On 8/3/2012 1:08 PM, antispam06@xxxxxxx wrote:
Good to know, but how? How'd you create Gmail acct w/ Tor & not give mobile #? How did you get GMX to accept a Tor address (got lucky?).Hahaha
Haha??? :(
It sounds like you did get "lucky" if the 1st exit IPs used worked the 1st time on most accounts you set up. EITHER - in GMX case, I happened to randomly get multiple IP addresses, over hrs & days, ALL blacklisted by GMX (& you *didn't*), or GMX has a way to tell it's the same computer using a diff Tor address. It's one or the other, or both. Somehow, I doubt that they have that ability - not sure.how long / how much effort did it take; what techniques were used? Did some just get lucky on a couple of tries w/ NON blacklisted Tor IPs...Anyway to satisfy your curiosity they were all made in the past 12 months or so when I needed. Apart from one issue with Lavabit solved with two changes of exit nodes, everything went smooth.
At this point, GMX is only an example. I won't be using this acct often. Other than some other providers have much shorter acct deactivation period if no login, which I WILL forget & then have to create another "anonymous" acct. I don't blow whistles everyday & *definitely* won't be storing those emails on server.
They said "another computer." Why they said it, or exactly what they meant, don't know. I replied & asked to clarify. By "going _through_ another place," you mean like WiFi w/o Tor, or somewhere that they (email provider) can't link to ME (real ISP) & I also don't have to use Tor to register?You mention using ANOTHER machine & so did GMX "support," after they replied, that (one) Tor address I used was blacklisted.Yes. But we don't mean the same. Gmx meant going online in another place. I meant going through another place.
You said, "_How about going through another computer._"I meant, I question the wisdom, using another person's computer (_w/o Tor or *some* anonymizing means_) to create email acct to be used for whistle blowing. Don't want anything coming back on friends / family. And if you meant, use another computer AND Tor, don't see the point. My computer isn't the problem (unless sites like GMX, others can ID it), even after clearing & closing TBB & getting new address. Maybe I should check for super cookies. :D
Yes, Gmail does actively *scan* email, to deliver targeted ads. Says exactly that in TOS and / or PP (least, it did short time ago). Probably others as well, if read their docs carefully.
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