Prepper Recon

Tonight’s first  movie is from DefCon 21 on the Tor Browser. It points out some concerns about Tor but leaves us with the final thought that it is probably safer to use Tor than not.

Tonight’s  second movie is an episode of Security Now which has the latest information regarding the vulnerabilities of Tor. It may not be as reliable as we thought for anonymous web surfing. The discussion on Tor begins at minute 40:45. This movie is not playing on Prepper Recon for some reason, so here is a direct link. http://twit.tv/show/security-now/493    Thanks to Grey Mann for providing it to us.

With the disclaimer that I’m jut above the level of “computer illiteracy,” Tor does provide a different IP address to the the sites you visit. While that may be easily overcome by the NSA, it does seem that it would require more work for the surveillance state which drains their resources. I’m all about that.  Tor also limits the amount of information that you are volunteering to data collection points like Google who sell your info to the highest bidder. It wouldn’t take an act of congress for the NSA or CIA to form a shell corporation to act as a marketing company which could purchase everything from Google, Facebook and Twitter that you’ve ever posted.

My final recommendation is, whether you decide to use TailsOS or not,  use the Tor browser  with Start Page for your search engine. While no solution is a silver bullet for on-line security and anonymity against Big Brother, using anything that requires more resources for the NSA to crack is a great way to let them know that you don’t appreciate being  spied on. I would liken it to voting for a constitutional candidate for president even if you know they could never defeat the Democrat or Neo-Con candidates. I think it’s important to not have a false sense of security about Tor’s ability to protect you, but it is still an act of protest. And while advances have most likely been made since the Snowden leaks in 2012, as of the time of his last employment, the NSA had “major problems following users across the Tor network.”

Is there a secret cabal working to collapse the global economy in order to usher in a global government and one-world currency?Noah Parker, like many in the United States, has been asleep at the wheel. During his complacency, the founding precepts of America have been slowly, systematically destroyed by a conspiracy that dates back hundreds of years. The signs can no longer be ignored and Noah is forced to prepare for the cataclysmic period of financial and political upheaval ahead.

The Days of Noah, Book One: Conspiracy, by Mark Goodwin is a fast-paced, fiction thriller where the world descends into chaos, a global empire takes shape, ancient writings are fulfilled and the last days fall upon the once great, United States of America.

Happy prepping!

Mark