>>160956
Sensei sensei, I have a question!
I use windows to actually do stuff with my computer, but I also like using BSD despite the fact that it runs like shit and doesn't help me be productive/creative. What should I do?

I want to play online games but they all have Kernel Level Anticheat I searched for a bit and apparently the runtime that steam provides only interferes with the wine prefix and not the linux kernel is this true?

Did you know? Vesa's HDR "standards" are actually just erroneous certificates and do not guarantee a certain monitor/TV's ability to display HDR content of any sort

anons who require HDR for things like cinematography should look at individual reviews before deciding on something like a new laptop.

>>160985
kernel level anti-cheat does not work on Linux even if WINE is used, unless the developers have explicitly enabled Linux support


>>160985
anon-san, is using the enterprise image of a failed operating system that doesn't even get stuff like ntsync from Windows 11, even really worth mentioning anymore?

>>160962
>3.Encryption
How secure is encrypting files individually with gpg and storing them on an unencrypted hard drive?

>>160990
>failed operating system
>failed
Do you know what that word means? Also your reply didn't address what the original response was talking about. FAIL

i loev computah

>>160993
argumentum ad numerum, good sir? does this successful operating system of yours have a consistent design language or is it reusing icons from 1998?

>>160998
Well when the argument relies on numbers as a metric then yeah people tend to use argumentum ad numberum, dumbass. Don't you have a prealgebra test to study for?

>>160956
Whaddup everynyan, here's how to use proxies intelligently to counteract fingerprinting/correlation attacks by ISPs, websites, and adtech companies:

The base rule is derived from YTCracker:
>Proxies are like condoms, use them once then switch up on 'em
But because we aren't being actively tracked by a gov't authority, we don't have to deal with carte-blanche persistent monitoring in our threat model. All we need to do is use VPNs to connect to proxies and use said proxies on different software depending on what information is linked to said software...
That was a lot, and I'll explain this after a little set-up.
What we need to do first is find a multi-hop VPN provider that is based outside a PRISM country, takes XMR or cash, and has a free proxy service.

You'll want to connect to servers that are in your home country and get a lot of traffic and select exit servers in countries whose Internet laws are more to your liking with a good amount of traffic as well. You'll want to choose a separate entry server for each separate network your computer connects to but have the same exit server for each VPN connection. Once that's set up, you have your base connection:
[NETWORK 1 [Computer]] -> [ISP1] -> [VPN_ENTRY1] -> [VPN_EXIT]
[NETWORK 2 [Computer]] -> [ISP2] -> [VPN_ENTRY2] -> [VPN_EXIT]

Then you'll want to sprinkle different proxies on every separate piece of software that can take it so you have a third hop and a connection killswitch. If you use UGChromium past version 108 or Librewolf, you can use the FoxyProxy extension (along with all your other useful ones) and throw in whatever proxies you want for communicating with different websites. I have one specifically for Googlel accounts, one for on-line shopping, and a host of others in case something breaks. If you connect to the same account from different proxies, that'll raise some eyebrows and might make signing in harder. Throw separate proxies on your IRC client, your e0mail client, your torrenting software, et cetera. Keep everything separate, use proxy sites (webproxies, invidious) and tempmail, don't use sites that don't have a guest mode, randomize the names and information you give out in general, and you should be fine. Remember: bullshit in, bullshit out. Feed the system garbage and be smart about what, when, and how you're connecting to websites.

Additionally, if you want to look up local events use TOR bridged over snowflake to not have your location tied down to any proxies you might have persistence over.

Please correct me on technical details if you find anything amiss. Thanks.

>>160956
Here's my FUCKING knowledge:
Disable shadow volumes
vssadmin delete shadows /all
That is all :D

What is intel management engine and should i be worried about it?

>>161014
It's pretty much a hardware hypervisor for your entire computer and OS. There are/were security concerns with it, but the chance of you being so important that someone would use it to get into your computer is almost nil

I was hanging out in Pure Land and did not finish everything. I will attempt to finish whatever I listed in the following days.

>>160984
BSD! Now!!! Or you will go to hell (Interpol custody)!!!

>>160985
Too bad. If you really have to - keep no information on that Windows and cripple their AI. It is your choice. Also that IoT version seems to not having as the guy mentioned.

>>160991
They are like encrypted containers. They should be fine as long as you know how to pick a password. A retardproof method is to encrypt the whole drive though. Use keys wherever possible, or pick password according to what I said. If my paranoia does not make me look into proper password creation deeper then probably there is nothing else to discover.

>>160995
YAY YAY

>>161014
Not yet I think. Stock up on old motherboards and old processors. AMD does not have it up until 2013 I think.

