Surfing anonymously

Practical tips for the cautious user – A presentation originally made for my english class at university.

Alternate download link: ftp://ftp.malte-bublitz.de/pub/malte70/surfing_anonymously.pdf

Transcript

1. Surfing anonymously Practical tips for the cautious user Malte Bublitz | Apr. 29th, 2014
2. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 2/44 Why?
3. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 3/44 NSA/GCHQ/BND/etc.
4. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 4/44 Tracker
5. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 5/44 Your data is your data
6. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 6/44 How?
7. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 10/44 tl;dr Do not trust anyone Seperate different activities Use non-NSA-infiltrated software Do not be lazy; the extra effort is worth it.
8. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 11/44 That was too short…
9. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 12/44 General behaviour
10. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 13/44 General behaviour Do not use social networks, or use a different browser
11. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 14/44 General behaviour Do not enter private data unless really required
12. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 15/44 General behaviour Seperate Browsers/Profiles for different activities
13. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 16/44 General behaviour Never use the same connection (VPN/Proxy) for private activities, reading news and research
14. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 17/44 General behaviour Use fake identities
15. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 18/44 General behaviour Never trust anyone (not even your own computer)
16. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 23/44 General behaviour Use Free/Libre Open Source Software Web browsers: Firefox, Midori Mail clients: Thunderbird, Claws Mail, Kontact/Kmail Chat clients: Pidgin, Gajim, HexChat, Mumble Operating System: Debian, Parabola, Tails, FreeBSD
17. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 24/44 Browser settings and addons
18. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 25/44 Disable tracking and history
19. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 26/44 Pretend a wrong IP
20. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 27/44 Fake User Agent
21. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 28/44 Disable Java
22. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 29/44 Doing research
23. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 33/44 Use alternate search engines
24. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 34/44 Use TOR
25. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 35/44 Use a VPN
26. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 36/44 But remember: Do not trust anyone!
27. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 37/44 Anonymous EMail
28. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 38/44 Use GnuPG/PGP
29. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 42/44 Use an alternate mail provider
30. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 43/44 Always remember the basic rule
31. “Surfing anonymously” by Malte Bublitz 44/44