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And my first ideas on how to communicate more securely:

1. Buy a laptop computer.
2. Install an OS, doesn't matter which one, preferably something where the source is open to security reviews (such as linux).
3. Install True Crypt.
4. Install linux on a hidden partition with Tor for some security when you are at home.
5. Use a live CD OS like Liberte which uses Tor at a wifi hotspot at a restaurant for extra secure communication. With Mac address randomization and not saving any persistence info like cookies etc on the computer's hard drive/ssd.

#5 should work well for just looking around the internet. More work needs to be done when you want to do things like use email etc.

Post 1

Friday, November 8, 2013 - 9:30am

Hmmm. Here are a list of cloud vendors that accept Bitcoin:

Cloud Providers and Services
RemoteFS Geo-distributed highly redundant online storage for backups and archival
TrilightZone Providing Privacy Services Since 2005 - Including Offshore Cloud Services - Choose from Multiple Offshore Jurisdictions !
wiki-site.com Wiki hosting
s3rsync.com On line rsync backup to Amazon S3 storage
Yoku Cloud Hosting Private Cloud Servers running Windows or Linux with full remote desktop or ssh access.
Bit-Host exchange bitcoins for your favorite File-Hosting services premium like Rapidshare, Uploaded.net/ul.to or Netload Premium subscription and SAVE!
BitcoinCloud.eu Cloud servers in Amsterdam starting from about 0.04 BTC per month.
GbVault, Online Data Backup: Fast - Safe - Secure
Sublight, Sublight is application for searching and downloading movie subtitles.
Away RJN Cryptography, Before you "cloud" your files, securely encrypt them.
EVALinx Free and Open Source Software consulting. We speak Spanish/English. We specialize in: Virtualization (private and public), LAMP, Networking, Security, Backup and Encryption. We offer personalized hosting solutions as well.
EZComet Realtime web message pushing solution
Rocket Tech Storage Online storage for $0.02/GB/month, SSH/SFTP access, Bitcoin always accepted.

Spin up virtual machine on cloud for as long as you want, pay via Bitcoin, delete it when done.

Post 2

Friday, November 8, 2013 - 10:26am

Here's an article on internet communication security: Tails/Warning

Summary: Tor doesn't help that much vs various power grabbing government agencies who have lots of control over the internet, and using it may even make your activity more likely to be monitored and known to them. More people would have to use Tor in order to be a needle in a haystack, Tor users are probably more needles in needle stacks.

But... using Tor does help vs less powerful entities in the world.
(Edited by Dean Michael Gores on 11/08, 10:30am)

Post 3

Friday, November 8, 2013 - 10:55am

Fred,

One thing about bitcoins is they don't really offer anonymity, the only offer defense from theft. So a person with lots of surveillance info could figure out who you received and sent bitcoins with, but they wouldn't be able steal any bitcoins you securely encrypted.

Potentially there are bitcoin laundry methods, but then you need to trust the people you are exchanging with that they aren't malicious.

Cheers,
Dean

Post 4

Saturday, November 16, 2013 - 6:03pm