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How worried should I be about not 'acting' normal? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 6 days ago by Trampampoline@sh.itjust.works to c/cybersecurity@infosec.pub

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You do almost everything through a VPN, and you have an encrypted DNS server or your queries are hidden privately by wireguard or something.

Is anyone the least bit worried that some of us may be on a list for their own absence in the mainstream internet? Would it merit a knock at the door from the McFascists one day?

I'll be open, I'm on TOR right now. I don't personally trust any hole that could link my personal identity to leftist politics, but still the worry persists that I'll be asked a million questions in a white room about paying for internet traffic that is always obscured one day.

Maybe a few simple placeholders like a barely used Facebook account might cover some tracks, but I mean, if they looked, they'd still see tons of packets going to somesuch VPN company, or a TOR node and disappearing, which alone is suspicion enough from the Ai agents that may one day hunt us down like sheep by our online habits.

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[–] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 1 points 5 days ago

It's safe to assume that the US government owns all your software and the Chinese government owns all your hardware. The thing that protects you is that your local police department is too stupid to work a computer and you're probably not important enough to come to the attention of the heavy hitters in the government.

As for whether or not the mcfascists will kick in your door: maybe. The answer would still be "maybe" regardless of your internet usage...it's random and arbitrary by design, to keep everyone terrified and encourage them to constantly compete to please the regime.