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Quote from: countryfree on May 29, 2015, 10:13:27 AM

I'm afraid the OP's quite naive. 3 years ago, I was in Italy, and some websites I tried to access were blocked. Today, I'm in France, in a public place with free wi-fi, and I've been unable to launch Tor.

Tor is not 100% anonymous anymore. Agencies such as the CIA and the FBI control a large number of the Tor relays. If your first relay happens to be any of these nodes, then your identity will be known to them. This is how Blake Benthall was arrested. We need to find new anonymization methods. Recently, I am hearing a lot about I2P. Need to do a bit of R&D on it. Grin

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Quote from: Buffer Overflow on May 30, 2015, 03:14:42 AM

Quote from: countryfree on May 29, 2015, 10:13:27 AM

I'm afraid the OP's quite naive. 3 years ago, I was in Italy, and some websites I tried to access were blocked. Today, I'm in France, in a public place with free wi-fi, and I've been unable to launch Tor. I've tried with different settings, but it fails each time.

It's the sad truth, we're getting f*cked everywhere.

It's worse in Iran, Israel, or Egypt, but that doesn't help.

I'm not really sure why you think I'm naive?

1) I never said other countries weren't having problems.
2) You said you was blocked, but this is rather vague. At what level was you blocked? Local machine, local network, ISP, government level?
I mean it quite understandable if a internet cafe chooses to block it's customers from watching porn for example.

I haven't understood how I've been blocked. I was able to surf normally, but I was unable to launch Tor. I tried every possible settings, but none worked. It was the first I'd seen that. I also remember being unable to access several websites in Italy, when I was in a private apartment, using a standard connection. I thought the websites I tried to access were down, until I checked with a friend in another country, who told me everything was fine. I believe those websites were blocked by the Italian ISP.

Anyway, it just shows that wherever you are, you're probably watched when you're on the Internet. I don't think the new law in the UK will change anything. What is now allowed was being done illegally before.

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Quote from: countryfree on May 29, 2015, 10:13:27 AM

I'm afraid the OP's quite naive. 3 years ago, I was in Italy, and some websites I tried to access were blocked. Today, I'm in France, in a public place with free wi-fi, and I've been unable to launch Tor. I've tried with different settings, but it fails each time.

It's the sad truth, we're getting f*cked everywhere.

It's worse in Iran, Israel, or Egypt, but that doesn't help.

I'm not really sure why you think I'm naive?

1) I never said other countries weren't having problems.
2) You said you was blocked, but this is rather vague. At what level was you blocked? Local machine, local network, ISP, government level?
I mean it quite understandable if a internet cafe chooses to block it's customers from watching porn for example.

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I'm afraid the OP's quite naive. 3 years ago, I was in Italy, and some websites I tried to access were blocked. Today, I'm in France, in a public place with free wi-fi, and I've been unable to launch Tor. I've tried with different settings, but it fails each time.

It's the sad truth, we're getting f*cked everywhere.

It's worse in Iran, Israel, or Egypt, but that doesn't help.

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Quote from: Buffer Overflow on May 27, 2015, 09:58:21 AM

Best get a plentiful supply of Vaseline in stock as the government is aiming up for full penetration of any communication privacy you might have left.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32896921

Anuses of all the people in the world are going to be penetrated sooner or later. Global world goverment is on the way. It's happening everywhere. Either you like it or not. Use tor, bitcoin, bitmessage and hyperboria =))))))

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Quote from: WhatTheGox on May 28, 2015, 05:55:00 PM

Im stuck in the UK & couldnt leave atm but have thought about it. The heat of some of those countries you mention would bother me however.

Yes... In Australia, the temperature can climb up to 45 degree celsius. Will take time to get used to it. May be you should consider moving to South Island, New Zealand (esp. to cities such as Christchurch, Invercargill and Dunedin). The North Island is full of Pacific Islanders and Asians, and soon English will lose the status as the first language there.

Quote from: WhatTheGox on May 28, 2015, 05:55:00 PM

One of my biggest gripes with the UK is the housing market is a total joke, around £200k needs to be spent to get something even half decent in most areas. This is insane.

