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cryptostorm?
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DNS leaks are also possible.
Make sure you use a site like one of these to check and see what IP you appear to be torrenting from while you are torrenting:
https://ipleak.net/ (look in the lower left hand corner of that site)
or
Zelf ben ik nogal fan van Cryptostorm, omdat ze buiten de jurisdictie vallen van de Fourteen Eyes en het lijkt erop dat ze privacy goed geregeld hebben. https://nl.vpnmentor.com/blog/vijf-ogen-landen-negen-ogen-veertien-ogen-cruciaal-voor-vpn-gebruikers-om-te-begrijpen/
Wellicht een beetje paranoïde, maar waarom zou je überhaupt een VPN gebruiken. Ongeveer alle VPN diensten adverteren met 100% anonimiteit, geen logging, etc, maar de praktijk is vaak wat weerbarstiger.
I run the VPN you're referring to, so thought I'd pop in.
Everything "ridiculouschemist" is said true. We will never compromise a customer's identity even if requested by the courts, but you have no way of verifying that.
Our reseller system is designed so that resellers get a batch of tokens, then they're resold to whomever using whatever process. We don't know anything aside from which reseller a token was sold to, but we have a policy of removing tokens locally once they're sent to resellers after that resellers' payment has been processed.
As for direct purchases, the ties are fairly obvious. If you purchase a token using PayPal and your token is delivered via email to your PayPal address, then that's an obvious correlation. Use an anonymous PayPal account if you want to hide. If you don't have one, use Stripe. They're happy to accept those prepaid debit Visa/Mastercard/etc. cards you can get in most US stores.
Our token system's benefit is more noticeable when the client's system is compromised. The adversary would have the CS client's token hash. If that adversary were to seek any legal means to have us hand over any data on that hash, we wouldn't know wtf that hash is because it's the sha512 hash of a customer's token. If the adversary is able to obtain the plaintext token, then the adversary could request we provide data on that transaction if it occurred in the past 2 weeks (everything before that is encrypted/archived), but we have no legal obligation to help anyone. We have yet to receive any legal complaints requiring us do so, but on the day we do, we'll publish that request and remove any related server (then bring up a new one). if somehow, some entity is able to require cryptostorm, as a company, to divulge anything about any client, we'll destroy the company - https://cryptostorm.is/seppuku.html
We'll do that long before we ever consider compromising any of our customer's integrity.
Ich surfe nur noch über VPN. https://cryptostorm.is/ ist so der einzige Anbieter, dem ich wirklich Vertrauen schenken kann. Die Tokens zu ihrem VPN sollte man aber woanders kaufen, wegen der Anonymität.
Cryptostorm. Easy to use bitcoin pay which gives you a code which then get hashed so that there is no way to know who uses VPN on their server, might their server ever get compromised.
Their website looks like shit and the design is weird,
But they do have a lot of servers. Speed is good. They got their shit a bit together:
Open source code,
hashing of usernames (tokens)
Firewall configs, easy to use windows gui
Great customer support
OpenVPN
> The risk is the VPN providers keeping logs(most probably secretly do)
This service may be of interest. I don't use them personally but their implementation is pretty interesting.
I haven't heard of Streidand before. The Streisand GitHub page looks pretty active; it doesn't seem like abandonware.
Personally I use PiVPN for home network VPN (remote management) and Cryptostorm for everything else.
OpenNIC servers don't log i have used them in the past. Also there is https://cryptostorm.is/, http://dnsrec.meo.ws/
You can use a local dns resolver like the in Pfsense to speed things up abit.
Good Luck mate.
Maybe https://cryptostorm.is/. I havent used them, nor done much research about them yet, but ppl seem to think they are ok. So dont know if they are really good or not.
Recent bigger list of vpn services is here: https://torrentfreak.com/anonymous-vpn-service-provider-review-2015-150228/
But still need to be careful. Some of them write strange things: http://txti.es/2015-vpn-providers-and-paying-using-bitcoin
CrytoStorm had this to say about about HMA's client: > a .net installer nearly a decade old, that carries nearly 200kb of packed payload beyond the verifiably-legitimate version of the same package as distributed by Microsoft; most folks, when I seek to explain it, grow bored fast. After all, the malware scanners say it's ok.
See the HMA client analysis here: https://cryptostorm.org/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=8587
For more on this topic see their blog: https://cryptostorm.is/blog/
GUYS, I got it to work!
- Download a VPN.
- Make sure Origin is closed.
- Start the VPN. (After starting VPN wait a few minutes)
- Sign into Origin.
- Once signed in you can turn off the VPN and still be signed in using your normal connection. (Don’t log out, or you’ll have to do it all again.)
