P&GSD
Tourist
AAdvertising
Online Security
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P&GSD
Tourist
Advertising? Where? they where from YouTube and another from exactly the same but with brave browser. Do you know about Brave browser? It blocks ads from YouTube, I only watch YouTube with it. I can't stand intrusive ads.
But ok.... are links not allowed then?.
I mean the fact that we are in the dark web I assume we are all using antivirus that block dodgy links anyway.
Sorry for the inconvenience. I don't post dodgy links. I'm not interested in such.
I found easier to just post the link of the video where the answer for the question asked can be found instead of having to write it myself.
The link did not have a .com it was .be and YouTube wasn't even spelled out completely. That could be a foreign version of YouTube or another language, or just a shorthand tracking link, in the end it doesn't matter, it's kind of suspect to begin with. Secondly the forum loaded preview image of said link immediately started with ”sale bla blah 30% off blah blah". So that ticked the second box of no advertising. Finally, 99 percent of YouTube links are tracked to show which website someone clicked from. Why do you think the vast majority of YouTube links get the content deleted? Because they came from our porn site and therefore it is considered porn and flagged for review and or deletion. The last one is more of an FYI. If you don't want videos deleted from YouTube then don't post tracking links to our website.
P&GSD
Tourist
I understand and agree about the youtube links being tracked, yes, it was silly of me. I guess I'm still a Newby and sharing links here is not the same as sharing links in something like Facebook. I learned my mistake.
About the thing of adds I have just tried posting myself a link to another account on WhatsApp and I have just learned that if I share before the adds are done playing I just share adds and not the video intended. I also checked the links for the proper videos and they do contain youtu.be, but they do work well and are legitimate,
I guess it's the way it is as .com would be the homescreen or dashboard and not a particular video.
Anyway you are completely right. I will refrain from posting links as I don't want to compromise this page or the community that use it.
My apologies ?
About the thing of adds I have just tried posting myself a link to another account on WhatsApp and I have just learned that if I share before the adds are done playing I just share adds and not the video intended. I also checked the links for the proper videos and they do contain youtu.be, but they do work well and are legitimate,
I guess it's the way it is as .com would be the homescreen or dashboard and not a particular video.
Anyway you are completely right. I will refrain from posting links as I don't want to compromise this page or the community that use it.
My apologies ?
Ah. That would explain the ad text. Anywho, best to share those via PM to those who ask.
Those .be are most likely shorthand tracking links. If you cut and paste the entire link in the top of the browser instead of clicking the share button, that usually is the .com without the tracking. That, however, is not available in the phone app.
You are also not in trouble, otherwise you would have gotten a warning point.
tracysparkles
Tourist
I'm hella learning a lot.
Beyonder2099
Tourist
Years ago this thread only started as a small info gathering but now it has turned into a wealth of information for everyone to use I am happy to be apart of this thread's growth I've learned from others and they learned from me keep up the good work everyone.
Beyonder2099
Tourist
usually, when someone gets hacked it is someone who has met you or chatted with you at some point. glad you are taking precautions now using Linux distros is best since they are safer and better also add security measures as well.
Beyonder2099
Tourist
Yup definitely sounds like someone trying to cause a stir in your life but for someone to have your # they must have either gotten it from the dark web or someone close to you that's usually how it starts be careful and switch to Linux and study opsec heavily cause things are evil out here in this world.
Knotted1975
Tourist
Is there a way to delete pics not actual accounts.
Lawnchair Pilot
Lurker
This thread is really informative. Glad to see the tech gang has visited here. I use a free VPN atm and always use it when I acces this site and really the time in general.
My PC is very old though and I don't have enough space on the drive to update my OS anymore. Does this pose any risk to me here?
My PC is very old though and I don't have enough space on the drive to update my OS anymore. Does this pose any risk to me here?
Yes. It poses a risk from many different points. Update frequently fix security issues.
Considering you do not have space for update I guess windows. As on linux you would have other means of doing this. Such as backing up your home folder and installing a new distro from scratch.
But a windows machine with a 32GB EMMC is going to be landfill waste pretty much immediately.
Replace that trash with a xfce or lxde based linux distro asap.
Lawnchair Pilot
Lurker
Definitely plan to ditch this thing soon for something much more powerful (and with more space). Definitely doing Linux instead of Windows as well and if I ever need Windows for something gaming wise there's always virtual machines.Yes. It poses a risk from many different points. Update frequently fix security issues.
