I might consider dropping your Gmail account for starters...but, here are some relatively local folks (Seattle) who might have some interesting stuff for you: https://help.riseup.net/en
On 12/31/2015 09:38 PM, Mike C. wrote: > For the purposes of safety, security and anonymity I was thinking of > going to a VPN (I've already heard that ToR was hacked). > Currently I'm on Ubuntu Unity 14.04 LTS. It was a bit of a headache to set > up but seems to be working now and I have a firewall up. > I know that using Linux/Unix/CentOS/etc. flags me to the NSA/FBI anyway > (I'm old enough to remember the NSA line code in a > Windows version) but I want to raise the bar to anyone curious, packet > sniffers, amateurs, etc. go elsewhere. I actually have my wireless router > on a power strip so that I can power it on/off as needed and, randomly, to > confuse and/or frustrate anyone trying to hack or use my router > as well. > > Any ideas on VPN would be appreciated. > > To the best of my knowledge, and I'm by no means an expert on the subject, > the closest thing I know of to a "Internet VPN" is I2P. > https://geti2p.net/en/ > > At the Operating System level, Tails is far and away the most secure OS I > know of. But don't just take my word for it, Mr. Snow... can personally > attest to it too. https://tails.boum.org/ > > And of course there's PGP for email or email service such as riseup.net. > Duckduckgo instead of Google. > > But then of course, there's cell phones, social media, Library, paper mail, > credit cards, permanent physical address, social security #, gov't ID. > Corporations probably have as much or more personal info on you than any of > the 3 letter gov't agencies. > > I wish I could recall the talk I saw on Youtube at Google with one of the key > Internet founders/inventors who talked about a P2P decentralized Internet as > in no centralized sites/databases. A very fascinating that I hope becomes > reality some day, soon... > > Cheers!, > > --Mike > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
