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Maybe they consider darknets to be sci fi? Yeah that's a stretch. This may not be about secret drug markets at all.

Lmao! SS coding superstar has it reserved,  what a guy.
Im sure im missing something simple, how do i connect to the IRC chat?
i think i have it i joined the "The nsa can see almost everything but can they see why kids love cinnamin toast forum".....

If you saw that topic, then you were in the chat. Maybe there wasn't anyone talking right then. Say hello and someone will probably respond.

Pretty straightforward. My only issue is they recommend the Hanewin JavaScript app to encrypt your address. So you're outsourcing your security to that site and trusting that it doesn't steal your address. They wouldn't be able to link your address to a specific purchase, but I'm not comfortable (potentially) adding my address to some database they could be collecting.

Yes.

Hey there astor, first, thanks a lot for replying; I know I wrote an awful lot and those long posts can be hard to read.

Essentially all I need from the OS is the ability to use tools to compile C++, and to run a few specific programs that are typically run on windows. If wine would work with Tails in any capacity, whether I have to spend an hour at the beginning of each day installing tools or not (obviously I'd prefer not to have to, but security is number one on the list of priorities), it would probably be the best thing for the job.

You would have to install a package called build-essential to get the tools to compile. I doubt it comes with Tails, since Tails isn't designed to be a development environment, but I could be wrong.

As for Wine, at least one person has installed it and it worked:

https://tails.boum.org/forum/Wine_and_installing_exe__39__s/

You would have to reinstall it each time though.

Once I've set tails up, is there anything I can do to further increase by security level? Is running everything behind Tor with Tails about as far as I could go or are there further layers I could implement to make sure I can't be identified?

There are safer set ups than Tails. Whonix is safer. However, you don't get the "leave no trace behind" properties of Tails.

One thing you will want to test is whether Wine apps obey Tails proxy settings.

That's not just you P2P, it's a pretty poorly written article. The crux is that a DEA public notice of seized property this month mentions that they seized a bitcoin address from a suspect, containing 11 BTC. There are no specifics given, other than it was for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance, and that his AKA is "Casey Jones" who is also a SR vendor selling suboxone and methylone. What does it mean to "seize" a BTC account? They mention one address, so it's speculated that they physically seized the suspects computer with the wallet.dat file locally stored. The rest of the article is a half-assed blockchain analysis that comes to no conclusion. (I can't criticize too much -- blockchain analysis is beyond my ability as well) and an appeal for help from someone who actually knows how to do blockchain analysis.

They claim the DEA didn't seize his wallet, but that maybe he sent the BTC to them.

That's why I said, although they may have met on SR, the transaction didn't happen there.

Who knows what really happened.

Hello SR,  I'm looking to improve my security to the point where I become really, really hard to get hold of; I know I can never be 100% secure, but I want to be as close to that as possible.

Unfortunately, I want to do this without impacting too much on my activities. In order to do what I want to do, I still need to be able to access clearnet, I still need a persistent file store, I need to be able to use and execute programs that would work in a windows environment and I need to be able to access a remote server to publish reports.

My security needs warrant me being able to boot from and use a volume that is totally separate from my home pc, one which can be destroyed if needed, where my activities whilst using the secure volume are as untraceable as possible. However, I will be doing work whilst using the secure volume therefore I need to be able to store some files and install certain programs.

I've looked at Tails with a Persistent Volume, and this looks like the type of thing I'm after, however I'm worried that I won't be able to code and install certain programs with it, does Tails have much the same abilities as Linux? Could I do most things I can do on Ubuntu through tails and then run the windows compatible programs through wine? Or does Tails not offer this functionality?

Tails is Linux, but no, you won't be able to do many things that you can do on Ubuntu, or they will be much harder. Tails is a very restricted environment. Programs that you install are not persistent, unless they are portable programs saved in the persistent volume. Programs installed system-wide are lost after each reboot. You could reinstall the tools you need after each boot, but it would be a pain to do so.

If not, is it possible for me to boot linux from a removable, encrypted volume, where the only trace of my activities is left on the removable volume and my internet usage is routed, much like I understand Tails does, completely through Tor?

Yeah, that's basically Tails.

If anyone could offer up any resources or advice, as well as offer up anything I  might not have considered, I'd be very, very grateful. English is not my native language, so sorry If the above does not make a great deal of sense.

There are other options, like Whonix, but they leave traces on the computer. Tails (or Liberte) are the only solutions that leave no trace on the main hard drive and can be easily destroyed.

Essentially consider my scenario as this; I need to be able to create and program tools to enable certain specific freedoms in my home country from which I am persecuted. I'm attempting to operate without any trace where I cannot trust anyone, nor can I afford to have my identity anything but private. I intend for my computer usage and my real life to be completely separate and unable to be linked to one another.

What are your programming needs? Will any text editor due or do you need special tools? Some specific IDE, VM, programming language packages, etc? It's possible to reinstall these things with each reboot, but as I said, it would be annoying. If you are skilled enough, you could create a custom spin of Tails with the tools you need.

I come to you guys not because I am buying drugs, but because we have similar security interests; both of us are performing activities that we wish to conceal from our governments. And whilst mine does not effect the american government in any way, were the law enforcement in your country to know what I was doing, there is a certainty that my own government would quickly know about it too.

Well that's interesting. Welcome to our community.