I was reading a reddit post with a link to this article.
If this goes through, which the article says it will unless something is done, what can we do to increase our OPSEC?
Implications/Updating OPSEC in regards to new rule 41 law, starting Dec 1st
I was reading a reddit post with a link to this article.
If this goes through, which the article says it will unless something is done, what can we do to increase our OPSEC?
[11 Points] sapiophile:
[5 Points] acideath:
Seems to me like hiding nothing should become a game. Aside from using tails when genuinely hiding stuff, using tor and vpns etc to hide yourself sending a happy birthday message on FB to a friend or checking what the weather is doing that day seems like a great way to waste resources and time. Just need millions of people to do the same which will be the hard bit. Because we all know most people have nothing to hide so they have nothing to fear, so they simply do not care.
[3 Points] ChaoticVegan:
Doesn't this just affect how easy it is to get warrants for stuff? I wouldn't assume that they wait for those now.
[3 Points] InTheDitch:
THIS is exactly why we all should be stocking up and re evaluating our opsec to the fullest ASAP. Better to be safe than sorry and get caught with your pants down.
[2 Points] TheLastCig:
Oh fuck.
[2 Points] NotoriousOnDeck:
Um yes please any idea on OPSEC for this rule 41? Tails USB only?
[2 Points] None:
Life will find a way. We have the collective force of millions of people who want nothing more in the world than to keep the flow going
[1 Points] Hes_a_Goodboy:
We don't know yet. From some of the posts I'm leaning towards the hardware backdoors being used finally. Depending on how deep that goes that could render PGP obsolete (at least how I see it.). If that happens its going to be a wrap unless we can figure out away around it. Someone said intel didn't start doing it until 90's or something like that. Maybe we will experience an OPsec post appocolypse mad-max era were we are using 2400 bps modems and calling private BBS's.
We really wont know until the first round of people are arrested and the evidence comes out.
[1 Points] VibinInTheDNMs:
So are we all already fucked if we've used Tor on our computer without tails or accessed Tor on our home network or will they only be able to obtain a warrant for those who use it after (if) this happens? I really only use Tor on my computer without tails to upload review photos.
I'm a paranoid fucker so anyone wanna link or write a guide on everything we should do to prevent or limit this from potentially fucking us? (I know they'll target big fish and most likely won't target us personal users or small time resellers but I don't like the idea of the gov. being able to fuck me at a time of their choosing. Help me fill my ass with cement so they can't come bend me over when they feel like it.)
[1 Points] xeslana123:
Does this affect EU countries?
[1 Points] polkmn2:
The US government already does things like this.. this is only a push to make what they do more on the legal side of things. Look up Equation Group for instance, it was basically formed to do the stuff that the NSA can and want to do but are not actually allowed to do.
If you are actually concerned about this, route all of your traffic with a powerful encryption method through a VPN service's server that does not keep logs or cooperate with any official warrants. For all of you DNM consumers out there, please do not worry. At this current point, the US government only cares about the vendors flooding our country with drugs. They don't give two shits about going after the people getting a few pills in the mail (as of now, but they could in the future if more money is put aside for it. Their budget has more than tripled this year for this sort of stuff thanks to dumb asses like Quantik/Alpraking taunting the government and then getting raped by them).
[1 Points] None:
Does that apply to the whole world or just America?
[1 Points] Vital_Error:
I honestly think there is a chance that if you use privacy systems already, you may be logged on a NSA list or two. That being said, I do believe that we should all continue to use VPN's and to shield our Tor usage as much as possible. We should continue to hide our online activity (malicious or mundane) and make it harder for them to net any real fish.
It's not good, for sure. I'm actually decently concerned about it.
The most plausible threat is what we've already seen, like with the Freedom Hosting and PlayPen busts - hacking of destination websites to deliver drive-by malware through Tor Browser. These could be darknet .onion sites, but could also be clearnet sites, and may not even need to be hacked - they could, potentially, get a court order to compel Reddit, for instance, to deliver such malware to targeted users (or even non-targeted users - just everyone from a Tor exit or a known VPN host).
Definitely keep your software up to date.
Definitely keep Tor Browser's Security Slider at "High" (although if you whitelist Reddit to use the site, you will not be protected from the last kind of threat I mentioned - potentially).
Using malware-resistant systems may really become important, but we won't know that, possibly ever but at least not for a long while. Tails is "okay" in this regard, but not great - Qubes-Whonix with disposable workstation VMs is a pretty good option for those who need good security, but it's difficult to set up and manage and has annoying hardware requirements.
The good news is that they're not likely to tip their hand by actually acting on most of the intel they get in such ways - they don't want to scare targets away from vulnerable systems and malicious sites. In that regard these kinds of threats are mostly only for the biggest of fish, and the rest of us are "theoretically," "basically" "safe" - although possibly still compromised. So that might exclude the drug trade altogether, for now, except maybe market admins. Big fish in this scene, though, should probably step up their game a good bit. There are vendors using Windows, OSX, Android, Linux Mint... those people need to stop that.
Between this, the new UK snooper's charter, and Donald Trump's open hostility to internet privacy, the internet may get a lot less free really fast. We're about to find out.
Strange times. Don't forget to fight.