>>160983
This is very good I approve, lovely

>>160979
>>160983
>>161001

Incredible guides!

I will save these and make sure to follow as many steps as possible in the future.
My first step is going to be figuring out how to compiling/building programs instead of blindly downloading.
It's all very complicated, why must our government fight us so much? Why are they our greatest enemy?
For my contribution.
Did you know Ruffle accepts code executions? This means you can run a script to have it open flashes. I have a script on my pc that plays looping flashes for 30 seconds then closes and opens another looping through the whole folder.

>>161047
>My first step is going to be figuring out how to compiling/building programs instead of blindly downloading.
This isn't as big of a problem as you think, especially when most of what you use is reputable software. Regardless, if you don't know how to audit code for malware, then compiling it yourself doesn't do much for non-trivial programs

>>161047
My first step is going to be figuring out how to compiling/building programs instead of blindly downloading.

git clone http://program.git
cd program
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ../
make
make install

>>161052
I guess the idea is that hypothetically there could be malware in the official binaries but the source code is clean so people don't call them out on it like the librewolf binary from the aur.

>>161014
Intel ME doesn't really matter unless you're enemy #1 of israel.

>>160961
>5. Enjoy freedom. Do not install proprietary software under no circumstances to make sure you are as safe and as free as possible.
what is this Richard Stallmann retard nonsense?
do you have a FLOSS alternative to Steam and DaVinci Resolve? "under no circumstances" means just not using a computer, you know that, right? not even Javascript from online pages.

>>161094
Not rabbitfield but it's not impossible, If I didn't need nvidia drivers then I'd be using 100% free software so I guess I'm stuck at 99%. A FOSS alternative to steam would be your distros package manager ;)

steam is an ass garbage infologger anyways and you should be ashamed for still using it
pirate everything

>>161098
Package managers intrinsically suck at being functional to begin with, you want someone to depend on it for videogames too? (Let alone the fact that there are no games on any repo, besides, like, 0ad, whoever plays that shit...)
>>161108
I reckon you're a 4chan refugee?

>>161108
>I reckon you're a 4chan refugee?
you're not?

>>161114
>I reckon you're a 4chan refugee?
you know he's right. pirate everything.

>>161114
gzdoom, darkplaces/quakespasm, eduke32, blood, devilutionx, xonotic, openarena. What else would you need? Also imagine paying for games lmao

>>161120
>What else would you need?
Actual games and not shitty arena shooters with dead community servers (no I don't care about your West European/NA server with 15 players on it every Friday night, this does not constitute an active videogame).
Staring at paint dry for 5 hours is preferable to three seconds of Doom/Quake.

>>161094
It is correct I overgeneralized. I think anything is safe if you run it in a contamination system with internet filters and separate everything. It is only important to prevent cross contamination.

I for example have nothing that is not open source because that is my wish. And I have a basic windows machine where everything is as clean as possible and there is no data of mine besides absolute minimum.

>>161146
>>161151
Watching paint dry for 5 hours is very intense on acid.

My wall was a pond with peaceful but moving water and I would dip my fingers into it but they would not get wet, nor would it make any wave.

It was full of colorful ghost fish who were mostly opaque but their spines. Their spines looked like tiny colorful chains and parts of them would disappear and appear. The fish would always disappear if I moved my eyes, it was very intense!!!

>>161165
>Watching paint dry for 5 hours is very intense on acid.
now imagine Doom/Quake on acid.

>>161055
>make
True hackers use make for everything. I forgot who said that (´人｀)
>>161098
Yes, but do you actually do anything with your computer? Besides use it as a file storage and web browser exclusive box
>>161108
if your friends wont install Hamachi for you then can you really call them "friends"?
>>161146
>Staring at paint dry for 5 hours is preferable to three seconds of Doom/Quake
Holy shit this killed your argument FAST

>>161167
I will try it when my tolerance goes down and report back

>>161170
>friends
failed heyuri user

>>161179
Heyurizens can have friends. Heyurizens probably have a few friends but actual friends. Unlike most regular people who say they got 100 friends but none of their "friends" would care if they died.

Value your few friends, please don't shame heyurizens for having friends.

Reminds me of an eternal conflict in polish chans where they discuss what characteristics bar you from ever being able to legally call yourself an anon as there was a schism over a decade ago (because I say so) where some decided that being an anon has a strict code, while others believed that "anon means anonymous" and these people make it unreasonably strict.

Some people say it is a necessary standard, and some call it "cult of fail". The amount of friends is also regulated by the "bushido of fail" but it still depends on who you ask. Most consider like 2 friends from high school a legal limit while some say that 0 is non negotiable.