Considering you do not have space for update I guess windows. As on linux you would have other means of doing this. Such as backing up your home folder and installing a new distro from scratch.
But a windows machine with a 32GB EMMC is going to be landfill waste pretty much immediately.
Replace that trash with a xfce or lxde based linux distro asap.
FoxyAdmirer12
Tourist
I read this topic and I am really suprised no one mentioned Privacy Guides (dot) org.
A lil history - there was a website PrivacyTools that recommended some tools for privacy and some knowledge-base information, but the owner disappered and didn't take care of it anymore. So the PrivacyTools community created PrivacyGuides. The website recommends software and tools that are privacy-friendly, zero-knowledge, open-source etc. Unlike other websites, the recommendations are based on discussions on forums and github about every single tool. It must met very strict criteria to be in the list and it's checked regulary if it's still keeps the privacy-policy, is still open-source and still updated. Sometimes tools might be de-listed if situation changes. For example Skiff email was de-listed after being bought be Notion.
I could also recommend Michael Bezzel, his podcast (no longer active, thou) blog and his book Extreme Privacy. It's an OSINT expert and he even was an advisor for the TV show Mr. Robot. But be careful - OSINT is a very deep tin-foil hat rabbit hole. Once you go to this parh, there is no way back.
A lil history - there was a website PrivacyTools that recommended some tools for privacy and some knowledge-base information, but the owner disappered and didn't take care of it anymore. So the PrivacyTools community created PrivacyGuides. The website recommends software and tools that are privacy-friendly, zero-knowledge, open-source etc. Unlike other websites, the recommendations are based on discussions on forums and github about every single tool. It must met very strict criteria to be in the list and it's checked regulary if it's still keeps the privacy-policy, is still open-source and still updated. Sometimes tools might be de-listed if situation changes. For example Skiff email was de-listed after being bought be Notion.
I could also recommend Michael Bezzel, his podcast (no longer active, thou) blog and his book Extreme Privacy. It's an OSINT expert and he even was an advisor for the TV show Mr. Robot. But be careful - OSINT is a very deep tin-foil hat rabbit hole. Once you go to this parh, there is no way back.
Dantheman97
Lurker
How does one remove a comment on a thread?
Report it.
foalmaker
Zooville Settler
Operating Systems that are left unmaintained for long are a bit dangerous. Usually, researchers discover and publish exploits against systems, with the hope that people will upgrade their machine immediately. If you don't upgrade in a timely manner, you may find yourself running an OS full of vulnerabilities for which the Internet is full of instructions to exploit.
In practice, you can make do upgrading only your Internet facing software (say, your web browser, email client and the like) and antimalware software. Those are the things more likely to interact with malicious sites, files and content directly.
I don't know if I have already recommended it, but I find Tails Linux good security-in-a-can solution for normal people. The idea is you instal Tails to a pen-drive. You can use it to boot your computer into Tails instead of your regular Operating System. Within Tails, you may browse the web, chat etc. and no fingerprint will be left on your main OS. Another advantage of Tails is that traffic is pushed into an anonymization multiproxy network by default (Tor). When you turn your computer off, all trace of your activities gets deleted and you may boot your regular OS as usual as if nothing had happened.
stephshoneyonkik
Tourist
how do i clear my tracks if i havent been using vpn? free vpns out there?
TOR browser.
Whatever has been saved by your ISP can not be cleared by you.
You can only clean your own devices.
Why Discord is the poorest choice for illegal chat:
www.youtube.com
And:
It does not run through TOR either.
- YouTube
W YouTube możesz cieszyć się filmami i muzyką, które lubisz, przesyłać oryginalne treści i udostępniać je swoim bliskim, znajomym i całemu światu.
www.youtube.com
And:
It does not run through TOR either.
erphy
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
Wipe your local history on your device. Start using a vpn they are cheap. I use Mullvad purchased with crypto. Some also use Tor as another layer. I use mullvad on my pc and phone . Then I use privacy browsers that don’t keep history by design. Firefox Focus on mobile and Librewolf on pc.
Edit : as others said any info your ISP has is out of your control.
I do not know about other countries. But here they are required to hold onto the records for a certain number of years before deleting them.
So for example they will keep your DNS requests for 4 years. DNS is typically not encrypted unless you enabled it.
So if you visit zooville, your ISP will know you looked up this host name. The actual contents of what you did on the website is encrypted by https so that should not be visible to them.
foalmaker
Zooville Settler
The Internet does not forget.
