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

~~Whoops~~ de-yeeted

memory holed!

Got one laptop running arch and another I'm trying to setup OpenBSD on

Spare part computers are great too

openBDSM sounds like a bad idea for security...

People, Get Off the Grid Now!

*waits for people to leave discords*

oh no, I'm not an advocate for disconnecting.

surrendering this space to the libs would only accelerate the end.

I've been setting up backups on alternative services tbh

lol i know, i'm just playing.

Discord is compromised and has been for ages

however closed networks of conservatives play a key role in counter revolutionary actions.