Weights of paranoid

My interlocutor is Anton. Or it seems that the matter is not very clear. Because Anton, on the one hand, works in a large IT company, and on the other hand, it organizes crypto benefits . That is, he tells how to protect yourself in a virtual environment. Yes, Anton says, Yandex and Mail.Ru may have an excellent antispam-service, but, according to domestic legislation, the companies installed the SORM system, which means that everything is in the palm of your hand. Sorm is a legal interception system of telephone and network conversations. As you know, she began to move even more actively to the Sochi Olympics . Now the resort is turned into a landfill for electronic surveillance , which is probably distributed to the whole country.

A friend of Anton Dasha also teaches people how to encrypt from the annoying attention of the authorities to your life: “Our goal is to maximize the information literacy not only among activists, but also among the inhabitants. This is like rallies: the more strength is required for each suspect, the easier to all protesters. ” The example gives the end of 2011. Then one of the police officers complained to her that the card index familiar to the employees of disagreement at times less than the number of demonstrators.

“Each operator is obliged to install equipment for SORM,” Anton explains. - Moreover, even the provider does not know that the state structures are monitoring. They can find out my preferences in porn, political sympathies and credit history. Do not forget - correspondence in the form of text over the years will fit on only one disk. Given the Kremlin’s request, there is no doubt that the number of conditional disks will be unlimited. ” In total, from 2007 to 2012, the number of judicial orders for wiretapping grew from 230 thousand to half a million.

These measures were initiated by Vladimir Putin in the framework of the concept of information security. In addition to the usual scarecrows about the threat of terrorism and cybercriminals, the possibilities of using the Internet for “interference in the internal affairs of the state” are separately painted. In addition, the document prepared by the Security Council and the Ministry of Defense emphasizes the role of social networks in the “violation of public order” and “the promotion of ideas that incur violence”.

Unpleasant? Let's take measures.

In fact, it is still impossible to ensure one hundred percent security, but this is not an occasion to fall into paranoia or collect suitcases. The main thing is to strive for sufficient protection. “The best security is its own regularly working brains,” Anton recalls. “Hampers most often occur because of the person himself-they download the dumb applications, they use a dog’s nickname or birthday as a password, they say to anyone.” The same Snowden received passwords from the National Security agency, having knocked down his colleagues.

Often, users have one password for all accounts, the rest of the bastions will fall for hacking one. The first line of protection, programmers assure, must be reliable passwords . They advise: use letters and numbers to make it really “C/\ O} | {HBLM”. Anton recalls: "Do not be afraid to update the password, because even the inscriptions are changed on the monuments."

Computer

All communication on the network must be transferred to sites that do not obey domestic jurisdiction. More recently, Russian services grumbled that Google , Hotmail and Skype technologies are closed to them. At the same time, American companies did not refuse cooperation, because they need new markets for development. After hundreds of legally incorrectly executed requests from the Russian departments, the ice still started. So far, it is only a dozen cases. According to IT -Schools, while every case is given with battle, which means that foreign IMILS are still effective. In any case, Hushmail , Resist and Safemail remain reliable alternatives.

Start transformation is worth the Explorer browser from Windows - it is only needed once to download Firefox . Unlike most commercial browsers, Firefox has an open programming code, which means that thousands of people were convinced of its safety. In the settings, you need to turn off the autosasy of logins and passwords and the search history. You can also configure a SSL connection that allows you to communicate with the server on the network without data interception. In this case, in the browser line instead of the usual http://gmail.com will be https://gmail.com and the “lock” icon. Recently, the company in the fight against the NSA launched search requests via HTTPS . T Witter has done this for a long time.

In total, from 2007 to 2012, the number of judicial orders for wiretapping grew from 230 thousand to half a million.

In the summer, the register of prohibited sites chopped off access to thousands of resources, including torrents. “Providers block access to unique IP -addresses that all computers have,” the programmer explains. “Seeing that the IP user has Russian descent, the operators report that the site is not available, but these are all the doors.” You can get around the ban using Tor . It gives an anonymous protective connection, it was with its help that Snowden handed the reporters information about Prism .