There is a solid reason why the property prices are so high in England. The United Kingdom is the money laundering capital of the world. So there are quite a lot of Chinese millionaires, Russian oligarchs, and Italian mafia members buying up property there. As the demand increases, the prices also go up.

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Quote from: sintax on May 28, 2015, 04:03:46 PM

Quote from: NUFCrichard on May 28, 2015, 03:07:31 PM

Quote from: Buffer Overflow on May 27, 2015, 09:58:21 AM

Best get a plentiful supply of Vaseline in stock as the government is aiming up for full penetration of any communication privacy you might have left.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32896921

I don't buy it. I don't see the UK being nearly as bad as America in breaking the privacy of it's populations.
As with a lot of things, the UK is somewhere between America and Europe, not ideal but not quite NSA levels yet.

I trust the Tories not to go overboard, Labour would have been worse, much worse.

Trust me blood, the UK has an insane amount of CCTV:

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It is estimated that Britain has 20 per cent of cameras globally and that each person in the country is caught on camera an average of 300 times daily.

Apologies in advance for quoting from the Daily Fail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1205607/Shock-figures-reveal-Britain-CCTV-camera-14-people--China.html

From 2009:

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The Children’s Secretary set out £400million plans to put 20,000 problem families under 24-hour CCTV super-vision in their own homes.

They will be monitored to ensure that children attend school, go to bed on time and eat proper meals.

Private security guards will also be sent round to carry out home checks, while parents will be given help to combat drug and alcohol addiction.

Around 2,000 families have gone through these Family Intervention Projects so far.

But ministers want to target 20,000 more in the next two years, with each costing between £5,000 and £20,000 – a potential total bill of £400million...

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/115736/Sin-bins-for-worst-families

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It seems to be the height of unfashionability to admit to liking one's home country, but there's nowhere I'd rather live other than Britain.

It's compact, beautiful, there ain't no weather, animals (and not many people) who want to kill you, if you have legal grievances you're in with a fighting chance of actually getting them addressed without bribery or having your skull stoved in by the cops or soldiers, the culture is world class, the people are cynical gits, the NHS, as creaky as it is, will do its best to keep you alive for free, stuff actually gets done some of the time.

Yup, it's pretty tired and fucked in its own way. So's everywhere else. I've been to lots of countries and not one did it for me in the same way. I'm really sorry, everyone.

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on May 27, 2015, 11:45:28 AM

Anyone who had concern with his or hers privacy has already left the United Kingdom, and have settled in other English-speaking nations such as Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Most of those remaining are either low-IQ people, or recent immigrants from countries such as Pakistan and Bangladesh. They are unlikely to oppose this measure.

Im stuck in the UK & couldnt leave atm but have thought about it. The heat of some of those countries you mention would bother me however.

One of my biggest gripes with the UK is the housing market is a total joke, around £200k needs to be spent to get something even half decent in most areas. This is insane.

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Quote from: NUFCrichard on May 28, 2015, 03:07:31 PM

Quote from: Buffer Overflow on May 27, 2015, 09:58:21 AM

Best get a plentiful supply of Vaseline in stock as the government is aiming up for full penetration of any communication privacy you might have left.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32896921

I don't buy it. I don't see the UK being nearly as bad as America in breaking the privacy of it's populations.
As with a lot of things, the UK is somewhere between America and Europe, not ideal but not quite NSA levels yet.

I trust the Tories not to go overboard, Labour would have been worse, much worse.

Trust me blood, the UK has an insane amount of CCTV:

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It is estimated that Britain has 20 per cent of cameras globally and that each person in the country is caught on camera an average of 300 times daily.

Apologies in advance for quoting from the Daily Fail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1205607/Shock-figures-reveal-Britain-CCTV-camera-14-people--China.html

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Quote from: NUFCrichard on May 28, 2015, 03:07:31 PM

Quote from: Buffer Overflow on May 27, 2015, 09:58:21 AM

Best get a plentiful supply of Vaseline in stock as the government is aiming up for full penetration of any communication privacy you might have left.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32896921

I don't buy it. I don't see the UK being nearly as bad as America in breaking the privacy of it's populations.
As with a lot of things, the UK is somewhere between America and Europe, not ideal but not quite NSA levels yet.

