Stay Anonymous on the Internet

I found this amazing article from the Escape Artist.com. Without further ado...

The Bill Freeman Letter - Offshore Wealth
Email: escapeartist@getresponse.com 

"Online Security
- What's Safe And What's Not!"

(for free Offshore Report email me at escapeartist@getresponse.com)

Dear Friend,

Let me tell you a curious little story.

A couple of years ago I got to know this Russian guy called Oleg. Among other things he is a hacker. He hacks for living. In fact, our relationship started on a bad foot – by him hacking into my computer.

Since then, though, I've hired Oleg - and paid him for some advice that has turned out to be extremely valuable for somebody like me.

I hired Oleg to teach me what's safe in the digital world and what's not. You wouldn't believe how easy it is for people to get into your computer and track every key you press, every email you send... every business, porn or leisure site you visited...

If you are like me you have shopped online at least once.
That means Oleg, probably has your credit card information. If you're married and have ever flirted over the internet – it means Oleg has enough to blackmail you.

But it doesn't stop there.

How about your life – your 'socialist insecurity' number, your date of birth, your passwords, your friends, relationship – Oleg can take your identity. Oleg can, to all intents and purposes, become you.

But that's just Oleg... he's not the real danger. There's somebody else you should be much more afraid of. A much scarier, darker force. Much more powerful than Oleg. Someone who doesn't have to hack into your computer to get all your data. Someone who don't have to 'guess' your password... someone who's resources are unlimited and against whom ordinary citizens are powerless. You guessed it – I'm talking about Big Brother.

After the NSA got permission to sneak into every American email inbox, Big Brother governments all over the world followed suit. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that you use to connect your computer to the internet are corporations that by law have to cooperate with Big Brother.

What does this mean? Big Brother doesn't need to hack into your computer to track all your internet activities. Your computer is connecting to their big computer that is connected to other big computers that make Internet. Right?

Right.

So, all they need to do is to go to that big computer that you are paying for your internet access, and they can monitor every word, every photo, every financial transaction you are transmitting.

Unless you are *P*repared *T*horoughly, that is.

How to prepare?

Ask Oleg. That's what I did. I needed some help to keep my data safe. He charged me $1,000 for an hour of consultation where he explained me a bunch of stuff I didn't even know is possible. I am not him, but I'll do my best to save you a (smart) $1,000 investment by sharing with you the result of my consultation. Here's what Oleg advised me.

USE MULTI-COUNTRY VPNs
VPN or Virtual Private Networking is basically a system where you connect to another private computer in another country and then use it to surf the net anonymously. Imagine one big long network cable connecting your computer to somewhere offshore. This is the software equivalent of that. Nobody along the way can tap into it. Not even the NSA. Then, you connect to the regular internet from offshore.

Or, better still, you deal with other business partners connected to the same system, on a private intranet. That way, everything you do is encrypted, wherever they are in the world. Some of the top private financial services guys use this very system.

Oleg introduced me to one great company that provides these offshore VPN connections. I have since met the owners personally, and I trust them to keep me safe more than some US-based company. I cannot tell you here publicly which company I am preferring. But, if you are serious about your internet anonymity, then use this link to pay $1 for their URL.

Obviously it's not to make me money. More than half of that will be eaten up in merchant charges. It is just to separate freebie chasers from those that are seriously interested, in order to protect this company.

Encrypt your computer.

If you are the target, Big Brother doesn't have to spy on you from the internet. They can get in to your home and and take your PC (or Mac :). They can do anything, remember? Screw whether it's legal or not.

Now, although encrypting your computer, that can be done with free open-source software like TrueCrypt, will keep you safe in 95% of cases, if you are really a red hot target, you will have to reveal that password to them anyhow.

For that Oleg has a cute little trick that keeps you safe even in cases like that. But, it's too technical for me to explain here. I am willing to give you his contact (on which I am earning nothing). Just again, to filter time wasters from serious people, you should click this link and pay $1.

(and yes, this is the same link as for VPN service introduction because you will get that too with your payment).

Keep a low profile.

There is one more important concept than all the technical mumbo-jumbo, and that is to avoid getting marked as a target in the first place.

Keeping a low profile is actually easy until your ego starts kicking in... wanting to show off to your friends, girls and associates. Some of the richest men I know look so poor that you would give them a dollar for food if you were to see them on the street. Yet they live in luxurious villas in Monte Carlo, Tokyo, Knightsbridge or some other high-end place.

Good tips on keeping a low profile are given in Bye Bye Big Brother black books (you can get BBBB at www.offshoreblackbooks.com).

Avoid Public Services From Your Country

When things go bad, Big Brother has unlimited resources. Trusting services from Big Brother's jurisdiction is as dangerous as keeping your ATM card pin code in the same wallet where you keep your card – yet, many people do it.

Just ask yourself, will that service (whether it's free email, hosting, data storage, instant messenger, dating, or whatever...) cover your ass and go to jail instead of you? If the answer is not, then seriously consider moving to privacy-minded services based in different countries.

It doesn't matter whether you live in USA or Germany. For Germany, USA might be a good location, and Gmail might be a good service. For Americans, the German GMX free mail might be good, but not the vice versa. Just examples, of course. There are better solutions.

(One note about Gmail: Google has branches all over the world. Even though they could fight it, I would never trust them to protect my information. A smaller free email service from another country might provide 10x stronger protection. Use your common sense.)

This article is result of $1,000 consultation I had with security expert Oleg. You don't need to hire him for the basics, as I have given you here my understanding of what I've learned. My greatest strength is that I am surrounded by the right people and can get access to any asset and privacy protection info in short time frame. You should think the same way. No need to do it all by yourself.

Use the given blueprint to enjoy greater safety, anonymity and freedom online. In the meantime, if you wish to stay in touch with me and new issues of my newsletter, you should send me now an email at escapeartist@getresponse.com. Thank you.
I hope this will give you a bit of a Wild West spirit in your treks throughout the digital universe.

For Good Things In Life,
Bill Freeman

P.S. I am about to publish in my email version of the newsletter (if you don't know yet, that one is even more direct and more valuable than very public, web version), something HOT from my latest trip to Asia. Watch out for it (and... if you are not already a subscriber, just drop me an email at escapeartist@getresponse.com and I'll add you to the list). Peace.