Re: [tor-talk] Tor Weekly News — October 9th, 2013

2013-10-12 Thread Luther Blissett
On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 11:43 -0500, Joe Btfsplk wrote: > > The staged release may be a good idea, but have they got the timing > > right? > > this article is dated June 6 > > http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order > > > > that was 4 months ago. Ho

Re: [tor-talk] Tor Weekly News — October 9th, 2013

2013-10-12 Thread Joe Btfsplk
Thanks for the input, Luther. Phrase meanings: just like "home, sweet home." - In this context, meaning like in the U.S. Or just like in most countries. they "give as good as they get." - one person (or country) may (or has the ability to) do the same to others, as is being done to them. "th

[tor-talk] fingerprinting implications_changing TBB font or font size?

2013-10-12 Thread Joe Btfsplk
I'm not a national whistle blower or spy (for now - gov't shut down), but I'm interested in the implication of changing font or size in TBB, in Options > Fonts & Colors > Advanced. The default in my language package is Times New Roman. The default (serif) size for that font (16?), plus NO "mi

[tor-talk] Whonix Anonymous Operating System Version 7 Released!

2013-10-12 Thread adrelanos
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Whonix is an operating system focused on anonymity, privacy and security. It's based on the Tor anonymity network, Debian GNU/Linux and the principle of security by isolation. DNS leaks are impossible, and not even malware with root privileges can fi

Re: [tor-talk] What are some free and private email providers?

2013-10-12 Thread Antispam 06
On 24.05.2013 00:50, Moritz Bartl wrote: On 23.05.2013 22:23, Nathan Suchy wrote: I'm looking for email providers with decent support, a good amount of storage, and that protect your privacy. Do you know any? In the end, for plaintext email, you always have to "trust" the operator. There's val

Re: [tor-talk] What are some free and private email providers?

2013-10-12 Thread Elrippo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Surprise, surprise :D Why don't you get yourself a v-root kvm server with a debian image for €5 a month, a FQDN for €30 per anno and setup your own mail server if you can not setup one at home? Exim or postfix are not so hard to learn and roundcu

Re: [tor-talk] What are some free and private email providers?

2013-10-12 Thread Joe Btfsplk
On 10/12/2013 1:48 PM, Antispam 06 wrote: On 24.05.2013 00:50, Moritz Bartl wrote: On 23.05.2013 22:23, Nathan Suchy wrote: I'm looking for email providers with decent support, a good amount of storage, and that protect your privacy. Do you know any? In the end, for plaintext email, you always

Re: [tor-talk] Whonix Anonymous Operating System Version 7 Released!

2013-10-12 Thread mick
On Sat, 12 Oct 2013 18:53:47 + adrelanos allegedly wrote: > > Call for Help: > > If you know shell scripting (/bin/bash) and linux sysadmin, please > join us! There are plenty of ways to make Whonix safer. We are also > looking for an https direct download mirror. > adrelanos I currently

Re: [tor-talk] What are some free and private email providers?

2013-10-12 Thread Edgar S
I was also left hanging when tormail shut down. I've found one that meets my needs. Based in Switzerland. It is Tor-friendly for both signups and webmail. Has both an onion hidden address, http://bitmailendavkbec.onion, and an open address, bitmessage.ch. Free. The only drawback is that you ha

Re: [tor-talk] What are some free and private email providers?

2013-10-12 Thread Joe Btfsplk
On 10/12/2013 3:52 PM, Edgar S wrote: I was also left hanging when tormail shut down. I've found one that meets my needs. Based in Switzerland. It is Tor-friendly for both signups and webmail. Has both an onion hidden address, http://bitmailendavkbec.onion, and an open address, bitmessage.ch. Fr

Re: [tor-talk] Tor Weekly News — October 9th, 2013

2013-10-12 Thread gct7photography
>Hi Mick, >This past week on the Tor Help Desk someone requested assistance >setting up Tor to circumvent the internet censorship done by the >UK government. I wrote this blurb because I wanted the Tor community to >be alerted to this new use case. I pointed to your post so that >Tor Weekly News r

Re: [tor-talk] What are some free and private email providers?

2013-10-12 Thread Johnny Carson
Joe Btfsplk: > On 10/12/2013 3:52 PM, Edgar S wrote: >> I was also left hanging when tormail shut down. I've found one that >> meets my needs. Based in Switzerland. It is Tor-friendly for both >> signups and webmail. Has both an onion hidden address, >> http://bitmailendavkbec.onion, and an open a