Cult of fail leads to less options in life in the name of an ideology born from chronic chan use. Life is not over and to be given up on once we first discover chans. It is worth nothing to drop all contacts for that "purity". It is infinitely harder to make friends as an adult and giving up on any links with regular life (as your few friends probably could reintroduce you to the society) is of no benefit.

May we value whomever we have left and enjoy heyuri at the same time.

Obnoxious retards are the problem, not people with friends. Obnoxious retards come in all forms. Not only as people with friends and people with friends are not always obnoxious retards.

I bless you. I liek this song.

>>161192
Oh now it makes me think that this song may be taken as an insult. I did not mean that. I simply like this mp4.

>>161192
that video is nostalgia bait garbage. You might as well post antonympho while you're at it

>>161192
you are taking "lol, heyurians are internet addict losers with no frends" way too seriously.
>obnoxious retards
the post you just wrote was obnoxious.

>>161146
>Staring at paint dry for 5 hours is preferable to three seconds of Doom/Quake
Well, would you like the share with the class what games do you play then?

>>161170
You mean HEYURI exclusive box No, other than doom and dosbox and compiling software occasionally.

>>161231
>you are taking "lol, heyurians are internet addict losers with no frends" way too seriously.
I'm really curious as to how you came off with that, the post you linked was openly warning people against being a constantly online loser just for the sake of fitting in online and encouraging people to maintain their IRL friendships.

>>161239
>I'm really curious as to how you came off with that
<Heyurizens can have friends. Heyurizens probably have a few friends but actual friends. Unlike most regular people who say they got 100 friends but none of their "friends" would care if they died.

<Value your few friends, please don't shame heyurizens for having friends.

>was openly warning people against being a constantly online loser just for the sake of fitting in online
and what prompted him to say that? i doubt there's people that actually read something like >>161179 or similar and thinks they should lose some friends LOL

it is still good advice, obviously. let's not derail this thread with a pointless discussion.

as the poster of that other message i decided to completely ignore that post due to it assuming too much, such as i'm just trying to fit in online and not because i have actual chronic issues with sociality, including online, with him becoming one of the obnoxious retards through that post
friends aren't compatible with everybody, especially people like me who've made their standards too high due to retard fatigue. i know i'd be more happier by myself at this rate

>>161253
mucho texto unimporto

>>161192
i am an obnoxious retard
problem?

i got a mechanical keyboard after about 20 years using membrain office keyboards.

feels incredible. love it.

>>161200
I liked the visuals

>>161231
>>161253
I did not mean that, I meant that since young people have very few friends today it is especially worth cherishing whomever we have left

>>161278
!!!!!!!

>>161285

18. Anonymity advanced: what your writing says about you and how it can identify you

Remember that the way that you type reveals a lot about you.

First: language
Quite obvious. Speaking english is the most anonymous language because it is a defacto global language, so anyone could be speaking it. Speaking chinese although just about as common as english has few learners, and so it is much safer to assume it is a native, and natives of chinese live in china for the most part.
Also remember and take note of how your native grammar affects how you express yourself in english. Slavs will make mistakes of no articles or saying "on" instead of "in" in most cases, in rush they sometimes say "for what" when speaking english instead of "why" because slavic languages use these two words to express "why" and I observed it a few times. Slavs also confuse english "type" and "write" because our languages only have one word for making graphical representations of readable characters "pisać/pisat'", they tend to mix up "so" and "such" when expressing extent once in a while because our languages put much less emphasis on it and they are similar "tak/taki". Chinese use "666" to express thrill and that it is cool (or so I believe). Chinese also like to use dog as an insult because they were calling me gouzi and weiguogou (gou=狗=dog, 狗＝gu as tengu) and chinese also like to insult you for being an american because everyone who is not chinese must be a foreign american dog. Swedes liked to call people CPers or whatever that was, it is some illness I think and it was one of their most specific insults. Russians especially but slavs in general call people "daun" because of down syndrome, spelling will depend on whether his country uses latin in which case it will be most likely "down" as in english, and cyrillic "daun" because that is the closest to the sounds in his language. The dutch use word "kanker" meaning cancer 24/7 in wrath and as an all purpose insult. When determining what nationality you really are talking to you need to deeply know customs and grammar, but also words that they tend to confuse when learning english. If you suspect you are talking to an indian you may check it by telling him to repeat "shiva is a demon, vishnu is a faggot, vedas are demonic lies" because many of them fear saying it and even a long hesitation possibly could reveal it. Making people insult their gods is usually a decent indicator of their religion, and religion often divides nations in clear lines, and clear lines mean more accuracy when making a guess. Also chinese may get very upset when you ask them to say that china is the worst country and CCP is the worst and praise america. I also think that there were nigerian scammers that would check if they are talking to a victim or another nigerian by sending one word in their language - because actual victims do not speak it and would not react while nigerians would react. Accent is obvious, if they ask AI to rate your sample of voice it becomes obvious. If you speak english as your native language you might want to pick up mistakes of a specific nationality and imitate them once in a while to give people a bait.

