It’s been awhile since my last blog post but I’ve decided to do a quick one as promised. Last time, I’ve discussed cutting the cord from Cable/Satellite television. Today, I will discuss disconnecting from the clearnet & creating your own identity that no one else in the clearnet knows about.
If you use the internet without using Tor+VPN, you are giving yourself away to websites, companies that operate certain websites, when you connect to a game server, IRC or other servers that provide Telnet, Gopher, etc. and you will always be giving yourself away to your Internet Service Provider regardless of if you use Tor &/or a VPN. If you have personal social media, then you are also giving away your personal information to some of the same companies. Some of these companies you give personal information also sell your info to third party companies.
While your VPN connection is being logged by your ISP, there are some VPNs that won’t log your connections. However, that is not enough to protect your privacy & anonymity. If you avoid putting your personal information at all, then that helps protect your anonymity. Don’t register to use VPNs that ask for your personal information and even your credit card information. If you do, you put your information at risk. An example of this instance would be the arrests of several hackivists involved with the hacks against Sony & other companies during the early 2010s. These hackivists were sold out by the company that operates the HideMyAss VPN. It’s important to find a VPN that requires no registration, keeps no logs & focuses on your anonymity.
I recommend Riseup.net as it was recommended by members of the notorious hacktivist group, Anonymous. While it does require registration, the only information you are required to send would be a username. That’s it. No personal information required.
If you want another layer of anonymity on top of VPN use, go for Tor. I strongly recommend using the Whonix virtual machines which are two halves of one of the best Tor+Linux operating systems. You have a gateway VM that connects to Tor & you also have the option to obtain a second VM with the Tor Browser and other tools included. You can use other OSes with Whonix Gateway such as Kali Linux, Tails and other anonymity-focused Linux OSes.
It’s recommended that you connect to Tor while using your VPN. It would help with your anonymity a lot and protect your IP address like it’s behind 2 wall layers. On the Tor network, you also have access to different websites & other servers that use Tor’s .onion domains. Everything with the .onion domain are encrypted and require Tor to access. This is all part of the Deep Web. It is not as regulated and is more encrypted than ordinary websites in the clearnet. It has it’s good & it’s bad.
The good is that your communications with other users in the Deep Web are more private and encrypted. You should be wary of whom you contact though. If you give any personal information, you could be screwed royally & I will explain how when I talk about the bad things about the Deep Web. 8chan uses .onion
The Deep Web does NOT use any real world currency but instead, people use Bitcoin. The reason why people exchange Bitcoin is that it is a cryptocurrency. Every Bitcoin transaction is anonymous which is a good & bad thing. I have been saying for nearly a year that you should invest in Bitcoin & look how much it’s gotten since then. BTC has reached a record worth $1200+ USD. Unfortunately, we are going to see a crash in Bitcoin prices within the next 2 months because of countries such as China, Mexico & even people in several Arab countries will have large-scale mining farms that will make the price lower down beyond $750 USD.
There are several bad things about the Deep Web that YOU MUST STAY AWAY FROM! There are several things that I recommend that you stay away from or risk your freedom or even your life. The Deep Web is home to the worst illegal activities on the internet. Among things that are present on the Deep Web are drugs, murder-for-hire, doxings of several individuals & the worst of the worst, the Deep Web has websites that contain images that are considered seriously illegal. I dare not explain as I was lucky not to come across these sites but nontheless am aware of these sites. It is like anarchy on the Deep Web but these websites are being taken down every day because of the natures of these horrendous crimes.
You should never, ever trust anybody on the Deep Web at all. Not even if they claim to be friends or family, whether or not the claim is legitimate. Individuals on the Deep Web can find ways to locate you & perform many harmful acts against you or even your friend & family. You could also be a talking to an undercover agent trying to coerce you into conducting illegal activity or even an informant. An example of the fact that you should not trust who you talk on the Deep Web.
And of course, while you are mostly anonymous on the Deep Web, you are not completely hidden & unfortunately, if you screw up on the Deep Web to the point that you get doxed, you could either be arrested by the FBI, pizzabombed and swatted or other nefarious acts to ruin your life at home & work or you could be killed by someone who really has a beef with you.
Again, the Deep Web has it’s good especially if you want to avoid being spied on by the NSA and it’s bad if you’re trying to avoid illegal activity that is also very morally wrong. And there are good/bad things such as Silk Road clones that while some drugs are harmless, others can be very dangerous. If you need medical assistance but don’t want to see a doctor, you should consult a holistic healer. I am a firm believer in alternative healing instead of using the toxic chemical drugs that pharmacies are making money off of.
Next week, I will be talking about completely stripping yourself from your Matrix identity & freeing yourself from the oppression of the Matrix.


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