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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: nobodyenduser on September 26, 2013, 09:43 pm

Title: What is the safest way to connect to SR using my home IP
Post by: nobodyenduser on September 26, 2013, 09:43 pm
This is my first post outside of the newbie section and the only thing preventing me from making a purchase is knowing if I should connect from home or should I use another connection.

Some say TAILS is safe enough more than the TBB + VPN from your home IP

I am partially disabled so it isn't easy for me to go to the local Mc'Donalds or Starbucks to use the open wifi

There was a SR tutorial post in this forum but I was unable to access the links

How do you security professionals connect to SR to make purchases? If from home let me know your best method.

TIA
Title: Re: What is the safest way to connect to SR using my home IP
Post by: Bazille on September 26, 2013, 11:45 pm
Simply using the latest version of Tails should be enough if you only purchase small amounts. You should be more conerned about the security/stealthyness of the seller. When his packages smell like a cannabis plantation then that would be a problem.
The connection between you and the Tor entry node is encrypted anyway, so as far as I know they won't even know what you do with Tor. They just see that you use Tor, which is not so unusual these days.

If you want to hide that you use Tor, then you could tunnel it through a VPN in a country where the cables are not monitored by your adversary, and whose secret services don't automatically share data with your adversary.