-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I've been told TOR and VPNs are heralded for their anonymizing properties however the skeptic in me says that there are some serious failing points. It goes without saying that recipients of this list knows their stuff about prying eyes and third parties surveilling activities of "activists" or people of interest. So, how does one engage in electronic communication whilst maintaining anonymity from governments, business, and rambunctious infosec techies? I've also been told that TOR exit nodes are often run by governments to filter and collect outgoing data that can use to build a profile on a person. How dangerous is this problem? Wouldn't the SSL'd connections between TOR nodes mitigate the issue? My present strategy is to employ the use of a VPN that retains IP address logs for 24 hours before wiping for all communications. The VPN is located outside the US, and is apparently regarded as "safe" by a few paranoid individuals. I know there are a few pitfalls there, how dire are they? In short, I need to be able to disassociate my real identity with this pseudonym effectively enough to "hide" from governments and third parties... At least in terms of originating IP addresses to public services like email. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJNZA26AAoJEPuu2mBeOIXHAucP/0pnDqnbP0rLAbZ0PLKgMOdM Jv7TFo8T7MruGQ6l7X6M8Ol0w05tNeh02Y7UtLv5jBkUXIacXOlxXgJfFhri3Pm7 0IBIzfzoki+PhSyWEca8gc/uhjIFTAE/uEpTDUgf5s4hE4WqgihNwI4JHv98tlr5 tXZn2kcckuoCz/hfGg7HqLbDyI6nCG+6JA9Ojl+Iq9JemIfY51BoE2YBYOAc8keM cGpFNkrrMdL/Cl2/RayYI9OjG/N9yY2cKXpniBRq1kUwHoyMKS/B8424p4fKNiMu otFWBNz2EbV+rbv1O2r+EmmIH8MtLWRFYxnedsHNYcuWetYdQP3b2M4y8QZJvFVs Z7zGLeKpEGxT/Mo489g+6fPaf1YcVCB7g7Y1liq8IPK9YpCpPTwYjiFV+2Fz6Cw1 Ilsyy5ldS+gGaWFiYpLxIBquu5Oki7GNvXTBUQdHOaRmNCuxTT5NvzT7nwtZqhLc GMD1Ea8V7iFeIUfpaEYW8GrvAx/9AnLqP2iTyUfC9huu1q4oFRF8tx5pKWl9Kt5w G14qP3uDmFQiotOfpK1LAW8WTn/ffIb4LLSYPkmW+u+AGR2X0t9PuZqQS+Q8ehFc wTM0dfdZM7lHJY6IDOkSuXyPLDJIXqMO44zStPAVPME/lXLZMSureesV+joD0GRK oBDgNe/aFyK6VOfy9H9W =REH8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----