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2025-06-09T15:50:58Z

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	You should never use your [[real life]] e-mail address in boylove contexts, like forums, as this will make you very easy to identify, the most common trick used to locate people consists in entering an email address or nick in a search engine, find that person's post in other forums or sites and follow the dots.		You should never use your [[real life]] e-mail address in boylove contexts, like forums, as this will make you very easy to identify, the most common trick used to locate people consists in entering an email address or nick in a search engine, find that person's post in other forums or sites and follow the dots.

	There are numerous free mail offerings available, but the major providers scan your emails, they will give away your [[IP address]] to any repressive government and even have a NSA backdoor. If you care about privacy when signing up for a new email address use a [[VPN]], when you send an email your real computer IP is attached to the email header, if you use a VPN when sending email it will be VPN IP server displayed instead of your real IP, or you can sign up with an email service focused on privacy like ~~Protonmail~~ or ~~Tutanota~~.		There are numerous free mail offerings available, but the major providers scan your emails, they will give away your IP address to any repressive government and even have a NSA backdoor. If you care about privacy when signing up for a new email address use a [[VPN]], when you send an email your real computer IP is attached to the email header, if you use a VPN when sending email it will be VPN IP server displayed instead of your real IP, or you can sign up with an email service focused on privacy like ProtonMail or Tuta.

	The best privacy is the one that depends on you and not others, if you are comfortable with computers and software, look into setting up OpenPGP to [[encrypt]] your e-mail in transit and protect against forgery. You can also look into anonymous e-mail providers hosted on Tor. These tools offer very good anonymity, effectively making it impossible to trace the e-mails you send back to you, but they have a steep learning curve, another problem is that messages sent through an anonymous IP often end up in the spam folder.		The best privacy is the one that depends on you and not others, if you are comfortable with computers and software, look into setting up OpenPGP to [[encrypt]] your e-mail in transit and protect against forgery. You can also look into anonymous e-mail providers hosted on Tor. These tools offer very good anonymity, effectively making it impossible to trace the e-mails you send back to you, but they have a steep learning curve, another problem is that messages sent through an anonymous IP often end up in the spam folder.

Eskimo: Updated old Tails link

2025-06-04T11:28:15Z

Updated old Tails link

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	* [https://www.torproject.org/ Tor Project] - Tor project and browser		* [https://www.torproject.org/ Tor Project] - Tor project and browser
	* [https://tails.~~boum.org~~/ Tails] - Linux distribution routing ~~everything~~ through ~~tor~~. It can ~~run~~ as live ~~DVD~~		* [https://tails.net/ Tails] - Security Linux distribution routing traffic through Tor. It can be booted as a live USB.
	* [https://proton.me/ Proton] - Privacy email and VPN provider in Switzerland, free option available.		* [https://proton.me/ Proton] - Privacy email and VPN provider in Switzerland, free option available.

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Eskimo: updated link

2022-10-27T09:39:44Z

updated link

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	* [https://www.torproject.org/ Tor Project] - Tor project and browser		* [https://www.torproject.org/ Tor Project] - Tor project and browser
	* [https://tails.boum.org/ Tails] - Linux distribution routing everything through tor. It can run as live DVD		* [https://tails.boum.org/ Tails] - Linux distribution routing everything through tor. It can run as live DVD
	* [https://~~www~~.~~protonmail.com Protonmail~~] - Privacy email provider in Switzerland, free option available.		* [https://proton.me/ Proton] - Privacy email and VPN provider in Switzerland, free option available.

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2022-03-31T23:43:15Z

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	Another useful application of Tor is web browsing, Tor allows you to browse web content without those who run the server being able to find your real IP address. Some web sites may have blocked requests from Tor, especially for posting, because of abuse, but others like BoyChat allow it, often specifically to allow anonymous use. Bandwidth intensive applications like video streaming or complex websites with lots of graphics can load slow with Tor because in order to make your IP untraceable the network must route traffic through various hoops in different countries and this increases ping rates and slows down the speed at which data is transmitted, it is not recommended that you use Tor to stream long movies but it might work fine for short video clips, speed also depends on the number of Tor servers available and the number of users at the time.		Another useful application of Tor is web browsing, Tor allows you to browse web content without those who run the server being able to find your real IP address. Some web sites may have blocked requests from Tor, especially for posting, because of abuse, but others like BoyChat allow it, often specifically to allow anonymous use. Bandwidth intensive applications like video streaming or complex websites with lots of graphics can load slow with Tor because in order to make your IP untraceable the network must route traffic through various hoops in different countries and this increases ping rates and slows down the speed at which data is transmitted, it is not recommended that you use Tor to stream long movies but it might work fine for short video clips, speed also depends on the number of Tor servers available and the number of users at the time.

