Quote:selfless-desiresSorry 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.
This is a good point about TAILS. There are enough people using VPNs for bittorrents that you are keeping company with people breaking copyright, rather than doing more serious criminal things. I have heard that TAILS is on "the list" of websites and keywords that they look for. So I suppose it might get noted. There is also potential to use these things poorly, which seems like worst of all worlds (i.e. attract attention, but fail to actually cover your tracks).
ISPs do notice bittorrenting, but their main interest is that those users tend to be gobbling up a disproportionate about of bandwidth.
Real security is hard. This isn't my job, but I have three servers that need regular attention to keep them secure(ish). My webserver in France was getting 1/4 million break in attempts a DAY. Lots came from China and Russia, but some of the most sophisticated came from the USA and UK. I have taken measures to block IP addresses, but it is a war.
Does anyone here bother with full disk encryption? I should probably set it up for my laptop (not that it leaves the house very much). If you do use it, is that more from fear of burglary and then ID theft / fraud? Or does it have any part to play in keeping certain medical needs private?
I noticed the TrueCrypt audit suggested no backdoors. But some people have interpreted the way the developers dropped it, might have been a coded warning to users.