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How To Remain (Almost) Completely Anonymous on the Internet:
If you are aiming for 100% anonymity when using the internet, the most important thing is to know how you are being tracked in the first place, in order to avoid it.
It happens via pieces of data that you are leaving everywhere, every day, with which certain entities (governments, three letter agencies, law enforcement, corporations,..) can then create an online profile and use it to look for matches in other databases.
A combination of two of those elements is enough to track you down - if you want to stay (almost) 100% anon, you will have to put some work in:
Names/PII: Never use your real name anywhere, just aliases; also never share any 'Personally Identifiable Information' (PII), like birth date, social security number, etc.
IP Addresses: Mask your IP, use Proxies, VPN and/or TOR
Browser Fingerprint: Hard to conceal, but you can simply use different browsers and plugins
E-Mail Address: Use different ones, i.e. via Protonmail, with different aliases/for different purposes
Location: Never share your location. Also never share pictures that could reveal location via GPS coordinates embedded in the metadata.
Phone Numbers: Do not link your (personal) phone number to internet services; use VOIP services. There are also still countries where you can get SIM cards without KYC.
Stylometry: Means the application of the study of linguistic styles. You can say 10%, or 10 percent or ten percent. Usually you will always write such things the same way, if you want to stay anon you shouldn't. Additionally use translation services, translate the original a few times into different languages and then back into your native language.
Facial Recognition: Do not share pictures of yourself online.
Wanting anonymity is not a crime!
P.S.: In addition to just avoiding leaving traces, you can also leave wrong/misleading ones!
If you really want to get into this, I recommend to read the 'Hitchhiker's Guide to Online Anonymity'; https://archive.org/details/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-online-anonymity_202307
If you are aiming for 100% anonymity when using the internet, the most important thing is to know how you are being tracked in the first place, in order to avoid it.
It happens via pieces of data that you are leaving everywhere, every day, with which certain entities (governments, three letter agencies, law enforcement, corporations,..) can then create an online profile and use it to look for matches in other databases.
A combination of two of those elements is enough to track you down - if you want to stay (almost) 100% anon, you will have to put some work in:
Names/PII: Never use your real name anywhere, just aliases; also never share any 'Personally Identifiable Information' (PII), like birth date, social security number, etc.
IP Addresses: Mask your IP, use Proxies, VPN and/or TOR
Browser Fingerprint: Hard to conceal, but you can simply use different browsers and plugins
E-Mail Address: Use different ones, i.e. via Protonmail, with different aliases/for different purposes
Location: Never share your location. Also never share pictures that could reveal location via GPS coordinates embedded in the metadata.
Phone Numbers: Do not link your (personal) phone number to internet services; use VOIP services. There are also still countries where you can get SIM cards without KYC.
Stylometry: Means the application of the study of linguistic styles. You can say 10%, or 10 percent or ten percent. Usually you will always write such things the same way, if you want to stay anon you shouldn't. Additionally use translation services, translate the original a few times into different languages and then back into your native language.
Facial Recognition: Do not share pictures of yourself online.
Wanting anonymity is not a crime!
P.S.: In addition to just avoiding leaving traces, you can also leave wrong/misleading ones!
If you really want to get into this, I recommend to read the 'Hitchhiker's Guide to Online Anonymity'; https://archive.org/details/the-hitchhikers-guide-to-online-anonymity_202307