I trust the Tories not to go overboard, Labour would have been worse, much worse.

Well according to Snowden, GCHQ is much worse.
http://rt.com/uk/174172-british-intelligence-lacks-oversight/

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Quote from: Buffer Overflow on May 27, 2015, 09:58:21 AM

Best get a plentiful supply of Vaseline in stock as the government is aiming up for full penetration of any communication privacy you might have left.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32896921

I don't buy it. I don't see the UK being nearly as bad as America in breaking the privacy of it's populations.
As with a lot of things, the UK is somewhere between America and Europe, not ideal but not quite NSA levels yet.

I trust the Tories not to go overboard, Labour would have been worse, much worse.

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Quote from: u9y42 on May 27, 2015, 06:44:17 PM

I wouldn't really hold Australia, or New Zealand (or any Western nation at this point), as much of an example in terms of protection of privacy - they seem to be moving in the same direction

At least the Australians are opposing such measures tooth and nail. The same can't be said about the residents of England. Most of the English are brainwashed beyond any redemption. And anyone who voices against measures such as this one is immediately branded as a rabid neo-nazi, or demonized as an anarchist.

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Quote from: Buffer Overflow on May 27, 2015, 06:49:48 PM

Oh I have. I just got laughed at and accused of being paranoid when they noticed I've stuck a tiny square of sticky tape over my phone front facing camera.
I couldn't stand that thing looking at me all the time.

Sadly, some people won't ever care about any of this until it directly affects their life, or the lives of those close to them (and even then...). Incidentally, how are your "hacking" skills, and how willing are you to lose friends, in order to show them the sort of things that can be done? Wink

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on May 27, 2015, 11:45:28 AM

Most of those remaining are either low-IQ people, or recent immigrants from countries such as Pakistan and Bangladesh. They are unlikely to oppose this measure.

Blimey. I wish someone had told me this before I was born here.

It'll be the same as their astonishingly effective attempts to block piratebay. You can circumvent that with one second of, er, duckduckgoing.

The developments regarding evading this will always outpace the lawmakers' ability to tap into it for those who are that committed.

Meanwhile this will be used to jail Mr Average for booking holidays with his kids during term time.

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Quote from: u9y42 on May 27, 2015, 06:44:17 PM

Quote from: bryant.coleman on May 27, 2015, 11:45:28 AM

Anyone who had concern with his or hers privacy has already left the United Kingdom, and have settled in other English-speaking nations such as Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Most of those remaining are either low-IQ people, or recent immigrants from countries such as Pakistan and Bangladesh. They are unlikely to oppose this measure.

I wouldn't really hold Australia, or New Zealand (or any Western nation at this point), as much of an example in terms of protection of privacy - they seem to be moving in the same direction: http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/mar/26/mandatory-data-retention-becomes-law-as-coalition-and-labor-combine, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-21/new-zealand-passes-spy-bill/4903500. In fact, much of this is just their attempts at legalizing what has been happening behind the scenes for quite some time now.

Quote from: Buffer Overflow on May 27, 2015, 06:27:09 PM

Quote from: Lauda on May 27, 2015, 05:34:32 PM

This is horrible. I always suspected the UK to be in a similar situation as the USA. I can't believe their nonsense. This breach of privacy doesn't do anything.
Knowing what couples text each other will definitely help your "terrorist" fight.

Luckily there is ProtonMail for emails and I'm still waiting for a means of encrypted communication for smartphones (since Heml unfortunately got cancelled).

Oh, UK is far worse than US. Snowdon told us that ages ago.
I use SMSsecure for my text messages.
https://smssecure.org/
Got my wife setup on it as well. What I text my wife is completely private and should stay that way.
I've tried to encourage others to use it, but I just get the usual brainwashed response "if I ain't doing nothing wrong, I ain't got nothing to hide."
It's very frustrating.

