Unfortunately there is no real anonymity and privacy when it comes to the internet. Between Facebook and all these other companies collecting and selling your information to government interests making it so you can't stay anonymous the chances of being tracked becomes even easier. Sure you can do things like encrypt your hard drive and use a VPN with Tor but in the end, if the NSA is after you, they will find you.

So unless you are running some illegal operation I wouldn't even worry about trying to remain anonymous because everything can all be cracked and tracked. Like I mentioned above you can make it harder to be tracked by using Tails, VPN's and bouncing your packets off of a hundred proxies (which would slow your internet down anyway) but in the end it won't matter because the internet wasn't designed for anonymity, to begin with. The protocol TCP/IPv4 was designed for trusted computers on trusted networks, being anonymous wasn't in the plan at the start of the internet.

Even the Darknet has become 'mainstream 'and with all the past and recent busts that have happened over the last few weeks. That should show you that even these hacker/tech people that run these illegal sites can be found. Besides who wants to use a million apps and services to hide anyway? That will only lead to paranoia and your own demise in the long run. Any company that offers you anonymity is a false promise and will give you a false sense of security. If you really want to try to stay a little more private this is what i would suggest, run tails, whonix or Qubes from a USB stick or a CD and use the tor network.

Yes, we can do things to protect our privacy but being totally anonymous is impossible so thinking that using the Mcdonalds wifi is safe is very naive, you might as well go hide in the ball pit because they will find you in there as well!

Just stay honest and don't do illegal things and you will be just fine. Going to bed knowing you can rest your head easy is priceless.

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