(11-20-2015, 01:41 PM)selfless-desires Wrote: Sorry I haven't been posting guys been extremely busy at work with our new store. 50 hours of overtime for me.
The problem with tor and tails is that if you're not running everything properly, i.e. VPN or the like, then your using them will be widely known by your isp. Also if someone were hot on your trail and your usernames were constantly being logged in with IP addresses from all over the planet that would be a big red flag.
Popster it is a lot of work but it's necessary to be running your vpn in case of a failure they have great back ups and ip addy leaks don't happen.
Using sites like that are way less reliable and you cannot necessarily trust that they won't hand over your activity. Also they have fewer IP addresses to choose from than the good vpns.
Selfless, I appreciate your post....however we must consider that most our members are not tech-savy and in most cases paying for a VPN is not necessary. "Red Flag" for who? It is very common and legal to hide your IP address, doesn't mean your doing anything illegal.....just protecting yourself from the ones who want to take advantage of you.
As you said Tor and Tails have serious shortcomings if they aren't configured and used properly and are much more attractive to the tech savy.........they are also used for illegal activities (like stealing/sharing music, games, movies, software etc).....I think using either of them is a bigger red flag than a simple IP hider.
this is a good and interesting subject to discuss and will be informative to interested members.
FYI.......one of my clients is being probed by computers in China and without a VPN, they may have succeeded......but once again, VPNs are more important for private remote access to Privately owned business, Govt, education, etc. servers....imo.
But then again, if your using the DarkNet.........well, there is no such thing as too much security
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