How to Stay Anonymous on the Internet Using Tor ? #Security Tips

Why you should hide yourself?
Internet is risky place to surf, here your privacy is not secure as you think.  Others can track what you are searching or what is your interest(Based on that , scammers can scam you).  Some websites store your real IP. An attacker can get the IP from the website by attacking that website.  Using your IP , he can take control of your System(using Open Port).  Two weeks back, we explained about the Facebook Privacy Ris.  If you want to secure your privacy, this article will help you. 

What is Tor and Usage?

Tor is a network of virtual tunnels that allows people and groups to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. It also enables software developers to create new communication tools with built-in privacy features. Tor provides the foundation for a range of applications that allow organizations and individuals to share information over public networks without compromising their privacy.

For Individual: They use Tor to keep websites from tracking them and their family members, or to connect to news sites, instant messaging services, or the like when these are blocked by their local Internet providers. Tor's hidden services let users publish web sites and other services without needing to reveal the location of the site. Individuals also use Tor for socially sensitive communication: chat rooms and web forums for rape and abuse survivors, or people with illnesses.

For Journalists: They use Tor to communicate more safely with whistleblowers and dissidents. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) use Tor to allow their workers to connect to their home website while they're in a foreign country, without notifying everybody nearby that they're working with that organization.

For Groups such as Indymedia recommend Tor for safeguarding their members' online privacy and security. Activist groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) recommend Tor as a mechanism for maintaining civil liberties online. Corporations use Tor as a safe way to conduct competitive analysis, and to protect sensitive procurement patterns from eavesdroppers. They also use it to replace traditional VPNs, which reveal the exact amount and timing of communication. Which locations have employees working late? Which locations have employees consulting job-hunting websites? Which research divisions are communicating with the company's patent lawyers?

A branch of the U.S. Navy uses Tor for open source intelligence gathering, and one of its teams used Tor while deployed in the Middle East recently. Law enforcement uses Tor for visiting or surveilling web sites without leaving government IP addresses in their web logs, and for security during sting operations.

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How to Login in Facebook without Getting the Security Question?

You got someone facebook id and password.  If you try to login to that account from your your system, it will ask to answer security question.  You can bypass this security.


Requirments:
Victim IP address(there are some lot of ways, you can find in this blog).

• Go to www.ip2location.com
• and enter the IP address.
• It will show the country of victim.
• Now visit:
• www.samair.ru/
• Find the proxy IP address based on the victim's Counry.
• Set the proxy IP in mozilla(read How to set proxy ip?)
• Now login to facebook with id you got. you won't get Security Question now.

A Guide to Online Anonymity - How can i be completely untraceable ?

Definition:
The act of keeping your identity hidden online by using connection methods and encryption methods, to make yourself untraceable to a person, website, company, school or whatever else you are doing/connecting to.

How to Setup your own Proxy Server For Free using Hamachi and Privoxy?

Read this post to know  What is proxy server?

Why should i use Proxy server?

Open Wi-Fi Connections:
It is possible for anyone to monitor everything you do on an Open Wi-Fi Network. Not all sites that you visit may use HTTPS Encryption. Sometimes even sites that do use HTTPS only do so for certain actions and then revert to regular unencrypted HTTP connections, which are visible by anyone on the network. Using a proxy server will direct all web traffic through a secure and encrypted tunnel making all of your browsing safe and unseeable.


Bypass Firewalls and Corporate Web Filtering:
Users who wish to bypass web monitoring and restrictions imposed by their employer may utilize Proxy Servers. This is great for users and dangerous for IT Professionals as it may pose a danger to network security.

How to Set up the proxy server using Hamachi and Privoxy? 

Requirements:

1. 2 computers. One works proxy server. Other one use the proxy server(client). Both system should have Internet connection.
2. Hamachi: A free (for non-commercial use), cross-platform VPN service that, gives you secure access to your home network no matter where you are. Download it from here:

   https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi2/

3. Privoxy: A free, Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. It has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks. Download it from here:
   

   http://www.privoxy.org/

Installing Hamachi and Set up the Server

Step 1: 

 Decide which Computer is going to work as Proxy Server.  Install the Hamachi in that computer.
Step 2:
Once you installed, run the application.  It will open small Hamachi application window with thanks message.

Step 3:
Click the Power Button.  It will automatically detect the host name and ask you to register the client.

Once you registered, it will show some IP address like 5.xx.xxx.xxx near to the power button.  Note this is our proxy ip Address.

Step 4:

Now you will get two options. 1. Create New Network 2.Join an existing Network.
This is server Computer, we have to create network to used by client.
So click the Create a New Network button.

Step 5:

It will ask you to enter network id and password(i entered id as proxy_BreakTheSecurity).   Enter your desire id and password(Should be strong password).
Click the Create button.

That's all your server is ready to be used.

Using Our Proxy Server in client Side
Now move to your client system( i mean any other computer).  Install Hamachi in your that system.
Follow the first three step mentioned above.
Step 4:
Now you will get two options. 1. Create New Network 2.Join an existing Network.
This is Client System, right? so Click the Join an Existing network.

Step 5:
Enter the Network id and password that you used to create network.  (in my case, network id i entered is proxy_BreakTheSecurity)

You can rinse and repeat this on every machine you want to do this with, for up to 16 clients (that’s the limit for Hamachi’s free-for-non-commercial-use version)

Installing the Privoxy in the client system:
Install the privoxy and run.

Step 1:

In system tray, you can see P icon. right click on the P
and select Edit->Main Configuration.

Step 2:

It will open the config.txt file in notepad.
Search for the "listen-address 127.0.0.1:8118"
Replace the 127.0.0.1 with our proxy ip address(address that displayed in server hamachi apps) created in server side.
For example listent-address 5.xx.xxx.xxx:8118
Save the file.

That's all you finished.  Restart the privoxy.
Now we have to use the Proxy server.

Set Up Your Web Browser to Use Your New Secure Proxy:

Open the Mozilla Firefox
Open Tools->Preferences.
It will open the preference window of Firefox.
Select Advanced->Network tab.

Click the Settings button near to the "Configure how Firefox connects to the Internet”
Select the Manual proxy configuration.

Enter our Server Proxy Address(5.xx.xxx.xx) and port as 8118.
click ok.



Test the Proxy Server.
Now we have to test whether our proxy is working or not.

Visit http://config.privoxy.org/. It will detect whether you use proxy or not.

If proxy is used, you’ll see a message like “This is Privoxy 3.0.17 on Windows (5.xxx.xxx.xx), port 8118, enabled.”

If not, you’ll see a page that reads “Privoxy is not being used”.

Also, if you’re on a public Wi-Fi connection and you navigate to something like WhatIsMyIP.com with your proxy turned off, you should see a different IP when you reload the page with your proxy turned on.
(Essentially, when turned on, your home’s public IP address should be showing.)

Even though your proxy is running over an HTTP connection, Hamachi is encrypting everything that runs between your computers, so it’s still a secure option

What are the Risks of using Proxy Servers?

We are using Proxy Server in order to Protect your Privacy.  But sometimes this proxy can be danger for your Privacy and Confidential data.  Here I listed the risks of Proxy servers.

What is IP Masking? How to use Fake IP address?

What is Ip Masking?
IP masking is hiding your Original(Dynamic/Static) IP address so that you can not be traced.  IP masking is using Fake IP address for your machine.