and why bother with tracking VPNs when you can force companies to expose data?

And there are ways to be completely untraceable.

or even better, turn them into organs of censorship

Almost anywy

there are no ways to be completely untraceable.

If you transmit data, you're exposed. The question is how quickly you move off the transmission site, how long you transmit, and how long until someone breaks your encryption.

Setting up a physical private network then bouncing your signal off some not western friendly nation like Pakistani proxy then hooking up to a vpn would make you essentially untraceable. At best they could locate the ppn but that doesn't need to be anywhere near you.

yeah, but then you're limited to the scope of your physical network.

which depending on your hardware could be 100 yards maybe at best? and what are you going to do, run wires across roofs?

Better than getting raped by feds.

eh, if they can get to 100 yards of you that's a plenty small area to bomb/send troops.

it would be better to be mobile.

tracing to hardware is easy, but if you're moving, that makes it orders of magnitude harder to predict where you will be, and when.

I would suggest using a vpn (READ THEIR PRIVACY POLICY) that:
1. **Stores as little (none is better) user data as possible**
2. **Is based in a privacy or free web country, no spying by that country's govt, and no regulation against privacy**
3. **Has NO WebRTC leaks (CRITICAL!)**
4. **If it does store (non-identifying) user data, it should be removed as quickly as possible**
5. ** Is open sourced or utilizes open sourced VPN software**
6. **does not hand off information to foreign governments or sell it to anyone**


Thats only the VPN.
There are many many other options for you to stay secure and private online.

One other solution is to stop using discord, because it is a mass surveilience tracking platform

i might talk about it later, but online security definitely does not stop at a VPN. It also means choosing the right browser with the right security and privacy features, as well as addons that block trackers, invisible trackers, ads, and other things that can be used to identify you. Alternatively, you could disable javascript and plugins alltogether, (breaks sites), and have no tracking or browser fingerprinting at all.

You could also just use an OS or Browser that doesn't even support some of those plugins in the first place

Once you move away from Firefox/Chromium forks theres a few options like that. Re: OS', if it's just for work and multimedia, OpenBSD will not allow you to use Flash, on top of having good security options

here's a few more good ideas:

Keep a physical notebook

That said, someone who really wants to find you and has the resources still will

you can't have paper searched by algorithm unless someone holds onto it personally.

there are plenty of low-tech solutions to problems that have high-tech solutions now that work almost as good.

Also
>implying I don't

read paper books.

they can't be edited.

ok, they CAN be edited but not after they're printed.

Your rights to a physical book can't be terminated arbitrarily

^^

Same with movies, music, vidya etc

Physical products are sorely underrated

use USB drives to store data you don't want people to get access to, and remove them when you are done. data in an inert state can't be accessed.

***A I R G A P***

Tbh the "oh fuck" moment was realizing that even airgapped devices can have vulnerabilities

People are fucking devious

yeah, but if you want a little assurance, start by buying a little used laptop for anything you don't want people to see, and strip the wireless card.

and shut off bluetooth if its separate.

and also remember: All speakers are microphones, and all microphones are speakers.

Even I'd you're going to keep it connected I'd still support the "buy a little used laptop" plan and just experiment with it
Ease yourself into Unix

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