In article <g2h45alpmhutstfp1d1ikhcgno82vb9jpd@4ax.com>
Mr. 2 Cents <noname@noname.invalid> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:49:02 -0400 (EDT), John Kennerson <nobody@isis.cpunk.us>
> wrote:
>
> >Has anybody got a book on how to post binaries to USENET
> >anonymously?
> >
> >I see loads of binaries getting posted and I think the posters
> >can't be tracked. Can anyone point me to a book or something that
> >will show how to do that?
>
> I do not know of a book with such information. You can dig up some decent tips
> through a google search.
>
> Your biggest challenge is to find a Usenet service provider that will allow you
> to subscribe anonymously. Specifically, your payment method must be anonymous,
> e.g. money order, western union,etc.
>
> Next, you must find a trustworthy VPN service which will obscure your real IP
> address while at the same time allowing you to connect via nntp.
>
> You can never connect to your NSP with your real IP address. Most NSPs will
> keep logs of the IP address you connect from and they will just roll over when
> they get a subpoena. The NSP's have no desire to spend money or put themselves
> in jeopardy to protect a user.
>
> Next, you must be sure you always use TLS cipher for your connections and
> transfers so as to obscure the content of your traffic from your ISP.
>
> The process is very complex and if you make one mistake, one time, you will be
> in jeopardy. If you are occasionally posting copyrighted material, you will be
> less of a target than if you are posting high profile illegal material such as
> child pornography. In the case of kiddie porn, not only will the authorities of
> many countries work at hunting you down, but other Usenet users will do what
> they can to locate and identify you, as they should.
>
> Remember, you have to trust too many people for this to be foolproof. You need
> to trust your security cipher (sslv3 was just proved to be defective), you need
> to trust your ISP, good luck with that. You need to REALLY trust your VPN to not
> keep logs, good luck with that too. You need to trust your NSP, for the most
> part they are the scum of the Earth. You need to trust your own technical
> competency to ensure there is no identifying information embedded in anything
> you post, this goes way beyond exif metadata and lastly you need to be perfect
> and never make a mistake in the process.
>
> Ask yourself, "Can I afford to get caught? Can I afford at least $100,000 in
> legal fees? Can I afford to do time in a Federal Penitentiary or the non-US
> equivalent?"
Thanks for the advice. I am not trying to post copyrighted
material. I am intending to post evidence of criminal wrongdoing -
and remain alive after I have done so. There are challenges to this.
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