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Off topic / Re: Atlantis is shady as hell
« on: July 17, 2013, 05:49 pm »
Ok, so I skimmed through the first 10 pages of the Newbie forum and found these two threads:

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=186311.0

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=186313.0

where it looks like 2 people have been phished by that site, and I'd say the better evidence is that the phisher finalized their orders and put the spam in their feedback.

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Newbie discussion / Re: Can not access my SR account????
« on: July 17, 2013, 05:43 pm »
Oh man, don't use the same password on different sites.

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Off topic / Re: Atlantis is shady as hell
« on: July 17, 2013, 05:28 pm »
Quote from: nanpa2001 on July 17, 2013, 04:47 pm
Heya, astor.

Just wonderin' how that tin foil hat is working out for you. In case you haven't noticed there are a lot of SR users and vendors, and new Atlantis users that having their money stolen through this phishing scam. Instead of alerting people to the dangers of this scam and asking the mods to take action against it, you instead suggested that it wasn't a phishing scam at all, just an Atlantis marketing ploy. You did so against all the evidence and all the logic to the contrary. Someone might question your motives in doing that. Yeah, your tin foil hat can be worn that way too.

Who? Link the threads please.

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Security / Re: Full Tutorial - Installing Tails LiveUSB with a Persistent Volume.
« on: July 17, 2013, 04:54 pm »
Yep, looks like they have Linux drivers.

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Security / Re: Full Tutorial - Installing Tails LiveUSB with a Persistent Volume.
« on: July 17, 2013, 02:18 pm »
Quote from: uglydoll on July 17, 2013, 12:29 pm
1. do i need to put windows first on the laptop/pc. or is it possible to have an pc without an OS and put it on there?

You don't need any OS on the main hard drive. Tails runs independently off a DVD or thumb drive.

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2. i use a label printer to print the addresses does that software works for TAILS or do i need openoffice ad print it from that.

Linux drivers for printers can be hit or miss. Depends a lot on the brand. Many printers you can plug in and a few seconds later they are ready for printing. Some brands, like Lexmark last I remember, have poor support though.

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Security / Re: Just installed TAILS - Curious about some of the apps that come with it-??
« on: July 17, 2013, 07:09 am »
Quote from: JeffBobb on July 17, 2013, 05:34 am
What's up everyone.  I just finished installing TAILS  a few hours ago, and aside from the fact that the IceWeasel seems to be just a bit slower than your typical Browser Bundle install, Im pretty happy with it.  I didn't expect to have all the extra programs that came with it though.

If you don't need them, you don't have to use them. Tails is an excellent operating system for leaving no trace behind on your main hard drive, regardless of all the apps that it comes with.

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Anybody ever have any security issues with the likes of:  OpenOffice.org( and as a matter of fact, I tried to visit their website already a few times to see about downloading extra templates/add-ons but it's down everytime with a link to what seems to be a completely unrelated website - does openoffice.org even actually exist???); 

OpenOffice was renamed to LibreOffice so you might want to check libreoffice.org.

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ClawsMail(is it worth using??)

I don't know, do you need a desktop email reader? It's a torified desktop email client, and works well for that purpose.

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the OpenPGP app( just as good as Ming32 or any of the other versions?)

Better, since it's the original. Most Windows PGP apps are ports of the Linux GnuPG encryption program.

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i2p (the anonymous overlay network, what's that all about?);

That's an alternative anonymous network to Tor. You can ignore it, you don't need it.

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and finally the metadata anonymisation toolkit( how good is it - really?)

It's great for scrubbing metadata from images and documents, except PDFs. In my experience, there's a problem with the python library which causes it to blow PDFs up to 10 times their original size. But other than PDFs, it's great for scrubbing metadata.

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Security / Re: Need PGP help
« on: July 16, 2013, 09:42 pm »
I assume you were using an online service and now you want a desktop client.

Try this:

http://32yehzkk7jflf6r2.onion/gpg4usb/

You'll be up and running in 15 minutes.

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Off topic / Re: Libertas delete this StillRuthless MOTHER FUCKER!!
« on: July 16, 2013, 08:41 am »
Quote from: ScammerHoundDog on July 16, 2013, 08:29 am
Heed my warning mods. Your days of working with scammers is over. I know you have been taking money under the table to turn a blind eye.

LOL, Christ.

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Security / Re: What type of scam is this???
« on: July 16, 2013, 08:13 am »
Yes, it will decrease. The main reason people don't want to enable that feature is because their friends won't know when they are online, keep that in mind.

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Security / Re: What type of scam is this???
« on: July 16, 2013, 08:09 am »
Quote from: UV on July 16, 2013, 07:42 am
If you make your online status turned off will that get rid off the fake BTC seller spam as well?

They need to get usernames from somewhere, since there are probably a few thousand active users out of the 77,000 registered users, and it doesn't make sense to PM thousands of dead accounts. The easiest place to get usernames is the list of who is online at the bottom of the main page. By setting your online status to always show offline, you don't appear on that list. It prevents most of the PM spam, but not all of it. If you post publicly, they can find you that way too.

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Security / Re: What type of scam is this???
« on: July 16, 2013, 07:46 am »
Someone I know paid the $0.99 fee for a test run and gave me the login details. It's legit in that sense. It does allow you to browse the full site. However, you obviously shouldn't use the same login details on any two sites, and definitely not on this site.

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Security / Re: So I need some help and if you can help me I'll give you 1 bitcoin in return.
« on: July 16, 2013, 06:38 am »
I don't understand why it would say the database was corrupted over and over. Move your wallet to another folder, delete everything in the Bitcoin-QT data directory, move the wallet.dat back, start your Bitcoin-QT client and let it re-download the block chain.

When you close it down, make sure the try icon disappears before shutting down your computer, etc., because then the database might get corrupted, but it shouldn't repeatedly get corrupted like that. Also, make sure you have the latest version of the client.

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Security / Re: Full Tutorial - Installing Tails LiveUSB with a Persistent Volume.
« on: July 15, 2013, 10:26 pm »
Quote from: tbart on July 15, 2013, 07:30 pm
but do have a general encryption question - when someone posts a public key that shows Gnupg v2.1xxxxx and mine from gpg4usb shows    GnuPG v1.4.12 (MingW32), will their public key work in my gpg4usb to encrypt msgs they can decrypt, and vice versa?

The only time that might be a problem is if someone uses a key size that the other person's client doesn't support, but the vast majority of PGP clients support key sizes up to 4096 bits, so anything up to that should be good. A few clients support larger key sizes. One SR vendor has an 8192 bit key, which could be a problem for some people, but differing PGP clients or versions generally is not a problem.

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Security / Re: Full Tutorial - Installing Tails LiveUSB with a Persistent Volume.
« on: July 15, 2013, 06:41 pm »
Yeah, why not just use the built in PGP app in Tails?

But if you really want to use GPG4USB, you need to double click the file start_linux, not start_windows.exe.

First it has to be made executable by right-clicking on it and Properties -> Permissions and checking "Allow executing file as program."

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Security / Re: help an idiot out with gpg4win PLEASE!!
« on: July 15, 2013, 06:31 pm »
On a related note, your PGP encrypted address is rendered useless if the vendor sends you a tracking number in plaintext, because an adversary can use that number to find your address. Tracking numbers are actually worse, because addresses are deleted when the order is marked In Transit, usually within a couple of days, while tracking numbers will be stored in SR messages for 3 months, even after they are deleted.

If you encrypt your address, you should instruct the vendor not to send you a tracking number, but then again, they should be smart enough to figure that out for all of their customers who encrypt their addresses.

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