Safety & Security Saturday!

The DNMs can be a scary and dangerous place if you don't know what you're doing. Use this thread to ask questions or give advice on harm reduction & OPSEC!


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[2 Points] youngdumbbroke:

If I use a VPN while burning my house, do I still need to fly to Belize?


[2 Points] OutOf_Towner420:

Hey /r/DNMs!

TL;DR: DNM Bible is literally a Bible.. Shit is 110% Legit, thank you too the author(s). Set up everything with almost no trouble shooting, and 95% of my questions & concerns where answered in the DNM Bible.

First time poster here, just finished setting up every aspect of my digital OpSec! Been researching and gathering info the last couple months, and have especially found the DNM Bible helpful. Almost every single question I had was answered in there, I've probably read through it 6 or 7 times haha.

Anyways... Got Tails downloaded no problem at all really. Had to get into my computers BIOS screen and mess with some settings to get Tails to load properly. Didn't take but three tries before I was loading into my new Amnesiac OS! From there the Persistent Volume was a breeze.... as was setting up my KeePassX DataBase, PGP Key Pair, Electrum Wallet #2 (Wallet #1 is the one on my windows OS), Elude Email Account, Trade Route Account, TR Forum Account, and of course my Reddit account for /r/DNMs!

Set up my profile on Trade Route, and enabled 2FA after I entered my PGP Public Key info. Logging into Trade Route with 2FA enabled is a good way to get the hang of decrypting PGP messages in my opinion. It's actually pretty fun haha. Again I gotta thank the DNM Bible for emphasizing certain nuances of browsing anonomously, like the fact I have to switch my TOR Security Settings to High every time I open Tor up... Or what preferenes to select to safely browse / post on Reddit. Been browsing TR and will be placing a order in a week or so, want to be completely familiar with everything before I take the plunge!

Anyways... only other thing I could think to do to increase my OpSec would be to reset the Hard Drive of the computer that I used to set up my Tails USB and did my research on... I did use a VPN on a browser I dont use for research. But if reset, I'd have a completely clean computer, and a perfectly set up Tails USB. (I also have a backup USB I set up today). Let me know your thoughts on my OpSec, or OpSec in general! I am excited to be apart of the community now!


[1 Points] ForLol_Serious:

How would someone put a virus into someones tor update when updating using the automatic update?


[1 Points] Philliesman9:

Is there a certain vpn to get or one that is the best? for US user


[1 Points] In-nox:

Why does Dream Market place in the .css and html have a div tag named youvebeenPhiished, all the Onion links have this .div. Two of the mirrors have a jquery script that looks really suspicious too.


[1 Points] earthmoonsun:

Interesting arcticle from NSALeaks sub about Tor and spy agencies efforts to break anonymity:

https://www.reddit.com/r/NSALeaks/comments/70eyke/secret_documents_reveal_german_foreign_spy_agency/


[0 Points] MandyThatGirl:

It's Safety and Security Saturday.......Lets get Fucked up! <Mandylicious weekend :D