I used this free VPN
Good luck guys!
I use cryptostorm. They are open source, decentralized, and activist-centered. They're kind of the RiseUp of VPN services. They offer a free service called cryptofree. You can find the config files on their github page.
Thanks for the quick fix!
Es ist imho auch kein Problem - wenn man TOR sowieso immer verwendet, kenne da ein paar Leute die das tun - dann auch mal ein Youtube Video über TOR zu schauen. Falls man sich bei Youtube aber auch noch einloggt, ist's sowieso für die Katz'. Jeden Tag 4 Stunden Filme bei kinox zu schauen belastet das Netzwerk aber halt schon extrem. Und ja, die Bandbreite ist kritisch und andere Menschen haben sie halt nötiger, sei's um sich Drogen zu kaufen oder um nicht von der Polizei ermordet zu werden.
Alternative? VPN. Gibt's halt nicht (wirklich) kostenlos, aber wenn man das VPN viel nutzt, dann kann man sich die 5-10 Euro auch leisten.
Ich brauche nicht durchgängig ein VPN, aber so hin und wieder ist es ganz nett, sich ein paar Sachen zu saugen. Ich kaufe mir dann immer eine Woche cryptostorm.is für nicht mal 2 Euro, hole mir per torrent alles was ich haben will und gut ist.
Sure thing, make sure that if you're going to use Tor, use a VPN in conjunction with Tor. You can use Cryptostorm's free service.
And if you're tech savvy in any way (If not I'd be happy to help) set up Whonix.
And please, use hidden services. They are for your protection and there are a variety of hidden services that are completely legal and won't get you into trouble. I only mention this because you're new.
As an example, take a look at /r/onions
PS; Welcome to the world of Tor!
Be cautious with "cheap" and or "free" VPN Service Providers, those are marketing ploys to sucker in folks while majority never read the ToS and Privacy Policy.
That Stacksoical deal is insane IMHO but I didn't find that till I paid $33 for an annual subscription in which I'm fine with.
Awesome, majoring in Cyber Security sounds like my cup of tea. If I were you, I would take test rides of VPN Services if they provide a trial offer and if they don't make sure they have at least a 72 hour refund period and this is why I use PayPal, if they refuse to give a refund...I'll just escalate it with PayPal.
You'll also want to utilize VPN Service Providers VPN Clients as well as their configurations for OpenVPN and the like since you're willing and wanting to familiarize yourself with working with VPN Services.
There are VPN Service Providers in which you pay a one time fee for a week and so on. The one VPN Service Provider that comes to mind and as an example is found here: https://cryptostorm.is/ They may be just what you're looking for price wise, I've never used their service and have read their ToS and Privacy Policy.
I would do as much extensive research before committing to giving any VPN Service Provider your hard earn money IMHO.
I digress...
Cryptostorm provide a bunch of resources for connecting various Linux distros to their service. I use a Mac, and the VPN application I connect with is a UI port of OpenVPN, which on Linux is yours for the taking.
AES-256-CBC, auth SHA512
Perfect Forward Secrecy: TLS-DHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-CBC-SHA
Key renegotiation: 20 minutes
bare metal servers with FDE - no VPS
built with opensource - adaptations are published
Activist friendly - Member security first; everything else is just backstory.
No logs - any and all reference to session origination IP from the session tracking mechanics of removed from OpenVPN
Privacy Seppuku. Never betray network members.
token based authentication - a real disconnect between customer and authentication
tokens can be purshased through independant resellers - adds extra obfuscation layer
supports multiple OS flavours: Windows, Linux, Android, iOS
Jurisdiction : Rooted in Iceland, financials via Québec/First Nations territories
They have a full connect page with strict guides to do everything
The setup isn't to hard, I got it working on a router of mine with a little bit of work. I decided to use some extra tools for anonymity on it, and it works great.
Not to sure, but did you miss the connect page? At the bottom, Mac is the fourth one.
You are very welcome, thank you for your generous tip.
I can't find the tweet but they've been doing so for quite some time. I've liked them before, because they know what they are doing, are really nice guys and also do a lot of good things (handing out hundreds of tokens for worthy causes etc.) and most of all because they are the ones behind the idea of privacy sepuku (https://cryptostorm.is/seppuku.html).
Awesome. Go get yourself listed with all the dogecoin directories and lists. The site is looking good, but is slow as shibe. Prices are really reasonable.
Have a look at https://cryptostorm.is/ - resell their tokens please?
