Ok so after an interaction with an individual in a chat I figure not many people know how to stay safe when browsing or using tor because apparently people dont know what a "sidebar" is.
Now by "safe" I mean not harming yourself in anyway either mentally, physically, financially, or in any other way.
For starters lets go over basic things when beginning your journey.
- Do not use a vpn when browsing tor, I cannot stress this enough. It does not double your security it worsens it (Notes from tails and tor developers):
https://2019.www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en#IsTorLikeAVPN
https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/vpn_support/
https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/125005/why-is-home-vpn-tor-worse-than-home-tor
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If you're planning on doing something that isn't illegal such as buying a product on amazon or a similar clear web website, dont use tor. If you're buying something on those sites chances are you share some amount of information with other accounts you own, i.e instagram, facebook, bank account, paypal. The info you have on there can be stolen and used against you. Dont risk it just use the clearweb.
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If you are planning to buy something on a darkweb market do not, I repeat, do not use credit cards, debit cards, paypal etc. Only use bitcoin, monero, or another crypto.
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Use a live usb tails drive and tails wallet if you're gonna buy off markets. Please. I know atm people say "oh electrum and tails aren't compatible anymore." Nah man, they are. You have to manually update it through terminal. Theres guides on this you can find on the clearweb.
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On the topic of monetary saftey, don't send bitcoin or monero straight from your coinbase or blockchain account to the market. Just because people say something is fully anonymous, it isnt. Instead make a tails wallet through electrum and send btc from your coinbase/blockchain/etc wallet to the tails wallet and then send to your market wallet. You dont have to tumble them
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Another thing about buying on markets, use the pgp key and encrypt it in a text editor. Some sites have "encrypt with your vendors pgp" checkbox, dont use that. Entering any personal info on tor in plaintext is a really bad idea.
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Be prepared. Theres a site you can use to find new onion sites, just realize these can be CP, TP, or just generally fucked up stuff. Just be prepared to see it, and dont panic.
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Don't download anything unless youre using an isolated usb or VM. Malware aint it, and some downloads contain malware on them that automatically run when installed, pdfs and word docs are kinda the biggest culprits on this.
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Realize that the deepweb isnt anarchy. Police still are patrolling on there, they make honeypots, and try to catch the low hanging fruit, ps. dont be that guy.
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Some dark markets are honeypots. Most gun sales are honeypots. There's easier ways to get untraceable guns, dont be an idiot, dont run into honeypots.
Just again, use common sense if something seems stupid or a trap, dont do it. If anyone has anything to add please leave it in the comments, theres not enough posts here about saftey.
TL;DR: Dont use a vpn, dont use personal info or accounts, don't download things. Use common sense.
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