If you have visited a site without using no anonymity overlay to protect yourself, then your ISP (Internet Service Provider) probably knows you visited the site. The site itself probably collects some personal identifying information when you connect, such as your IP address, username, email address...
Once your information is out there, there is no way to control who gets it or what is done with it, which is the reason why you must make damn sure no information leaks from you in the first place.
Regarding free VPNs, I am not going to recommend any third-party VPN provider because I don't know the market, but you may research the Tor network and Tails if you want to use an anonymity overlay.
new_to_this_902jws
Tourist
I use both because Im concerned my real IP address will leak if Tor goes down.
UR20Z
Dumpster Diver
There's a "catch" you (or your lawyer, if it gets that far) can use as at least a partial defense - When you visit a site - *ANY SITE AT ALL*, regardless of whether it's the pureset, cleanest, G-rated-est site on the planet, or a site that serves up honest-to-god torture-snuiff-pedo porn, or anything you can imagine in between, you have *ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL WHATSOEVER* what that site might trigger a DNS lookup for. Go to a cooking/recipes website, and you might, without ever knowing it, request lookups for anything from google's "urchin" (their stats/tracking/counting infestationware) server, or an image-hosting site for the picture of the nice fresh loaf of bread that the page displays, any number of ad servers, perhaps a server that hosts the code that puts a stock ticker across the top of the page you want to look at, any number of servers that ticker looks at to find out what the price of Ford stock is, some other site for the music that plays when you open the page, or pretty much anything else that you can imagine someone putting on a web page.
In other words, just because there's a record of a DNS lookup for "www.we-rape-four-year-olds-before-torturing-them-to-death-live-on-your-screen.xxx" on your machine is *NO* indication whatsoever that you've ever seen so much as a single pixel from a single frame of a kiddy-snuff movie - Just by virtue of how the internet works, it could be that your machine did indeed look up the address of the "evil" server - because something on the page you *WANTED* to see loaded something from who-can-even-guess-where as part of loading itself onto your machine in response to your request. That something may be operating on the same server as the kiddy-snuff site. Or it may in turn be asking a third server for a piece of the original "www.how-to-make-a-loaf-of-bread.com" page you wanted to see to begin with. And so on.
In short, it's not only possible, but *VERY* likely for your attempt to load "www.makechilifordinnertonight.com" or "www.paintmycar.net/prices" to spawn dozens, possibly hundreds, and in some extreme cases, maybe even THOUSANDS of DNS queries that you, the person sitting at the keyboard, have absolutely no idea about, have no clue they're happening at all, and since they produce *NO* detectable output on your screen, therefore you have no indication that such requests ever happened.
TL;DNR:
While DNS lookups CAN leave tracks, the reality (to anyone who has even the most basic understanding of how TCP/IP (AKA "The Internet") and HTTP/HTTPS (AKA "The Web") works) is that, although it's rarely encrypted, almost nobody except the most desperate will even TRY to make the case that because a DNS lookup for "www.howtomurderyourneighbor.com" exists on your machine, you're guilty of killing your next door neighbor. Or at least, they won't make such an attempt without a metric fuck-ton of other evidence - evidence that would likely be way more than enough to get a warrant/make an arrest even without the DNS info.
UR20Z
Dumpster Diver
Bad news: Using TOR and VPN together can (not "will", but can) trigger a couple of conditions that effectively destroys ALL protection from EITHER. VPN folks won't tell you this, but TOR folks will. I don't pretend to understand the "how" of it, but peopel I have reason to believe have said many times that VPN+TOR=serious (and easily exploited) potential for your supposedly "private" data to leak to even casual attackers. Against a government entity with (effectively) unlimited funding, using a VPN into TOR is slightly less secure than the screen door on your front porch - Yeah, it'll keep the flies and skeeters outside, but it ain't gonna do a damned thing to stop the rottie that decides to jump through it, or the crook who wants to rob you...
erphy
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
All true I never thought about it that way being used as a defense. I suppose this is why they almost always catch people on posession or disseminating of illegal content. The DNS lookups and patterns of such are just little beacons that you MAY be visiting those sites. They may use that to add you to a list for further scrutiny and surveillance. The actual kill shot is a warrant for your devices and they find the content, or solid evidence that you uploaded content to someplace. Many times they use payment information, as in for pay services linked to you. Like you used your CC to purchase obvious access to illegal media.