This is the most important thing you will listen to *THIS YEAR* regarding your privacy concerns, the internet, lawlessness online…. thanks  and ‘s  !
http://www.npr.org/2013/08/20/213562362/wild-wild-web-policing-an-early-lawless-internet
It is creepy. It is profound. And it should be sobering to those concerned about privacy. Â If you *really* believe it exists (it doesn’t), you need to turn off your computer, and because it can be off but a rootkit can still use your webcam and microphone WHILE OFF, you need to put it in your car. Â Then let your cell phone die and put it away, because everyone knows where you are at all times.
That being said, if you are REALLY concerned about privacy online:
a) why do you think you are important enough that people actually care about what you are doing?
b) what are you doing that you so desperately seek privacy? Transparency is scorching the earth, and privacy is for those willingly living in the shadows, to cover their activities. Sounds fishy to me.
c) do you think you have privacy offline? Â because there should be zero expectation of privay in public, as well….
privacy was a quaint 20th century notion for the privileged. Â It’s going away soon, and the battle against lawlessness in the wild west should be indicative of that….
There are no good or bad techniques online – there are only techniques, tools, and procedures that can be used for good and / or bad.