What do you do to ensure that your secure on the internet?
Personally I use Adblock Plus, Do Not Track Plus, Ghostery and ScriptNo coupled with Google Chrome to ensure that no one can track me. So, what precautions do you take as you browse the internet?
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Personally, I am in nearly no fear of internet, I don't sign up often, I visit trusted sites mostly, the majority being YouTube, MCForum, and occasionally Twitter.
I have no AdBlock nor security other than what is provided by system defaults. I welcome all viruses, gives me something to do. It also gives me personal experience with how I get them, and how to stop them and fix them. I loved my Vista for this. I got viruses up the Yin Yang. I loved it, despite what you may say, it gave me a lot of experience in the virus field.
Personally, I am in nearly no fear of internet, I don't sign up often, I visit trusted sites mostly, the majority being YouTube, MCForum, and occasionally Twitter.
I have no AdBlock nor security other than what is provided by system defaults. I welcome all viruses, gives me something to do. It also gives me personal experience with how I get them, and how to stop them and fix them. I loved my Vista for this. I got viruses up the Yin Yang. I loved it, despite what you may say, it gave me a lot of experience in the virus field.
you know.... there are far easier and better ways to learn about IT security..
for instance, get a proper router, some knowledge about man in the middle attacks and some VM's and have a whole week of fun...
on the other hand, I am not really that paranoid regarding security on a personal basis. Company wise i think Security should be important, although usability should be compromised as little as possible.
Honestly when I read his post the first thing that came to my mind was:
So.. wait.. you're like.. a doctor, that learns to treat patients by hurting himself then fixing it?
I don't know there just seems to be more productive ways to learn then to pull out an axe and hack into your arm a few times to learn how to treat severe bleeding.
I use the best system available to keep myself virus free: Common Sense® (and Avast! for in case some douche puts something on one of my trusted sites like has happened before (i.e. here)).
In Windows, I avoid shady sites that sound too good to be true. For those sites I use Linux. Linux gets hosed? Boo hoo and reinstall. I keep all of my... "important" data in a properly secured partition so viruseses can't execute even if they manage to get there. Which is unlikely because really who writes viricies for Linux?
In Windows, I avoid shady sites that sound too good to be true. For those sites I use Linux. Linux gets hosed? Boo hoo and reinstall. I keep all of my... "important" data in a properly secured partition so viruseses can't execute even if they manage to get there. Which is unlikely because really who writes viricies for Linux?
Oh you poor, poor, poor naive fool.
Linux's malware pool is growing exponentially, almost as fast as the OSX malware pool.
What do you do to ensure that your secure on the internet?
Personally I use Adblock Plus, Do Not Track Plus, Ghostery and ScriptNo coupled with Google Chrome to ensure that no one can track me. So, what precautions do you take as you browse the internet?
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” — Albert Einstein
"Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig." — Robert Heinlein
Which is why I don't keep anything I don't want to lose on an OS I use solely for visiting shady sites.
On top of that, I'm not too worried about getting Linux virii because 1: there still aren't enough out there to statistically worry about on the sites I need to use Linux to visit "safely" and 2: If I do get a Linux virus I'll just reinstall. I don't have anything particularly customized about my install so I'm not worried about losing settings.
Really the only OS I have to worry about is my Windows install, and that's the one where I use Common Sense® the most.
Dangit I'm running out of fake pluralizations of virus...
uhm.. you do know a lot of servers run either Linux or a UNIX variant like BSD right?
Yes, and we're talking about viruses, which are not exactly designed to infiltrate corporate systems they're designed to spy on or rip off or just destroy the computers of home users.
Linux for servers holds something like a 2/3 market share, and it has sub 5% for desktops. Why would anyone write viruses for corporate servers? That actually can be hard.
Which is why I don't keep anything I don't want to lose on an OS I use solely for visiting shady sites.
On top of that, I'm not too worried about getting Linux virii because 1: there still aren't enough out there to statistically worry about on the sites I need to use Linux to visit "safely" and 2: If I do get a Linux virus I'll just reinstall. I don't have anything particularly customized about my install so I'm not worried about losing settings.
Really the only OS I have to worry about is my Windows install, and that's the one where I use Common Sense® the most.
Dangit I'm running out of fake pluralizations of virus...
You really are naive.
Keep taking your placebo pills. I'm sure they are working.
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” — Albert Einstein
"Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig." — Robert Heinlein
I don't really care about internet privacy. Its not like I'm giving ever site I go to my CC.
He is my paranoid loadout:
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Tor
Chrome Incognito
Adblock
hitmanPro
AVG
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Tor is also useful when your up to no good ;).
