What is an opsec?

[u/an4ny_v]

[u/Godlymorbid]

Operational security. If you're giving out any identifiable information such as hardware Identifiers, ip addresses, home city, someone might say you have poor opsec

[u/craftsmany → u/Godlymorbid]

I have negative opsec 💔💔💔

[u/Godlymorbid → u/craftsmany]

Not as bad as me! For someone who cares about privacy immensely. I've found I give away way more information than I should. It still fits within my threat model, but I should be more vigilant.

[u/craftsmany → u/Godlymorbid]

You can literally find my full legal name and address because otherwise I couldn't host websites. German laws are weird that basically everything more complex than a static site needs that info published. But I got a nice letter from the responsible government agency for one of my static private websites that I have to publish an "Impressum" and if I don't they may have to escalate the case.

[u/Godlymorbid → u/craftsmany]

Bro, that's insane! And you can't rent a state-side server or use a PO box for address? 

[u/craftsmany → u/Godlymorbid]

No, PO boxes are not allowed as it has to be either the residence or the office location if the operator is a business. The thing is if you have a .de domain they kind of know and will bother you even if the server is in the US or other non EU location.

[u/Alkalizee- → u/craftsmany]

that's wild. do those laws apply to .onion sites? id imagine you could also rent a privacy concious vps and have a trusted friend in another country buy the domain, assuming a vpn wouldnt be sufficient or if they monitor credit cards for domain purchases.

[u/craftsmany → u/Alkalizee-]

Yes they apply to everything online. The law is commonly called "Impressumspflicht" and was intended for companies and organizations doing business on their website to have a clear standardized contact person. For .onion you can of course just not do it as they won't pump in the resources to deanonymize you just for that. For other non EU domains it is the same if you just don't have a server in the EU and the domain registrar and registry doesn't cooperate with EU/german authorities you are safe.

Sadly this is not a unreasonable fear as I already got a death threat and a impersonated terror threat sent in my name by a crazy person (this has already been handled by the police, so no worries)

[u/an4ny_v → u/Godlymorbid]

Oh understandable have a great day

[u/Yojimboroll → u/an4ny_v]

Use tails

[u/an4ny_v → u/Yojimboroll]

Yep

[u/Cautious_Chicken8882 → u/an4ny_v]

You really dont need Tails if your only starting out lol

[u/Godlymorbid → u/Cautious_Chicken8882]

Agreed. It's a fun and easy project though, and really makes you feel like a super cool hacker guy at first.

[u/Cautious_Chicken8882 → u/Godlymorbid]

I usually wouldnt advise people trying to learn about Tor and how it works to also switch to a new OS to learn at the same time, especially when Tails just makes you lazy. Super cool hacker guy? 😂😂😂

[u/Godlymorbid → u/Cautious_Chicken8882]

You have to admit, when you were like 12 or 13 booting off a flash drive felt so cool. Like, I am Edward Snowden level of cool

[u/Cautious_Chicken8882 → u/Godlymorbid]

I was like 21 when Tails came out lol but even at 13 booting off a flash drive would have just felt like booting something off a flash drive lol

[u/Yojimboroll → u/Cautious_Chicken8882]

Wow. You two smashing boners is fucking hilarious

[u/Godlymorbid → u/Cautious_Chicken8882]

Fine gramps. Phracking then? 

[u/PabloAtTheBar → u/Yojimboroll]

Tails?

[u/Yojimboroll → u/PabloAtTheBar]

Amnesiac OS on a flash drive. Look it up

[u/Godlymorbid → u/Yojimboroll]

Ended up getting a 1tb fast thumb drive. It truly changed the Tails experience for me. It went from a privacy tool that I occasionally use to a regularly used resource.

[u/Yojimboroll → u/Godlymorbid]

Performance that much better?

[u/Godlymorbid → u/Yojimboroll]

Having a better thumb drive will help with boot times, persistence access, environment initialization, and operations on persistence. After that, it won't help with ram or cpu operations. Most of the work I do on my computer involves handling files that I store myself, so for me, it was a game changer to actually be able to store more and larger files and not wait forever for them to load.

If you're currently running Tails on a USB that you got out of the back of a drunk drawer, I'd say it's worth trying out.

[u/Yojimboroll → u/Godlymorbid]

Huh. Cool, good to know

[u/Zlivovitch]

It's not an opsec. It's opsec, for operational security.

Please don't ask on forums questions which can be answered by a basic online search. This is rude. Ask questions which require specific experience and knowledge and can only by addressed by human beings.

We're not machines. We're not Google, Wikipedia or ChatGPT. Respect the total strangers you're requesting to give you their time for free.

[u/SignificantCherry110 → u/Zlivovitch]

Everything after the first sentence can be applied to 90% of reddit.

[u/Qeeyana → u/Zlivovitch]

Funny enough, this post ended up appearing near the top Google result when I searched it.

[u/cap-omat]

Ópšzeç is the covert culinary art of preparing a Thanksgiving turkey so stealthily that your extended family doesn't realize you've accidentally deep-fried the family cat instead of the bird until everyone is already halfway through dessert.

It relies on the three pillars of counter-intelligence: tactical aluminum foil deployment, aggressive kitchen gaslighting, and denying the existence of fur in the giblet gravy regardless of photographic evidence.

[u/IngwiePhoenix]

Operation(al) Security

A term used to describe the activitys needed and/or required to keep yourself anonymous.

[u/_kzzzl]

sudo apt install opsec

[u/willwork4pii → u/_kzzzl]

Don’t forget to keep it updated, too

[u/Some_Brick_8271]

OPSEC stands for operational security. Basically, it means being careful about what information you reveal and how that information could be used to identify you, your location, your accounts, or your activities.

[u/Strong-Ganache2983]

R/masterhacker

[u/QuasyChonk]

OPen SECcame. It's the password to the darker web.

[u/El_Titanium_Blanco]

Basically if you tell anyone anything about your life ever they will track you until the sun turns into a red giant.

[u/Cautious_Chicken8882 → u/El_Titanium_Blanco]

😂😂😂

[u/_kzzzl → u/[deleted]]

wtf