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ThirdEyeKind
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What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery?
#24528117 - 08/03/17 06:18 PM (6 years, 9 months ago) |
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Do you only use a VPN for browsing and posting on the forum site? Or maybe a proxy, Proxy-chain, tor, tails, or maybe all the above thrown into a VM? What's over kill and what isn't?
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Anonymous #1
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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: ThirdEyeKind]
#24528354 - 08/03/17 08:05 PM (6 years, 9 months ago) |
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Just a VPN, but all my traffic goes through that. No need for anything more secure.
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ThirdEyeKind
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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: Anonymous #1]
#24528372 - 08/03/17 08:09 PM (6 years, 9 months ago) |
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Thank you for your 0.02 hope to gather more on this topic!
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Milk Chan
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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: ThirdEyeKind]
#24542644 - 08/09/17 09:24 PM (6 years, 9 months ago) |
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I switch between 2 VPNs. Both of them are free and work well.
I turn off my wifi when not in use. I use a long wifi password. I changed some settings on my router to not allow one-touch wifi protected setup (this is how hackers get into your network).
If you want more protection than that, try a Virtual Machine or burner computer.
If you want something to research and be afraid of... check out evercookie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evercookie
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Anonymous #2
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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: Milk Chan]
#24543007 - 08/10/17 04:51 AM (6 years, 9 months ago) |
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I keep my masterbating to a minimum while browsing the shroomery... cause you never when a pig be watching
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: ThirdEyeKind] 1
#24543974 - 08/10/17 02:59 PM (6 years, 9 months ago) |
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ThirdEyeKind said: What's over kill and what isn't?
Unless you work at a place where someone watches the internet, or live in a country where the government gets people for going to "bad" sites, any security precautions are probably overkill.
For most people, no one cares which websites you visit as long as it's not child porn.
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Milk Chan
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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: Alan Rockefeller] 1
#24544079 - 08/10/17 03:48 PM (6 years, 9 months ago) |
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Your internet service provider (ISP) is logging everything you do with their IP. They are gathering information on what you do and they are selling it to 3rd parties. This could be prevented by using a VPN.
some more info here: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/your-internet-history-is-now-for-sale-heres-how-you-can-protect-it/
I don't want 3rd parties to gather information on me for profits and targeted advertising.
If you use Wifi, please disable your WPS button by logging on your routers page and disabling in the settings. If someone in your neighborhood knows basic wifi security they could easily get into your network from the WPS feature on your router. It's best to disable it.
Did you know that the Facebook app for iPhone allows the microphones in the phone to turn on and listen for keywords to "give better ads".
other than that... the Shroomery does it's part in keeping users secure.
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: Milk Chan]
#24544151 - 08/10/17 04:24 PM (6 years, 9 months ago) |
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Milk Chan said: I don't want 3rd parties to gather information on me for profits and targeted advertising.
I do - I would rather see ads for mushroom stuff than gay dating sites.
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Did you know that the Facebook app for iPhone allows the microphones in the phone to turn on and listen for keywords to "give better ads".
Some people say that, but it's not true.
https://www.theverge.com/2016/6/3/11854860/facebook-smartphone-listening-eavesdrop-microphone-denial
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Milk Chan
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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#24544280 - 08/10/17 05:18 PM (6 years, 9 months ago) |
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You get gay dating ads? I use an addon to block ads called uBlock Origin.
Why do you need ads for a site you already visit? I guess if you like being judged, profiled, labeled, and targeted by advertising agencies and artificial intelligence.
Your linked article really white-washes this.
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The feature Facebook is referring to is designed to tag a music or television show in the background when you're writing a status. It requires you to opt-in and was marketed as similar to music-tagging service Shazam.
If you're paranoid, however, and really don't want Facebook listening to anything you say at any time, regardless of its supposed utility to advertisers, you can turn off the app's access to your microphone. In iOS, go to the Settings panel, find Facebook, and slide off the "microphone" option. On Android, go to "Privacy and Safety" in Settings, find the microphone section under the app permissions panel, and toggle off Facebook's access.
By downloading the app you have opted-in, it has access to the microphone by default and admits it listens to background noise.
You know, some people like glyphosate... Others (like me) hate it! Some people like their personal information gathered and sold... Others (like me) hate it! To each there own!
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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: Milk Chan]
#24544295 - 08/10/17 05:24 PM (6 years, 9 months ago) |
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Does anyone think a vpn is needed for this site in the US? Anyone care to make suggestions on one?
-------------------- Evil prevails when good shrooms go uneaten.
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Milk Chan
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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: Jackal514]
#24544343 - 08/10/17 05:40 PM (6 years, 9 months ago) |
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It's personal preference and opinion if it's "needed".
Check out cyber ghost and tunnel bear software. Both are free and have their own pros/cons.
cyber ghost has a short wait time to use and 3 hour limit per use (unlimited uses) I think it doesn't require an account also.
tunnel bear has nearly no wait time but limits on data per account.
Edited by Milk Chan (08/10/17 05:41 PM)
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: Jackal514]
#24544555 - 08/10/17 07:06 PM (6 years, 9 months ago) |
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Milk Chan said: I guess if you like being judged, profiled, labeled, and targeted by advertising agencies and artificial intelligence.
I don't care.
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By downloading the app you have opted-in, it has access to the microphone by default and admits it listens to background noise.
I don't think the Facebook app does anything with what it hears.
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You know, some people like glyphosate... Others (like me) hate it! Some people like their personal information gathered and sold... Others (like me) hate it! To each there own! 
I like glyphosate - it's much less toxic than the herbicides it replaced, and much safer than the others on the market. I would ask why you don't like it, but I don't want to derail this thread...
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Jackal514 said: Does anyone think a vpn is needed for this site in the US? Anyone care to make suggestions on one?
Only people who don't understand how US law enforcement works.
When I need to tunnel my connection I use "ssh -D" and bounce through a Linux server elsewhere in the world by setting my SOCKS proxy to localhost.
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Milk Chan
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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#24544595 - 08/10/17 07:24 PM (6 years, 9 months ago) |
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Alan, can I ask you how you can post photos of picked psilocybin mushrooms online and not be afraid of being arrested? Do you have special permissions to gather these for displays or scientific research?
You got some balls of steel & I respect the heck out of you Alan!
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Anonymous #3
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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: Milk Chan]
#24545096 - 08/10/17 11:45 PM (6 years, 9 months ago) |
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VPN to get past my ISP. It's a paid VPN to avoid spying (See: Hotspot Shield
Operational security. I never post pictures, information, or stories that can connect this online identity to my offline identity. I even worry about posting things that only a close friend could connect to me. For example: Someone asked to see a picture of one of my knives in the "Post your blade" thread, and I never replied.
The VPN is automatic, and keeping personal details to myself is habit. So really, I'm not doing much.
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: Milk Chan] 1
#24545592 - 08/11/17 08:50 AM (6 years, 9 months ago) |
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Milk Chan said: Alan, can I ask you how you can post photos of picked psilocybin mushrooms online and not be afraid of being arrested?
No one cares about my mushrooms, and the photos are in nature anyway. There is little evidence that I have them.
And in fact I don't have them in my house - I leave them in herbariums which have permission to have them.
They are illegal from the time I pick them to the time I drop them off at the herbarium, but no one really cares about that. I'd be a possession charge anyway, I'd get probation and I would laugh at their silly attempts to stop me. No one is going to track me down on the way from a spot to the herbarium just so they can find a couple grams of mushrooms.
If they wanted to find people who possessed a couple grams of drugs they could just pull over a few drunk drivers at bar time, much easier.
Also I don't travel with a bag of dried mushrooms, I travel with 500 bags of dried mushrooms - 498 or so are not active.
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Do you have special permissions to gather these for displays or scientific research?
No.
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You got some balls of steel & I respect the heck out of you Alan! 
Thanks!
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tdubz