Try telling them about the Optic Nerve program: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/gchq-nsa-webcam-images-internet-yahoo.

Oh I have. I just got laughed at and accused of being paranoid when they noticed I've stuck a tiny square of sticky tape over my phone front facing camera.
I couldn't stand that thing looking at me all the time.

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on May 27, 2015, 11:45:28 AM

Anyone who had concern with his or hers privacy has already left the United Kingdom, and have settled in other English-speaking nations such as Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Most of those remaining are either low-IQ people, or recent immigrants from countries such as Pakistan and Bangladesh. They are unlikely to oppose this measure.

I wouldn't really hold Australia, or New Zealand (or any Western nation at this point), as much of an example in terms of protection of privacy - they seem to be moving in the same direction: http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/mar/26/mandatory-data-retention-becomes-law-as-coalition-and-labor-combine, http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-21/new-zealand-passes-spy-bill/4903500. In fact, much of this is just their attempts at legalizing what has been happening behind the scenes for quite some time now.

Quote from: Buffer Overflow on May 27, 2015, 06:27:09 PM

Quote from: Lauda on May 27, 2015, 05:34:32 PM

This is horrible. I always suspected the UK to be in a similar situation as the USA. I can't believe their nonsense. This breach of privacy doesn't do anything.
Knowing what couples text each other will definitely help your "terrorist" fight.

Luckily there is ProtonMail for emails and I'm still waiting for a means of encrypted communication for smartphones (since Heml unfortunately got cancelled).

Oh, UK is far worse than US. Snowdon told us that ages ago.
I use SMSsecure for my text messages.
https://smssecure.org/
Got my wife setup on it as well. What I text my wife is completely private and should stay that way.
I've tried to encourage others to use it, but I just get the usual brainwashed response "if I ain't doing nothing wrong, I ain't got nothing to hide."
It's very frustrating.

Try telling them about the Optic Nerve program: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/gchq-nsa-webcam-images-internet-yahoo.

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• 1.8m users targeted by UK agency in six-month period alone
• Optic Nerve program collected Yahoo webcam images in bulk
• Yahoo: 'A whole new level of violation of our users' privacy'
• Material included large quantity of sexually explicit images

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Quote from: Buffer Overflow on May 27, 2015, 06:27:09 PM

Quote from: Lauda on May 27, 2015, 05:34:32 PM

This is horrible. I always suspected the UK to be in a similar situation as the USA. I can't believe their nonsense. This breach of privacy doesn't do anything.
Knowing what couples text each other will definitely help your "terrorist" fight.

Luckily there is ProtonMail for emails and I'm still waiting for a means of encrypted communication for smartphones (since Heml unfortunately got cancelled).

Oh, UK is far worse than US. Snowdon told us that ages ago.
I use SMSsecure for my text messages.
https://smssecure.org/
Got my wife setup on it as well. What I text my wife is completely private and should stay that way.
I've tried to encourage others to use it, but I just get the usual brainwashed response "if I ain't doing nothing wrong, I ain't got nothing to hide."
It's very frustrating.

People like that just simply don't understand how far this surveillance reaches, it's one thing to put cameras in public streets, it's another to deliberately spy on people for no reason.

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Quote from: Lauda on May 27, 2015, 05:34:32 PM

This is horrible. I always suspected the UK to be in a similar situation as the USA. I can't believe their nonsense. This breach of privacy doesn't do anything.
Knowing what couples text each other will definitely help your "terrorist" fight.

Luckily there is ProtonMail for emails and I'm still waiting for a means of encrypted communication for smartphones (since Heml unfortunately got cancelled).

Oh, UK is far worse than US. Snowdon told us that ages ago.
I use SMSsecure for my text messages.
https://smssecure.org/
Got my wife setup on it as well. What I text my wife is completely private and should stay that way.
I've tried to encourage others to use it, but I just get the usual brainwashed response "if I ain't doing nothing wrong, I ain't got nothing to hide."
It's very frustrating.

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