I don't really care about internet privacy. Its not like I'm giving ever site I go to my CC.
He is my paranoid loadout:
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Tor
Chrome Incognito
Adblock
hitmanPro
AVG
----------------------
Tor is also useful when your up to no good .
TOR is also horribly insecure and was developed by the NSA, including having backdoors.
ClientID was taken out a long time ago (so long ago I feel stupid telling you), due to obvious uproar. And of course your little smarmy table corroborates that; half of the citation's sources are from 2008, and I count but one that's from 2012.
It was stripped out in a software update roughly two years ago. However, past offenses are important to take note of when commenting on the security and privacy features a browser has.
Needless to say, Google Chrome's privacy (or lack thereof) has been much improved since its inception, and that table is all but obsolete; and needless to say, dig a little deeper next time before you decide to quote Wikipedia.
Yes, it has improved. It's still not very good, and quite certainly not a shining example of privacy protection.
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” — Albert Einstein
"Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig." — Robert Heinlein
Please learn how things work before calling it "secure".
Of course I realize it can be traced. Although, its a lot of trouble to trace it back to me. If you are running the browser which Vidalia provides, you won't have a problem with "unique browser fingerprints."
Also, I never said "tor is secure" in any shape, way, or form.
Personally I use Adblock Plus, Do Not Track Plus, Ghostery and ScriptNo coupled with Google Chrome to ensure that no one can track me. So, what precautions do you take as you browse the internet?
I have no AdBlock nor security other than what is provided by system defaults. I welcome all viruses, gives me something to do. It also gives me personal experience with how I get them, and how to stop them and fix them. I loved my Vista for this. I got viruses up the Yin Yang. I loved it, despite what you may say, it gave me a lot of experience in the virus field.
Why d-......
You know you.......
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+1?
I am so confused.
Honestly when I read his post the first thing that came to my mind was:
So.. wait.. you're like.. a doctor, that learns to treat patients by hurting himself then fixing it?
I don't know there just seems to be more productive ways to learn then to pull out an axe and hack into your arm a few times to learn how to treat severe bleeding.
In Windows, I avoid shady sites that sound too good to be true. For those sites I use Linux. Linux gets hosed? Boo hoo and reinstall. I keep all of my... "important" data in a properly secured partition so viruseses can't execute even if they manage to get there. Which is unlikely because really who writes viricies for Linux?
Linux's malware pool is growing exponentially, almost as fast as the OSX malware pool.
Larger install base/market share = more malware.
You just made all your other precautions useless.
"Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig." — Robert Heinlein
So it went from 2 vira to 4?
Which is why I don't keep anything I don't want to lose on an OS I use solely for visiting shady sites.
On top of that, I'm not too worried about getting Linux virii because 1: there still aren't enough out there to statistically worry about on the sites I need to use Linux to visit "safely" and 2: If I do get a Linux virus I'll just reinstall. I don't have anything particularly customized about my install so I'm not worried about losing settings.
Really the only OS I have to worry about is my Windows install, and that's the one where I use Common Sense® the most.
Dangit I'm running out of fake pluralizations of virus...
Nobody writes viruses for something that is a microscopic part of what the market uses.
Yes, and we're talking about viruses, which are not exactly designed to infiltrate corporate systems they're designed to spy on or rip off or just destroy the computers of home users.
Linux for servers holds something like a 2/3 market share, and it has sub 5% for desktops. Why would anyone write viruses for corporate servers? That actually can be hard.
Some dude's random computer that will get angry about it, or spend money, and is a thousand times easier to crack?
Keep taking your placebo pills. I'm sure they are working. Then we dive into the problem, are people saying virus as in virus, or viruses as in malware?
People use both terms for both.
Uhm, no.
"Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig." — Robert Heinlein
He is my paranoid loadout:
--------------
Tor
Chrome Incognito
Adblock
hitmanPro
AVG
----------------------
Tor is also useful when your up to no good ;).
Food for thought.
It makes me look different than the true me, good enough for me.
That can be traced.
And leaves your unique browser fingerprint.
Please learn how things work before calling it "secure".
It was stripped out in a software update roughly two years ago. However, past offenses are important to take note of when commenting on the security and privacy features a browser has.
It exists on all "promotional" campaign sourced installs.
And your point is? 9/10 users won't disable it. It's a feature that's on by default.
Yes, it has improved. It's still not very good, and quite certainly not a shining example of privacy protection.
"Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig." — Robert Heinlein
Of course I realize it can be traced. Although, its a lot of trouble to trace it back to me. If you are running the browser which Vidalia provides, you won't have a problem with "unique browser fingerprints."
Also, I never said "tor is secure" in any shape, way, or form.