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Subject: Re: How to post binaries anonymously?
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On Fri, 31 Oct 2014 01:35:53 +0000, Mr. 2 Cents
<noname@noname.invalid> wrote:
>On Thu, 30 Oct 2014 19:39:47 -0400 (EDT), John Kennerson <nobody@isis.cpunk.us>
>wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>Posting such a thing to Usenet does not seem like a very direct or effective way
>to communicate with law enforcement.
I agree. Why not contact the media? Your local news station might be
interested if it will bring them up in the ratings.
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