Questions tagged [anonymity]
The state of being anonymous. Meaning: not identified by name and not having outstanding, individual, or unusual features that enable identification.
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How to Anonymize Entry Nodes in an Encrypted Traffic System Using Threshold Cryptography?
I'm designing an encrypted traffic system where users can stay anonymous while learning more about networking and security. Anonymity is achieved through layered encryption, where traffic passes ...
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Is SimpleX more secure than Signal? [closed]
SimpleX (whitepaper; audited by Trail of Bits) claims to be The first messenger without user IDs Other apps have user IDs: Signal, Matrix, Session, Briar, Jami, Cwtch, etc. SimpleX does not, not even ...
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How did he find my full real name based on my Steam or FACEIT Profile? [closed]
Yesterday, I was playing a counterstrike game on FACEIT, when all of sudden one of my teammates started bullying me for my bad plays. It was standard trash-talking for a bit, but then all of a sudden, ...
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Since devices in typical house scenario are exposed to ISP, Do anonimous OS (tails/kodachi/etc) require a different scenario to keep anonymity?
Researching on this topic I found the answer of Conor Mancone for a similar question about whether Can an ISP detect or log specific devices connected to ISP-provided home routers?, which answer was ...
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Are passkeys anonymous?
I was considering using passkeys as a 1FA. I wanted users to login/register without email or password and without logging their IP. But being anonymous would probably bring very bad things to any site....
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Is hardware linked between different operating systems installed in same computer?
I know the safest bet If I want to remain anonymous is having 2 separate computers, but I was curious if having 2 OS in different hard drives (both encrypted) but on same computer the same? Is the ...
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I'd like to upload photos anonymously
my goal is to upload photos such that I preserve anonymity (not so concerned about WHAT is being uploaded, but trying to conceal WHO is doing so). I came up with the idea of taking a screenshot of the ...
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Impact of Deep Learning Based Flow Correlation on Tor
It's been known ever since Tor existed that flow correlation attacks can break Tor's anonymity, but whereas in the past flow correlation attacks had a false positive rate far too high to be useful ...
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Is Tor over VPN a security risk?
In his talk about OPSEC, The Grugq stresses that you first have to go through TOR before connecting to a VPN. Otherwise, the VPN would be a direct link from the endpoint to you. He summarizes: TOR ...
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Staying anonymous while using BurpSuite
While testing any site using BurpSuite, if we send any request it will use BurpSuite HTTP "Proxying through BurpSuite" but still we are not fully anonymous, it will still use our original ...
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Anonymous unasked bounty hunter wants bounty for found issues
A bounty hunter reached out to us to give us information about a security vulnerability in our company's information systems. In our estimation, the risk of exploitation for this vulnerability is ...
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proxy anonymity level, what is the tehnical difference ? (specific example from hide my name)
By using hidemy name I can check for a proxy if it is up or down, and also check the anonymity level using the app. A sample result looks like this: IP address Port Country, City Speed ...
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Authentication on public availble Restful API
We are using an API from a third party for managing content which is secured by an API key which does not change over time. Now we are building our own API to support part of that functionality. So ...
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How to configure VPN to get maximum anonymity from my ISP?
If my main intention is to hide whatever I do on the internet from my ISP, then which VPN connection should I use; TCP or UDP? Or if I need to do anything more for that purpose please tell me. Also ...
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How to make the website owner anonymous? [duplicate]
Buying an international web domain (so there is no national law to expose its details beyond the domain registrar) Not putting any personal and family name in the website What else?