	Smartphones and tablets can be configured to browse the Internet with Tor, if you search the marketplace for Tor you will find various browsers to do this but they are not officially supported by the Tor project, the only smartphone app developed by the Tor project is called Orbot. Always remember that ~~even~~ if you lose your smartphone or anybody gets access to it they can find out what websites you have been looking at, encrypt your phone and make sure that nobody gets ~~authorised~~ access while switched on.		Smartphones and tablets can be configured to browse the Internet with Tor, if you search the marketplace for Tor you will find various browsers to do this but they are not officially supported by the Tor project, the only smartphone app developed by the Tor project is called Orbot. Always remember that if you lose your smartphone or anybody gets access to it they can find out what websites you have been looking at, encrypt your phone and make sure that nobody gets unauthorised access while switched on.

	Another necessary security precaution is to always update the software and only run the latest version of Tor, old versions can contain security holes. The safest option is to run Tails, an operating system that routes all data through Tor and blocks any outgoing network connection with your real IP.		Another necessary security precaution is to always update the software and only run the latest version of Tor, old versions can contain security holes. The safest option is to run Tails, an operating system that routes all data through Tor and blocks any outgoing network connection with your real IP.

Eskimo: Outdated remailer information deleted and replaced with updated Tor email information

2022-03-31T23:27:16Z

Outdated remailer information deleted and replaced with updated Tor email information

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	There are numerous free mail offerings available, but the major providers scan your emails, they will give away your [[IP address]] to any repressive government and even have a NSA backdoor. If you care about privacy when signing up for a new email address use a [[VPN]], when you send an email your real computer IP is attached to the email header, if you use a VPN when sending email it will be VPN IP server displayed instead of your real IP, or you can sign up with an email service focused on privacy like Protonmail or Tutanota.		There are numerous free mail offerings available, but the major providers scan your emails, they will give away your [[IP address]] to any repressive government and even have a NSA backdoor. If you care about privacy when signing up for a new email address use a [[VPN]], when you send an email your real computer IP is attached to the email header, if you use a VPN when sending email it will be VPN IP server displayed instead of your real IP, or you can sign up with an email service focused on privacy like Protonmail or Tutanota.

	The best privacy is the one that depends on you and not others, if you are comfortable with computers and software, look into setting up OpenPGP to [[encrypt]] your e-mail in transit and protect against forgery. You can also look into ~~the~~ anonymous ~~remailer systems called Mixmaster and Mixminion~~. These tools offer very good anonymity, effectively making it impossible to trace the e-mails you send back to you, but they have a steep learning curve, another problem is that messages sent through ~~remailers~~ often end up in the spam folder because they were sent using relays and hiding your IP, a third problem is that to avoid time based attacks, good remailers do not send emails automatically, they hold them for some time, it can take a few days or hours for the email to be delivered.		The best privacy is the one that depends on you and not others, if you are comfortable with computers and software, look into setting up OpenPGP to [[encrypt]] your e-mail in transit and protect against forgery. You can also look into anonymous e-mail providers hosted on Tor. These tools offer very good anonymity, effectively making it impossible to trace the e-mails you send back to you, but they have a steep learning curve, another problem is that messages sent through an anonymous IP often end up in the spam folder.

	=== Tor ===		=== Tor ===

Eskimo: Erased Jabber tutorial dead link

2020-08-03T01:38:33Z

Erased Jabber tutorial dead link

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	* [https://www.torproject.org/ Tor Project] - Tor project and browser		* [https://www.torproject.org/ Tor Project] - Tor project and browser
	* [https://tails.boum.org/ Tails] - Linux distribution routing everything through tor. It can run as live DVD		* [https://tails.boum.org/ Tails] - Linux distribution routing everything through tor. It can run as live DVD
	* [https://www.calyxinstitute.org/education/how-to-using-jabber.calyxinstitute.org-server-via-its-tor-hidden-service-with-pidgin-and-off-the-record Using Jabber via Tor with Pidgin] - Tutorial to configure Jabber instant messenger for anonymous chat
	* [https://www.protonmail.com Protonmail] - Privacy email provider in Switzerland, free option available.		* [https://www.protonmail.com Protonmail] - Privacy email provider in Switzerland, free option available.

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	[[Category:Technology]]		[[Category:Technology]]

Eskimo: Replaced tutanota with link to Jabber

2019-05-12T20:35:46Z

Replaced tutanota with link to Jabber

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	* [https://www.torproject.org/ Tor Project] - Tor project and browser		* [https://www.torproject.org/ Tor Project] - Tor project and browser
	* [https://tails.boum.org/ Tails] - Linux distribution routing everything through tor. It can run as live DVD.		* [https://tails.boum.org/ Tails] - Linux distribution routing everything through tor. It can run as live DVD
	* [https://www.~~tutanota~~.~~com~~/ ~~Tutanota~~] - ~~Encrypted email provider from Germany, free option available.~~		* [https://www.calyxinstitute.org/education/how-to-using-jabber.calyxinstitute.org-server-via-its-tor-hidden-service-with-pidgin-and-off-the-record Using Jabber via Tor with Pidgin] - Tutorial to configure Jabber instant messenger for anonymous chat
	* [https://www.protonmail.com Protonmail] - Privacy email provider in Switzerland, free option available.		* [https://www.protonmail.com Protonmail] - Privacy email provider in Switzerland, free option available.

