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Re: Security

Postby nadir » March 2nd, 2012, 6:32 pm

mojoman wrote:It goes to show that even minor changes can improve security quite a lot.

That is my approach.
Doing as much as i can, without going nut by it.

Say: if i am not able to understand all of the basics of gpg, there is no need to worry if rsa-keys are fully secure or not. It is good enough for most people out there, so it is good for me too. Once i know the basic i can start thinking about security holes in the middle of nowhere, but not earlier.
And 1) how high the security level needs to be and 2) how much comfort one is willing to give up (say no pictures or no videos) is something everyone needs to know himself. I would not want to give up on pics and videos altogether (but i give up on a lot, as tor is too slow for youtube and i don't use flash. Would be insane to recommend that to others, who use the Web completely different than i do. Nothing wrong with neither way, imho). Rome was not build in a day, so to speak.
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Re: Security

Postby cynwulf » March 2nd, 2012, 9:38 pm

mharrison wrote:Frankly I think he catches so much crap from the users because the vast majority of them don't care what he has to say yet he keeps on saying it. His choice...I just ignore posts for the most part he participates in as I don't feel like reading 20 page dissertations.

+1

As far as security goes my philosophy is - I can walk through "down town" at night with a bullet proof vest and shotgun or I can simply not walk through down town and not need either of those "accessories"...

I don't use youtube or any google services. I keep my identity and my details offline as much as possible. I do what I can but it's not going to be water tight. I think that's all someone can do - if you take it too far you may as well just pull the plug and forget it.

I'd probably use Tor 100% but then I don't really trust the Tor nodes any more than I trust my ISP...

I just stick to duckduckgo, noscript, ghostery and https everywhere.
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Re: Security

Postby Randicus Draco Albus » March 2nd, 2012, 11:04 pm

I was using DuckDuckGo exclusively to avoid Google's rapacious information gathering. Life was good, until DuckDuckGo disappeared recently. In another thread on this forum people mentioned DuckDuckGo has its own Tor relay, which leads me to believe the Chinese government banned the service. That leaves me relying on Yahoo, but I do not know how much better they are than Google.
cynwulf wrote:Shall I attempt to invite him over...? Hmmm... I would need to send encrypted PMs and use tor - too much hassle...

If you want his occasionally useful articles related to computers on this board, you could simply make a post in one of the threads at DFN he frequents. Provide an invitation and the forum's address. He would probably join, unless the things mharrison mentioned are impediments. Just remember it would come with a price. He is unable to write about technical issues without political proselytising. If no one feels that is a problem, by all means invite him to the party. The more, the merrier.
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Re: Security

Postby cynwulf » March 2nd, 2012, 11:16 pm

Randicus Draco Albus wrote:He is unable to write about technical issues without political proselytising. If no one feels that is a problem, by all means invite him to the party. The more, the merrier.

I doubt anyone would feel that is a problem as most DUF members don't have a problem with free speech. Personally I couldn't care less if he started posting material of the David Icke standard...
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Re: Security

Postby JohnDeere630 » March 2nd, 2012, 11:28 pm

cynwulf wrote:
Randicus Draco Albus wrote:He is unable to write about technical issues without political proselytising. If no one feels that is a problem, by all means invite him to the party. The more, the merrier.

I doubt anyone would feel that is a problem as most DUF members don't have a problem with free speech. Personally I couldn't care less if he started posting material of the David Icke standard...


Nor I. I invited him here in the past, but he was unable to join for some far-fetched "security" reason. (I seriously doubt that TPTB are very interested in this board, but ya just never know. :roll: )

The more, the merrier, I say, but I have exhausted my give-a-crap allowance for this month. When Ahtiga gets sick of getting slapped down by the mods at fdn, maybe he'll stop by.
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Re: Security

Postby cynwulf » March 3rd, 2012, 5:02 pm

JohnDeere630 wrote:I invited him here in the past, but he was unable to join for some far-fetched "security" reason.

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