Is it even possible to be truly anonymous on the internet?

>>60603925
no, if you're a pedophile on /g/ you will be found, thank god.
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It's getten more and more complicated over the years, but if all your friends are hobbyists it's still possible.

>>60603925
Yeah, just not on the internet internet.

>>60603925
With extensive effort it is possible to make a one-off anonymous submission (e.g. leaking secret government docs). This involves buying a used laptop with cash, using public wifi, and employing extensive physical surveillance countermeasures plus learning about stylometry and other meta-analysis methods and how to counter those.

As for making your everyday internet use anonymous, no, this is not possible if your attacker is sufficiently determined. The best you can do is make it impractical for a random enemy with no state support to track you down; e.g. by posting no identifying info and using different handles everywhere. For most people, this is enough.

>>60603953
Please tell me your proposed methods for communicating anonymously with your hobbyist friend. I will explain some of the means by which you could be traced.

>>60603992
Short of an actual bug on your specific computer, pgp encrypted dead drops over tor will do everything you ask of.

gauranteed? no, not really
the problem with gaurantees is that it requires trust, which is incompatible with privacy
you can get pretty close though, the closer you get to perfect anonymity, the more inconvenient it becomes, it's absolutely not something you can just apply to everything, or do in such a way that requires no thought
even a perfect setup can't protect you if you identify yourself yourself

>>60603975
Thank you.

>>60603975
This is the best way to look at it. The way to combat mass surveillance is not to make it impossible, but to make it really hard and expensive.

>>60603925
Use Tails on some public WiFi.
It's not rocket science.

>>60604295
on a laptop you rented with cash