	[[Category:Community]]		[[Category:Community]]
	[[Category:Technology]]		[[Category:Technology]]

Eskimo: expanded Tor explanation with smartphone paragraph

2019-05-12T19:47:10Z

expanded Tor explanation with smartphone paragraph

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	=== Tor ===		=== Tor ===

	Tor, [[Tor_(The_Onion_Router)\|The Onion Router]] is a program sponsored by the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] that will hide your ~~computer~~ IP. You can connect to this proxy with many kinds of networking applications to make your communications ~~very~~ hard to trace back to you. Tor it is most often used to browse the Internet anonymously, but it can also be used to route instant messaging traffic.		Tor, [[Tor_(The_Onion_Router)\|The Onion Router]] is a program sponsored by the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] that will hide your real IP. You can connect to this proxy with many kinds of networking applications to make your communications extremely hard to trace back to you. Tor it is most often used to browse the Internet anonymously but it can also be used to route instant messaging traffic.

	Tor can be configured in combination with [[IRC]] chat clients such as ~~mIRC or~~ X-Chat. ~~IRC~~ has traditionally been problematic with regards to anonymity because ~~any other IRC user can see which~~ IP ~~address you connect from. When connecting through Tor~~, ~~you are assigned one of several hundred Tor IP addresses at random, hiding your actual address, unfortunately due~~ to ~~abuse~~ and ~~spam Tor proxies are banned in all major networks~~.		Tor can be configured in combination with [[IRC]] chat clients such as X-Chat or with Jabber instant messenger clients such as Pidgin. Instant Messaging has traditionally been problematic with regards to anonymity because it relies on a central server that logs your real IP, sometimes visible to other users and others times only visible to the server administrator, it will depend on the network.

	~~Another useful application~~ of Tor ~~is web browsing~~, ~~Tor allows you to browse web content without those who run the server being able to find~~ your ~~real IP~~ address~~. Some web sites may have blocked requests from Tor~~, ~~especially for posting, because of~~ abuse~~, but others like BoyChat allow it, often specifically to allow anonymous~~ use~~. Bandwidth intensive applications like video streaming~~ or ~~complex websites with lots of graphics can load slow~~ with Tor ~~because in order~~ to ~~make your IP untraceable the network has to route traffic through many hoops and this increases ping rates and slows down the speed at~~ which ~~data~~ is ~~transmitted, it is not recommended that you~~ use Tor ~~to stream long movies but it might work fine for short video clips, speed also depends on the number of servers available and the number of users~~.		When connecting through Tor, you are assigned one of several hundred Tor IP addresses at random, hiding your actual address, unfortunately due to abuse and spam Tor proxies are banned in all major IRC networks and some XMPP servers. To use a chat client or instant messenger with Tor it will have to be manually configured unless you run Tails, which is already set up to use Pidgin through Tor.

	~~You should always~~ make ~~sure~~ that you have the latest version of Tor ~~installed or risk running a version that has~~ security holes ~~that can be exploited~~. The safest option is to run Tails, an operating system that routes all data through Tor and blocks any outgoing network connection with your real IP.		Another useful application of Tor is web browsing, Tor allows you to browse web content without those who run the server being able to find your real IP address. Some web sites may have blocked requests from Tor, especially for posting, because of abuse, but others like BoyChat allow it, often specifically to allow anonymous use. Bandwidth intensive applications like video streaming or complex websites with lots of graphics can load slow with Tor because in order to make your IP untraceable the network must route traffic through various hoops in different countries and this increases ping rates and slows down the speed at which data is transmitted, it is not recommended that you use Tor to stream long movies but it might work fine for short video clips, speed also depends on the number of Tor servers available and the number of users at the time.

			Smartphones and tablets can be configured to browse the Internet with Tor, if you search the marketplace for Tor you will find various browsers to do this but they are not officially supported by the Tor project, the only smartphone app developed by the Tor project is called Orbot. Always remember that even if you lose your smartphone or anybody gets access to it they can find out what websites you have been looking at, encrypt your phone and make sure that nobody gets authorised access while switched on.