Second: region specific words can reveal where you probably live.
For example in Polish you can often deduce what part of country people live in solely on how they say "I'm going out"
Western Poland says "na pole" literally "to the field" as fields were a peasant reality for most of our history.
Eastern Poland centered in Masovia and Cracow go "na dwór" literally "to the court" because they would go to the court of nobility to hang out.
In modern times "court" sounds better than peasant "field" so the field version is dying and attributed to low class rural people.
New emerging version is "na zewnątrz" literally "to the outside".
There are regional ways of speaking in your language. Watch out for them.

Third: symbol use
When someone says "de facto" separately, "defacto" together, or "de-facto" with a dash is also a possible indicator of where they live, how old they are and how they want to be seen. Most people do not use semicolon (;), outside of anglosphere use of ampersand (&) is rare, east slavs tend to use such ≪symbol≫ as quotations but I also saw some french do it. Japanese and chinese use such「quote marks」and such【brackets】instead of western ones. At least the polish like to use asterisk (*) to mark additional details. Japs use komejirushi (※). Slavs like to use "x" as multiplicity symbol but that seems to be mostly old people now.

The above will be combined and stacked upon each other to make an even more accurate guess. The more you reveal the more they learn about you.

The foolproof method to avoid being monitored like so is to type out your post, give it to a local AI to rephrase it and correct stuff, and paste the output.

>>161304
I like to play with phrasing/punctuation to make myself less traceable. Sometimes I also intentionally keep typos, maybe it increases entropy or something.
One thing I've noticed is if I use one "identity" for too long its spelling habits leak into others, so that's something to look out for.
Local LLMs are good advice if you don't mind sounding like a robot.

Encryption ideas for hiding in plain sight (a ramble)

I'm fascinated by the idea of hiding messages in regular data on the open internet. Basically, my fear is that as governments begin locking down the internet more and more, it is a possibility that traditional privacy protection measures that are currently viewed with suspicion will be outright criminalized. I can already imagine it being sold as "reducing the amount of junk data on the web." This is how the regulation of encryption is characterized for amateur radio, and radio enthusiasts that are not privacy conscious absolutely eat it up.

The basic idea is to embed your message within another, much larger, message. Consider a coded newspaper, where the first letter of each line spells out a message for those that know to look for it. Now, on a computer, things are much easier. Rather than having to fill in the gaps of your message with readable text, you could instead embed your message into any data. For instance, you could spell out your message using the least significant bit of the red component of each pixel of an image, without greatly affecting the appearance of the starting image. You could also devise much more clever schemes to distribute your message throughout the medium, and I imagine this has already been done (for instance, some sort of nonrepeating pattern with all sorts of magical math stuff).

This is still not ideal, however. There is some amount of footprint being left behind. Either you are taking images that you found on the web and altering them in a detectable way, or you are providing your own, new images. Not only are both of these potentially identifiable, they also require some level of effort. Remember, the point is to be able to post these images on the clearnet, so ideally it's not a random mishmash of suspiciously subtly doctored images that practically scream "I'm hiding something, please get a warrant and start trying to crack my encryption, also all of my activity on this account can be traced to my IP address!"

However, thanks to the rise in popularity of generative AI, there is now an easy source of socially acceptable junk data. You can take a short message, quickly wrap it up in megabytes worth of junk data, and still be able to post it anywhere without raising suspicion. It is now relatively normal to run an account that only posts AI generated media, which is absolutely perfect for this. You can take an encrypted message, distribute it throughout an empty canvas, and fill in the gaps with an image generator to create a funny meme, or whatever. This can obviously be done with anything else that is popular to use AI for, too.

Of course, this AI stuff can all be done in addition to doctoring existing images, audio streams, and whatever else, the point is the ease with which you can achieve volume. So now every meme page is potentially a private message board, and every 4 hour "rain sounds for sleep" collection is potentially a pirated videogame.

You can also use AI to generate a large amount of content in which your "message" is simply junk data. So even if your embedding process leaves a footprint, you could only embed a "useful" message in every 100th post. There's even potential here, although this seems much harder, to cast doubt on whether or not someone is even using this encryption. Basically, if you could fabricate a key for which at least two posts made by the same politician decrypted to legible messages, at least one of them incriminating in some way, you would definitely get that guy to start thinking about whether you should be able to prosecute someone over the suspicion of embedding encrypted messages.

>At least the polish like to use asterisk (*) to mark additional details.
Is writing "at least" instead of "also" another quirk of the poles???