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brief [2014/04/15 21:52] – [HTTPS Everywhere] 127.0.0.1universal [2020/08/22 01:17] – old revision restored (2014/10/20 14:47) 127.0.0.1
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   * [[https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere|HTTPS Everywhere]] has a big list of websites that support encrypted connections, and whenever you connect to them silently switches to the encrypted variant. That little "s" in the URL is what it is about   * [[https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere|HTTPS Everywhere]] has a big list of websites that support encrypted connections, and whenever you connect to them silently switches to the encrypted variant. That little "s" in the URL is what it is about
-   * Useful companion: [[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/https-finder/|HTTPS Finder]] is another Firefox addon that tries HTTPS for sites that are not already listed in the HTTPS Everywhere addon. 
- 
-Note HTTPS Finder has been removed from the author. 
 ==== Block Advertising ==== ==== Block Advertising ====
  
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   * In **Chrome** go to settings->Manage Search Engines and add a search engine (example url: https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=%s). For startpage go here: https://startpage.com/eng/download-startpage-plugin.html     * In **Chrome** go to settings->Manage Search Engines and add a search engine (example url: https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=%s). For startpage go here: https://startpage.com/eng/download-startpage-plugin.html  
-  * In **Firefox** you can do the same for startpage but might have problems with encrypted.google in recent versions of firefox. <del>Enter //about:config// in the addressbar and search for //keyword.URL// if it exists enter https://encrypted.google.com/search?q= to change the search engine of the address bar.</del> (keyword.URL has been removed) Go to the page you intend to make your search engine and select the logo to the right of your search bar (top right), and select Add "[searchEngineName]" to change search engines.+  * In **Firefox** you can do the same for startpage but might have problems with encrypted.google in recent versions of firefox. Go to the page you intend to make your search engine and select the logo to the right of your search bar (top right), and select Add "[searchEngineName]" to change search engines.
 ===== General Tips ===== ===== General Tips =====
  
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   * Opt out from various tracking advertising firms using http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ & http://www.aboutads.info/choices/   * Opt out from various tracking advertising firms using http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ & http://www.aboutads.info/choices/
   * Check the privacy settings of applications that you use   * Check the privacy settings of applications that you use
 +  * If you use Windows do a File System Check once in a while by entering "sfc /scannow" into the console
   * Disable all Plugins in your Browser or set them to "Ask to Activate" (in Firefox)   * Disable all Plugins in your Browser or set them to "Ask to Activate" (in Firefox)
   * Don't use a password across multiple sites or the same as the one you use to encrypt ie your hard drive. Also don't google it or anything alike. [[http://www.cryptoparty.in/documentation/password|More tips on good passwords]]   * Don't use a password across multiple sites or the same as the one you use to encrypt ie your hard drive. Also don't google it or anything alike. [[http://www.cryptoparty.in/documentation/password|More tips on good passwords]]
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   * Get SSL. First follow these instructions for [[https://github.com/ioerror/duraconf/blob/master/startssl/README.markdown|getting the certificate]] then install it as in the appropiate tutorial [[https://www.globalsign.com/support/installcert.php|here]]. Secure Sockets Layer provides an encrypted connection between the client and the server/certificate holder.   * Get SSL. First follow these instructions for [[https://github.com/ioerror/duraconf/blob/master/startssl/README.markdown|getting the certificate]] then install it as in the appropiate tutorial [[https://www.globalsign.com/support/installcert.php|here]]. Secure Sockets Layer provides an encrypted connection between the client and the server/certificate holder.
  
-FIXME+======Closing Unused Ports (debian)====== 
 +**Check open ports.** 
 + 
 +From the command line, you can see your open ports by typing: 
 +        su 
 +        netstat -anltp | grep "LISTEN" 
 + 
 +Must should be none, i.e no reply. 
 + 
 +**Remove services, which open ports.** 
 + 
 +        su 
 +        apt-get remove dovecot-core openbsd-inetd bind9 samba cups apache2 postgres*  
 +        apt-get remove exim4 exim4-daemon-light rpcbind openssh-server apache2.2-bin 
 +        apt-get autoremove 
 + 
 +**Check open ports again.** 
 + 
 +        su 
 +        netstat -anltp | grep "LISTEN" 
 ====== Email ====== ====== Email ======
  
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   * Enter 127.0.0.1 for the host and 9150 for the port   * Enter 127.0.0.1 for the host and 9150 for the port
   * Leave user/pass blank    * Leave user/pass blank 
 +See also: https://help.riseup.net/en/chat/clients/pidgin#tor-with-pidgin-configuration
  
