1200 |
| Message-ID | <040520141018011310%YourName@YourISP.com> |
| In reply to | #59121 |
In article <5364f0e6$0$51580$c3e8da3$eb767761@news.astraweb.com>, Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote: > In article <030520141159364300%YourName@YourISP.com>, > Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote: > > > > Even *if* that actually worked, you're still "tracked" by numerous > > other methods, including your ISP connection. > > > > Anyone who believes they're anonymous when using the Internet is an > > idiot. > > We're talking about _serious_ anonymity here, not just posting to Usenet > or sending stuff through remailers. It's not even very hard to be > totally anonymous, just takes some time and some money. If you're logged on to the Internet, then your ISP knows who and where you are, or an Internet cafe has you on camera ... the exception of course is if you steal someone else's account, but you're still not truly anonymous.
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