			Another necessary security precaution is to always update the software and only run the latest version of Tor, old versions can contain security holes. The safest option is to run Tails, an operating system that routes all data through Tor and blocks any outgoing network connection with your real IP.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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2019-05-12T19:17:54Z

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	=== Tor ===		=== Tor ===

	Tor, [[Tor_(The_Onion_Router)\|The Onion Router]] is a program sponsored by the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] that will hide your computer IP. You can connect to this proxy with many kinds of networking applications to make your communications very hard to trace back to you. Tor it is most often used to ~~browser~~ the Internet anonymously, but it can also be used to route instant messaging traffic.		Tor, [[Tor_(The_Onion_Router)\|The Onion Router]] is a program sponsored by the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] that will hide your computer IP. You can connect to this proxy with many kinds of networking applications to make your communications very hard to trace back to you. Tor it is most often used to browse the Internet anonymously, but it can also be used to route instant messaging traffic.

	Tor ~~is very useful~~ in combination with [[IRC]] chat clients such as mIRC or X-Chat. IRC has traditionally been problematic with regards to anonymity because any other IRC user can see which IP address you connect from. When connecting through Tor, you are assigned one of several hundred Tor IP addresses at random, hiding your actual address, unfortunately due to abuse and spam Tor proxies are banned in ~~many~~ networks. Another useful application of Tor is web browsing, Tor allows you to browse web content without those who run the server being able to find your IP address. Some web sites may have blocked requests from Tor (especially for posting) because of abuse, but others like BoyChat allow it, often specifically to allow anonymous use.		Tor can be configured in combination with [[IRC]] chat clients such as mIRC or X-Chat. IRC has traditionally been problematic with regards to anonymity because any other IRC user can see which IP address you connect from. When connecting through Tor, you are assigned one of several hundred Tor IP addresses at random, hiding your actual address, unfortunately due to abuse and spam Tor proxies are banned in all major networks.

	You should always make sure that you have the latest version of Tor installed or risk running a version that has security holes that can be exploited. ~~Even better if you~~ run Tails, an operating system that routes all data through Tor and blocks any outgoing connection with your real IP.		Another useful application of Tor is web browsing, Tor allows you to browse web content without those who run the server being able to find your real IP address. Some web sites may have blocked requests from Tor, especially for posting, because of abuse, but others like BoyChat allow it, often specifically to allow anonymous use. Bandwidth intensive applications like video streaming or complex websites with lots of graphics can load slow with Tor because in order to make your IP untraceable the network has to route traffic through many hoops and this increases ping rates and slows down the speed at which data is transmitted, it is not recommended that you use Tor to stream long movies but it might work fine for short video clips, speed also depends on the number of servers available and the number of users.

			You should always make sure that you have the latest version of Tor installed or risk running a version that has security holes that can be exploited. The safest option is to run Tails, an operating system that routes all data through Tor and blocks any outgoing network connection with your real IP.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

Eskimo: grammar fixed

2019-05-12T19:00:29Z

grammar fixed

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	There are numerous free mail offerings available, but the major providers scan your emails, they will give away your [[IP address]] to any repressive government and even have a NSA backdoor. If you care about privacy when signing up for a new email address use a [[VPN]], when you send an email your real computer IP is attached to the email header, if you use a VPN when sending email it will be VPN IP server displayed instead of your real IP, or you can sign up with an email service focused on privacy like Protonmail or Tutanota.		There are numerous free mail offerings available, but the major providers scan your emails, they will give away your [[IP address]] to any repressive government and even have a NSA backdoor. If you care about privacy when signing up for a new email address use a [[VPN]], when you send an email your real computer IP is attached to the email header, if you use a VPN when sending email it will be VPN IP server displayed instead of your real IP, or you can sign up with an email service focused on privacy like Protonmail or Tutanota.

	The best privacy is the one that depends on you and not others, if you are comfortable with computers and software, look into setting up OpenPGP to [[encrypt]] your e-mail in transit and protect against forgery. You can also look into the anonymous remailer systems called Mixmaster and Mixminion. These tools offer very good anonymity, effectively making it impossible to trace the e-mails you send back to you, but they have a steep learning curve, another problem is that messages sent through remailers often end up in the spam folder because they were sent using relays and hiding your IP, a third problem is that to avoid time based attacks remailers do not send emails automatically, they hold it for some time, it can take a few days or hours for the email to be delivered.		The best privacy is the one that depends on you and not others, if you are comfortable with computers and software, look into setting up OpenPGP to [[encrypt]] your e-mail in transit and protect against forgery. You can also look into the anonymous remailer systems called Mixmaster and Mixminion. These tools offer very good anonymity, effectively making it impossible to trace the e-mails you send back to you, but they have a steep learning curve, another problem is that messages sent through remailers often end up in the spam folder because they were sent using relays and hiding your IP, a third problem is that to avoid time based attacks, good remailers do not send emails automatically, they hold them for some time, it can take a few days or hours for the email to be delivered.

	=== Tor ===		=== Tor ===