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   Patrick C Miller :donor: (patrickcmiller@infosec.exchange)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 21:12:03 JST Patrick C Miller :donor:

   How to Be More Anonymous Online https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-be-more-anonymous-online/

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     Cybarbie (nf3xn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 23:17:44 JST Cybarbie

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     @patrickcmiller or at least it does a very poor job. Tor is extremely dubious too. The 'more' is doing a lot of lifting in the title is my point. Probably unfair since how to actually achieve what the article seeks could be an O'Reilly.

     In short I don't want anyone to read this and then use firefox and tor thinking they are getting anything close to anonymity.

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     Cybarbie (nf3xn@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Jan-2024 23:17:45 JST Cybarbie

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     @patrickcmiller
     Well done perfect security is not possible but this article is still very dangerous. Word to the wise: you had better understand what you are deploying, all its moving parts, who you are trusting and the potential for change in that chain if anonymity is a matter of life or death. More people than you might imagine live with this threat model. In the same breath as mentioning fingerprinting the article recommends Firefox. Firefox does not block fingerprinting out of the box. /1

     Patrick C Miller :donor: repeated this.