 +=====Securing pidgin on GNU/Linux=====
 +  * For information on how to secure pidgin on GNU/Linux https://help.riseup.net/en/chat/clients/pidgin#securing-pidgin-on-gnulinux
 +  * For information on how to properly install Apparmor: https://wiki.debian.org/AppArmor/HowTo
 ===== Other ===== ===== Other =====
  
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 A darknet is a Internet or private network, where information and content are shared by darknet participants anonymously. A darknet is a Internet or private network, where information and content are shared by darknet participants anonymously.
 +More accurately all of them share being //anonymous overlay networks//.
 ===== Tor Hidden services ===== ===== Tor Hidden services =====
  
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   * And [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvQOU3BA0ng|this one for learning how to upload a torrent]]   * And [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvQOU3BA0ng|this one for learning how to upload a torrent]]
  
 +===== Tribler =====
 +
 +Tribler is an open source peer-to-peer decentralized torrent client with various features for watching, streaming & sharing videos online.
 +
 +//Soon//(!) **[[http://tribler.org/anonymity.html|Tribler]]** will also feature anonymous downloading by including support for a subset of the Tor onion routing protocol (independent from the existing Tor network).
 ===== Frost with Freenet ===== ===== Frost with Freenet =====
 [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/jtcfrost/|Frost]] is a Freenet client that provides newsgroup-like messaging, private encrypted messages, file upload/download functionality and a file sharing system. [[http://sourceforge.net/projects/jtcfrost/|Frost]] is a Freenet client that provides newsgroup-like messaging, private encrypted messages, file upload/download functionality and a file sharing system.
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 Right now, there is no secure way to delete files from flash memory. This includes usb sticks, memory cards and solid state hard disks (SSDs). The only responsible way to prevent theft of data on these media is //[[:brief#disc_encryption|full disk encryption]]//. Right now, there is no secure way to delete files from flash memory. This includes usb sticks, memory cards and solid state hard disks (SSDs). The only responsible way to prevent theft of data on these media is //[[:brief#disc_encryption|full disk encryption]]//.
 ==== Windows ==== ==== Windows ====
-  * [[http://www.dban.org/download|DBAN]] is a self-contained boot disk that automatically deletes the contents of any hard disk that it can detect.\\ This method can help prevent identity theft before recycling a computer. DBAN prevents all known techniques of hard disk forensic analysis. Warning to make this perfectly clear: it will erase //all data on all hard drives// it detects (including external ones)".+  * [[http://www.dban.org/download|DBAN]] is a self-contained boot disk that automatically deletes the contents of any hard disk that it can detect.\\ This method can help prevent identity theft before recycling a computer. DBAN prevents all known techniques of hard disk forensic analysis. Warning to make this perfectly clear: it will erase //all data on all hard drives// it detects (including external ones(**!**))".
  
-  * With [[http://eraser.heidi.ie/download.php|Eraser]] you can securely delete individual files on Windows.   +  * With [[http://eraser.heidi.ie/download.php|Eraser]] you can securely delete individual files on Windows.  
-  * With [[https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner|Ccleaner]] you can do the same for partitions/drives on Windows & Mac.+ 
 +  * With [[https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner|Ccleaner]] you can do the same for partitions, drives as well as seemingly "free space" [which in reality consists of restorable data] on Windows & Mac. For this go to //Tools->Drive Wiper//.
 ==== Linux ==== ==== Linux ====
  
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 ====== iOS ====== ====== iOS ======
 iOS is a proprietary operating system whose source code is not available for auditing by third parties. You should entrust neither your communications nor your data to a closed source device (better use android or any of [[https://prism-break.org/en/subcategories/android-operating-systems/|these alternatives]]). iOS is a proprietary operating system whose source code is not available for auditing by third parties. You should entrust neither your communications nor your data to a closed source device (better use android or any of [[https://prism-break.org/en/subcategories/android-operating-systems/|these alternatives]]).
 +===== Calls =====
 +
 +  * [[https://itunes.apple.com/app/id874139669 | signal]] provides ZRTP / end-to-end encryption for your calls, securing your conversations so that nobody can listen in.
 +  * More information: https://whispersystems.org/blog/signal
 +
 ===== Web Browsing ===== ===== Web Browsing =====
   * [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ghostery/id472789016|Ghostery]] stops third-party sites from tracking you.   * [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ghostery/id472789016|Ghostery]] stops third-party sites from tracking you.
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