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Anonymous is a term used to describe an internet collective and subculture known for raiding websites, creating humorous image macros, and visiting [[03chan]]. | Anonymous is a term used to describe an internet collective and subculture known for raiding websites, creating humorous image macros, and visiting [[03chan]]. | ||
Revision as of 18:59, 30 July 2010
Anonymous is a term used to describe an internet collective and subculture known for raiding websites, creating humorous image macros, and visiting 03chan.
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.
The Big TL;DR of Internet Paranoia.
Hypothetically speaking; a person who was extremely paranoid online would probably be simultaneously:
- Running a read only OS, such as a Live CD/DVD bootable OS, or alternatively setting their browser to have No history and No Cache, or using F/i/reLazorz.
- Connecting from a free open WiFi hotspot.
- Spoofing their MAC address when connecting to open WiFi, as some access points do log MAC addresses.
- Spoofing their user agent, Use the UserAgentSwitcher addon, or F/i/reLazorz.
- Connecting through a proxy for that extra added measure of security.
- Making sure the proxy is in a foreign country that doesn't have an extradition treaty with the user's country.
- Wearing an approved model of tinfoil hat (Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie) More info here: http://zapatopi.net/afdb/
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 that might 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.
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We are Legion.
We do not forgive.
We do not forget.
Expect us.