They seem to have added a killswitch now? " Our Windows 'widget' program includes a kill switch that uses the Windows Firewall." via https://cryptostorm.is/killswitch
Shame they do not have an xmas/new year promotion. I already have a VPN I am very happy with, but would have been okay shelling out 50$ for 2 years to have a backup.
CryptoStorm has a free VPN server without time or bandwidth limit.
> Cryptofree is the name of cryptostorm's free VPN service. It's only limitations are that there's only one server to choose from (in France). Also, it doesn't include any non-essential features such as transparent .onion/.i2p access or port forwarding. Other than that, it's setup exactly the same as our paid nodes. Same cryptography, same security features, same no logging policy. Anyone is free to use it for as long as they like. There's no time limits, so you can stay connected to it as long as you want.
Cryptostorm does, though I can't speak on whether the VPN itself is good or not, never used it. There were also some concerns about one of the team members who's fully cooperated with law enforcement in an unrelated case, but he has no access to the internals of Cryptostorm anymore.
I am not a gamer. However, even when I choose the fastest server (protonvpn c -f) instead of secure-core (protonvpn c --sc), using UDP because it's faster than TCP, my ping times are 3x or 4x no-vpn.
If I switch to my other favorite VPN service (cryptostorm.is), I get a similar slow down.
Need an easy to setup VPN for linux please.
Bought a 6 month cstorm token but this aint gonna fly. After a lenghty learning curve and struggling with DNS leaks, I had this shit setup for all of 2 weeks before an ossl update hit and broke things again--tried several times rebuilding the ossl/ovpn but no dice. I want something as low maintenance as possible.
- Call law enforcement
- Buy a new lock for your house and have someone put it in
- Wipe your electronic devices completely, reinstall them fresh.
- Change passwords after wiping your devices to ensure the new passwords aren't keylogged.
- Don't leave your electronic devices unencrypted and unattended. You can use VeraCrypt to encrypt the whole computer, you can setup your Andorid to use FullDiskEncryption also for SDCard and related material.
- Don't share stuff on FB
- Take some tips from Paranoid's Bible
> I can't afford a VPN
- You can use cryptostorm-free or sigavpn. Both are fairly reputable and are no-charge. However, VPN is the least of your worries based on OP.
For anyone that comes here and is without a privacy focused VPN, Cryptostorm VPN (r/https://cryptostorm.is) works nicely with Qubes 4.0 & the network manager applet. I didn't have to do much to get it working out of the box as is. Just punched in my login token and a password and voila it was done.
Is your VPN https://cryptostorm.is?
They are recommended on https://www.privacytools.io (It would be a good idea to chrck out all the options and see which one is best for you.)
I just visited their website for the first time in a while, I'm even more impressed now. (I've been using them for quite a while now.)
What's your argument for trusting anything? You do not 100% know anything unless you run the service yourself. Anything is possible and anything can happen. cryptostorm is a good VPN that doesn't ask for any information about registration. Depending on your threat model and level of paranoia, Algo VPN (which you run yourself...) may be a more viable option.
https://cryptostorm.is is a pretty good one when it comes to privacy. The servers I've tested were also quite fast. Setting up was done in a couple of minutes.
Another site that lists a VPN comparison is https://privacytoolsio.github.io/privacytools.io/#vpn
What about your other PC, the one that mines? Have you installed some shady mining software, e.g., multipool miner or similar?
Is it possible that it still has the private key in some vanitygen log?
The other stolen keys https://blockchain.info/address/1BaoTezLSYP6RmSiJbAPL3fJHXSYteVJGz are not vanities, though.
You might want to verify the cryptostorm widget too: https://cryptostorm.is/setup.exe.txt Did you download it through tor?
Qualcuno di voi ha mai provato la VPN Cryptostorm? Considerazioni?
Fino ad ora ho usato Keepsolid che, seppur basata negli USA, ha una no-logs policy che non sembra male ai miei occhi inesperti.
If you want absolute privacy then cryptostorm is probably one of the best out there. iOS I would regard as compromised though. Depending on how sensitive this story is it may be advisable to not even have that phone on you when you meet with people. Same for android devices. Get a phone you can take the battery out of.
I have been using https://cryptostorm.is/ for a year now. Best part is - servers all across the world. Want to watch the BBC and they say you can't because you are not located in the UK? Just choose the UK VPN server as your outgoing one.
I'm liking cryptostorm (Iceland based) right now. Windows has a client that's dead simple; Linux is just a case of running OpenVPN with their config file. You can choose which location you want to VPN to each time (list of locations here).
It's all open source and it's token based access. You buy a token from them; then they destroy the record of that transaction so you can't be identified and linked (from their records anyway) with that token.