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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#24554304 - 08/14/17 08:09 PM (6 years, 9 months ago) |
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Tails+Tor+VPN and a destructible notebook with a hard drive nuke cd
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Alan Rockefeller
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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: tdubz]
#24554759 - 08/15/17 12:20 AM (6 years, 9 months ago) |
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tdubz said: Tails+Tor+VPN and a destructible notebook with a hard drive nuke cd
Hard drive nuke CD's aren't a very good idea because they take a long time to overwrite all of the data.
A much better strategy is to either not write the data in the first place and keep everything in memory/online, or use an encrypted partition.
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tdubz



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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
#24555738 - 08/15/17 12:52 PM (6 years, 8 months ago) |
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Thats tru a USB nuke stick would be a better option that short circuits the computer and possibly hard drive.
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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: tdubz] 2
#24555758 - 08/15/17 01:08 PM (6 years, 8 months ago) |
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The data would still be there and recoverable. But since you're not a Hollywood movie drug kingpin they're not using digital data against you in the first place. They have all they need on you by the time they get permission to break into your residences
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tdubz



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Re: What security/privacy measures do you go through while on the Shroomery? [Re: bodhisatta]
#24555765 - 08/15/17 01:12 PM (6 years, 8 months ago) |
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Oh yeah and I forgot to add that the USB could be activated remotely via cellphone and rather than just sends a static charge it blows the computer up.
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