I2P , proxy and VPN connection are also useful for safe communication. In this case, the connection is organized a encrypted tunnel between the computer and the VPN server. Now the user receives another IP -address, and all traffic is encrypted before the server. The only slippery moment is that no one knows to whom they belong, which means that it is worth refraining from the most luxurious free offers.

Internet

“Personally, I use several addresses - for work, family, political discussions, mailings and registrations on the sites,” says Anton, “at the same time I do not connect them with each other and regularly destroy the old postal accounts.” Recently, says Dasha, police officers in informal communication require passwords to mailboxes. The girl tries not to argue, she just registered the box specifically for the servants in advance.

Here she is signed for newsletters on concert announcements and sometimes writes harmless letters to apolitical acquaintances. “The heyday of youth near policy is associated with the lag of cops on the Internet, they worked on the old fashioned way and shied away from computers,” says Anton's friend. “Now Russia is approaching Western standards, which noticeably changes the rules of the game not in the better direction for us.”

Google actively analyzes all requests in order to tell the most suitable option to the user next time. For example, after watching on You T Ube, historical films about the CPSU Service will stubbornly treat the communist ideology. The list of sites and finds in the search engine can tell more than you can imagine. Duckduckgo and IXQUick will fit as an alternative. For Mozilla, there are search plugins that google use, but do not give it any requests .

Social media

Safe social networks do not exist in principle. Thanks to our chatter, Facebook , Twitter and VKontakte build structures, including public. Likes, reposts, comments give a complete picture of our dating circle. Thanks to the sorting of facts, you can understand who started.

The safest way to use social networks is several accounts and a proxy server. “The account should not be attached to the personal image. Do not use paid services, because stripping a credit card is a couple of minutes. And, of course, no personal data such as photo, work, study and friends. ”

Dasha notes that the least is necessary for someone to put your name under the photo. “For example, one girl after a demonstration in Khimki , apparently, from a great mind, celebrated all friends against the backdrop of the defeated administration.” It is also worth understanding that removing data in social networks does not lead to physical elimination of information - no one knows how much it will really be stored there.

The best choice instead of the ancient ICCA and chat in social networks is Jabber.

Another ambush with social networks is all kinds of iframes, there are such on the Colt. Thanks to them, we can comment on articles without registering on each site. The ambush is that the plugins give sites information about our Facebooks, even if we are in safe mode. They will help to cut off AD B Lock - at the same time you will have to load advertising blocks less. Or when visiting a site with unshakable content, it is better to vibrate and come from a new window.

Until recently, Skype was called a panacea from wiretapping. After the acquisition of Microsoft and the printout of dialogues at interrogations, it can be safely argued that the former security is exaggerated. The best choice instead of the ancient ICCA and a chat in social networks is J Abber . By the way, he was in Gmail until May 2013, and for those who registered earlier, the chat is still operating on the Jabber protocol. A pleasant addition is Privnote and 10 minut e Mail - data through them can be transmitted through social networks, and the information will soon be deleted.

Telephone

We are so accustomed to them that sometimes we don’t even let us out of our hands. To maintain communication, it is always associated with the nearest towers - which allows you to track the location of the subscriber with an accuracy of 10 meters. Dasha advises to take out the battery and use cheap models. The more complicated the technique, the more difficult it is to tame it. An unpleasant surprise during the detention is that mobile mail remains open: the girl recommends regularly cleaning the box. Telegram , Cryptosms and WhatsApp are provided with more or less private telephone correspondence.

In turn, Anton recalls that it is not worth registering numbers by passport, which allows you to immediately determine the caller of the subscriber. “Personally, I regularly change SIM cards,” says the activist. However, any phone has its own unique IMEI number, which means that for emergency, it is worth changing the device.

“So far, it is still the opportunity to acquire“ SIM cards ”from the hands, however, they threaten to cover the bench. However, when connecting, you can “say” any passport data. Vyazemsky also stated that the severity of the laws is moderate by their non -fulfillment! ” It is possible that the implementation of SORM-3 will also be a back for a classic saw, which means that there is absolutely no need to listen to paranoid Talmuds- 1 , 2 and 3 .