![]() ![]() We used to live in the "real world" and "go online." Now we live online, and things like geotracking of cell phones, facial recognition in public physical spaces, and so forth mean no amount of "online anonymity" will help you if your meatspace self is not also anonymous, which is nearly impossible these days. Who you're talking to, when, for how long, how many messages, size of attachments, type of communication (text message? email? voice call? voice memo? video call?), all this information is not encrypted and is easily discoverable by sophisticated hackers with a mass surveillance apparatus, which is most these days.Ī final thought before we dig into specific technical tools: "Online" is now a meaningless word. An encrypted message may protect your privacy - because (hopefully) no one else can read it besides you and your recipient - but encryption does not protect the metadata, and thus your anonymity. We are using privacy and anonymity interchangeably, and this is incorrect. The universe does not appear to believe in anonymity, however, as it requires significant work to remain anonymous. The universe believes in encryption, a wise man once opined, because it is astronomically easier to encrypt than it is to brute force decrypt.
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