Connection speeds and price are also good, so I'm happy.
How about cryptostorm? I like it, it's fast, and it has numerous servers around the world to choose from. Also they seem to be very privacy conscious - they can't really log anything, because all they know about you is a hash of your subscription token.
cryptostorm.is better because it's open source all the way through, so you know you're not being logged/ monitored. Also not blocked by the great firewall because they couldn't block the traffic even if they wanted to. I'm surprised their website isn't blocked either.
You can go xmr->BTC (with a wallet created through an anon vpn like https://cryptostorm.is/, paid in XMR and registered to an encrypted e-mail like www.tutanota.com or protonmail)
...then cash out the BTC in EUR/USD etc. at a Bitcoin ATM - map:
https://coinatmradar.com/
I know I'm late to the party, but for many years I've always used cryptostorm, what's your thoughts on using it before Tor? I'm active in the community there and have always had a lot of trust in Cryptostorm
Hvis det udelukkende er for ikke at få flere breve om torrenting, kan det nærmest være en hvilken som helst VPN. Det du nævner er først et problem hvis du går op i at alt du laver på nettet er så privat som muligt. Så anbefaler jeg gerne https://cryptostorm.is.
No, there honestly aren't. Any free VPN is a liability more than anything else. Since it's free, you are basically safe to assume that they keep logs. Since it's free, that means that they need to make a profit somewhere, and I would not be surprised if that somewhere was selling your info and it's also possible that they are run/working with LE. You would be much safer going on your own IP, or just running through TOR as per usual.
I guess it also depends what you're doing though.
https://cryptostorm.is/, is a good cheap VPN though, but you are so much better just paying for a solid VPN that claims they keep no logs.
Excellent resource.
Now, lets see who can refute this?
/u/fastStack what are your thoughts regarding the Cryptostorm Private Network, and have you test-driven it yet (or poked around)? Just another VPN to you, or?
I am a fellow cryptostorm user (good choice btw). They have a page that you can check to make sure your torrent client is using the VPN. After you add the magent link to qBittorrent, it will start showing connections on that page. If the IP address you've accessed the page with is the same as the one qBittorrent is using, you're good.
Cryptostorm is the most serious about privacy from what I can tell. They invented anonymous token authentication so that they don't need to have your account details on file. They also are one of the very few with an open source Windows client.
Haven't looked into the topic in a while but last time Cryptostorm sounded pretty good over all.
Other than that check out /r/VPN or the already posted Torrentfreak link as a starting point.
Oh. Never tried. I only run linux on VMs as of late and a tails live disc. I have too many projects and software I haven't taken the time to find opensource alternatives for.
Maybe
https://www.blackvpn.com/setup/linux/
or
https://cryptostorm.is/
There are others on the privacytools.io page I linked.
Blocks composed of transactions (and a cryptographic hash) are added by miners on average every 10 minutes. Until a transaction is included in a block which is accepted by the network it remains unconfirmed.
If you were selling a car in person in bitcoin, it would be wise for you to wait multiple confirmations. However if you were a vendor using BitPay (who take 0% commission) you don't need to wait for any confirmations. (BitPay takes all the risk of accepting 0 confirmation transactions upon themselves).
Here is an example of accepting bitcoin via Bitpay and an example of accepting donations <strong>without</strong> using a 3rd party payment processor
I've used the ƀBTC (bitBTC) in my bitshares wallet to pay for a T-shirt, Rand Paul campaign contribution, and a https://cryptostorm.is token just this week, all via on the fly conversions from ƀBTC to BTC at BlockTrades (https://blocktrades.us). I've received about 0.0015 BTC as yield for holding my small stash of ƀBTC so far.
Your choices thus far are reasonable. Although as far as VPN & DNS go, I prefer https://cryptostorm.is/
Nothing will be perfect, it's all about mitigating what you can control. Given that internet is just a fact of life, various commercial and other interests are going to try to take from you whatever they can, and you have to take all available measures to stop them.
This is a good start. Keep working at it. There are obviously different things you have to do from OS to OS.
As a suggestion to add to your current setup of Debian, look into grsec. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Grsecurity
This is not exactly trivial and may eat your baby, but if you read through everything and understand it, it should go fine. It substantially improves your security posture.
That is really awesome! Thank you for letting us know guys.
I know https://cryptostorm.is/dogecoins.html has been accepting dogecoin payments for a LONG time now so it's good so see some competition in this market field.
I still can't see it. Again, is it that the https://cryptostorm.is looks like I'm starting a sentence with "is"?? I used to think that I could speak English, but you're really making me wonder now :)
Regardless, thank you very much for the feedback!