Anonymous

Anonymous is a term used to describe an internet collective and subculture known for raiding websites, creating humorous image macros, and visiting the Chans.

Staying Anon

As the name would suggest, Anonymity is one of the most relevant and important things any Anon should know about. Your 7 proxies will prevent you from being banned from your favourite chatroom, your ISP cutting off your connection for all that CP you look at, and the police coming for a v&.

Maintaining Anonymity can be divided into two categories- Interweb and IRL

Interweb Anonymity

Erasing Data

Cookies

Websites use cookies to identify users who have visited the website before, and maintain information on them. Sometimes, if you have visited a site previously through Tor, then gone back to it without Tor, it will detect you and your identity is exposed. To avoid this, regularly delete cookies.

CCleaner

CCleaner will do the job for you and thoroughly. Also makes viewing your history impossible, should the FBI be knocking on your door.

• Download CCleaner

Hard Drive Eraser

Similarly, Eraser erases deleted files from your hard drive, making them unrecoverable.

• Download Eraser

IP Address

Your IP (Internet Protocol) address (namely external) is the thing you need to most worry about. Through it, you are traceable to the very place you are sitting now. When you enter a chatroom, you are recorded. When you enter an online game, you are recorded. When you enter a website, you are recorded. It is therefore important to hide it, to remain Anonymous.

Tor is the most effective for this. When used properly, even the FBI would have a shit-hard job tracking you down.

For quick anonymous website browsing, you can pick from a variety of online proxies here

Proxifier is a useful application that forces any online programme running to go through tor (or whatever proxy you configure it to).

MAC Address

MAC (Media Access Control) address is a quasi-unique identifier assigned to most network adapters or network interface cards (NICs) by the manufacturer for identification. If assigned by the manufacturer, a MAC address usually encodes the manufacturer's registered identification number.

MAC Address is something that most websites don't usually pick up, though sometimes chatrooms/websites/online games will have ways of finding it. It is near impossible to trace an actual machine simply from a MAC Address, but it is also something unique to your machine, and bonus points are given to anyone who spoofs it.

User Agents

Slightly trivial, but websites tend to pick up on which web browser you are using (Firefox/Internet Explorer/Safari etc), so it can throw people off the trail if you appear to be using a different web browser to the one you really are.

IRL Anonymity

When out in public, for example at an organised event, meetup, convention:

• Never give out personal information to anyone you don't trust, i.e. everyone.
• Never allow yourself to be followed to a place then my compromise your Anonymity, eg to your car, place of residence etc

Trivia

Failure is not an option.

Enemies of Anonymous are permanent.

Enemies are to be eliminated swiftly and without incident.

Anonymous must work as one. No single Anonymous knows everything.

Anonymous does not tolerate action against Anonymous.

Any action against Anonymous will be dealt with swiftly and thoroughly.

Nothing can harm Anonymous.

Anonymous is the will to power.

Anonymous is always in control.

Anonymous has no identity.

Anonymous worships nothing.

Anonymous has no leader, and is led by no-one.

Human weakness is the virus; Anonymous is the cure.

Anonymous is anonymous.

Anonymous stays together through common ideas.

You will never be an /i/nsurgent.

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We are Anonymous.

We are Legion.

We do not forgive.

We do not forget.

See Also

• /b/
• /i/
• Chan
• lulz
• Futaba Channel
• 2channel

External Links

• wikipedia page
• ED page