[dba-Tech] The Monero Project

[Stuart McLachlan]

What do you mean by "your details"?  I don't see ANY information on that site that would 
identify me in any way other than the fact that I am a Digicel PNG customer using "Mozilla/5.0 
(Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:56.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/56.0").


On 17 Oct 2017 at 22:30, Jim Lawrence wrote:

> Interesting. 
> 
> If you go into a FF private window with Tracking protection on and run
> the same link: https://www.askapache.com/online-tools/whoami/
> 
> Your details are still being displayed or am I missing something?
> 
> With an appropriate VPN turned on, and running the same link, a dummy
> IP address is displayed and none of your OS credentials are.
> 
> Aside: Here are a couple of the new features of FF 56.0, that I find
> exciting. One, Send: https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/send
> 
> ...and Container:
> https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/containers
> 
> ...and there are more.
> 
> Jim
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "stuart" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>
> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 8:30:32 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The
> Monero Project
> 
> If I use a Private Window in Firefox with tracking protection enabled,
> I am not leaking and information to websites I visit.  
> 
> My ISP NATs traffic, so all that a website knows about me is that I am
> one of a million of so users of Digicel PNG.  
> 
> 
> 
> On 17 Oct 2017 at 21:01, Jim Lawrence wrote:
> 
> > There is enough information that anything you do or anywhere you go
> > can be followed back to you and an association to all your friend
> > and contacts can be established.
> > 
> > Earlier this year I received a legal letter saying that I personal
> > had been downloading a certain set of movies. I had not, so I
> > reported the information back to my ISP who informed me that
> > according to the IP address, a number of movies had been downloaded
> > and they are legally obligated to pass the notice along. If I was
> > living in the states, I could have ended up defending myself in
> > court. Considering that the alleged movies had been downloaded to my
> > address when we were on holidays is strange indeed. Apparently,
> > someone had been able to fake my IP address. 
> > 
> > For years I have had access to PBS documentaries via the internet.
> > Then up went the geofencing but I had a VPN, then finally even that
> > was blocked. There is now a 'black-list' of many IP addresses from
> > most VPN type servers...because if an address can not be tracked to
> > it real location it is assumed as illegal. Considering that I have
> > had an auto-payment plan to PBS for years it was a bit insulting.
> > Rest assured I no longer support PBS through their patron program.
> > They have subsequently sent me a couple of requests as to why, as I,
> > a long time customer, would cancel my pledge. I said grant me access
> > and I will continue. Unfortunately, due to legal obligations, with
> > their suppliers, they can not.
> > 
> > The VPN is still a very effective way of obliterating all my
> > specifics, as there is enough details normally broadcast as to allow
> > anyone to be able to create a fairly unique finger-print. So now we
> > have to up our game when doing any communication through out the
> > internet. End to end encryption, encrypted pipes (SSH/SSL), mesh
> > networks, floating IP addresses and so on, are tools needed in
> > today's world. As the argument goes, do I have anything to hide,
> > probably not but do I have something to protect, definitely.       
> > 
> 
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