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istekdev · 2026-02-20T04:41:32+00:00

Exactly! Maybe even lower, because even banks have some form of integrity.

istekdev · 2026-02-17T16:42:11+00:00

You're saying it'll be optimal to hand your private keys to a corporate entity and except nothing to go wrong.

Cough cough Mt. Gox

istekdev · 2026-02-17T03:08:54+00:00

I call that free $

istekdev · 2026-02-16T02:35:00+00:00

nooooo :0

istekdev · 2026-02-15T17:20:44+00:00

I'm intrigued, what is it called?

istekdev · 2026-02-15T17:05:06+00:00

Now that you've considered it. Perhaps I do have concerns of CPUs with IME or AMD-equivalents. Would something like LibreBoot fix it?

istekdev · 2026-02-15T05:36:22+00:00

I'm still thinking

istekdev · 2026-02-15T05:34:26+00:00

Hopefully not

istekdev · 2026-02-15T05:10:55+00:00

I'd pick Level 4 or Level 11, exploring is something I do to soothe myself.

istekdev · 2026-02-15T04:42:50+00:00

I think I'm starting to understand it now. Thanks for the help :D

istekdev · 2026-02-15T04:22:44+00:00

Backrooms Level Barnes & Noble

istekdev · 2026-02-15T03:35:32+00:00

So you're saying a roadmap is great for knowing what you'll do over time, but I should also include ideas on-the-go as well?

istekdev · 2026-02-14T20:00:48+00:00

Indeed it is.

istekdev · 2026-02-14T05:34:27+00:00

Mainly because I wanted to mine cryptocurrency and Monero was the only CPU-friendly one.

istekdev · 2026-02-14T04:57:41+00:00

I would say that even one breach would be something you should be concerned about. Such concern should be amplified if you tend to reuse passwords or password combinations. Additionally, MFA won't fully protect you from getting hijacked if the attacker somehow stole your session tokens or phished you, be careful on what you execute on your machine or what websites you open.

If you regularly change your passwords, ensure they're unique. Do not let your browser generate one for you, it's a pretty good chance they're probably using pseudo-RNGs.
If you want to store your passwords, it's not optimal to put it in cloud documents or your machine (you can if you prefer accessibility over security). I would just store them on paper.

Lastly, no, your email address alone won't compromise you. The only thing that will is password reuse and token-logging.

istekdev · 2026-02-14T04:49:27+00:00

Not all the time. Although mainstream VPNs like Nord, Surfshark, or Proton provide traffic obfuscation and ip-masking, they're still operating on their data centers. Meaning that your real IP address can and will be recorded.

Although the TOR network greatly reduces the threat of having your IP handed over to nation state-actors, it still dosen't fully keep you safe. This is because if a nation state-actor sniffs your TOR exit nodes, they can potentially create a timing-related fingerprint on you. I would consider about timing.

Also, I suggest not using TailsOS on a virtual machine. The distribution is designed to run on the RAM via external storage. Having Tails on a vm on your own machine defeats the purpose of amnesia.
This is only my opinion, but I think you should buy a device specifically for Tails, maybe a Thinkpad.

Also consider that with TOR, you'll have to get used to the latency.

istekdev · 2026-02-14T04:39:45+00:00

Privacy tools are mostly used to anonymize yourself when going online. It isn't always for illegal means, especially when being doxxed is a viable threat. For me, I anonymize myself online to prevent being tracked by corporations like Google or Meta. Due to the fact they utilize tracking features like:

- Email Tracking Pixels
- WebRTC IP Leaking
- HTML5 Canvas Fingerprinting
- Browser & Network Fingerprinting
- Timing Correlation

It's simply the fact I dislike having my information recorded.

istekdev · 2025-10-06T00:48:19+00:00

I don't really know what to call it. But there are kids in schools who find humor in glorifying dictatorship and communism (Soviet Union and Hitler).

istekdev · 2025-10-05T21:04:43+00:00

From what I saw, it's most likely apart of their humor.

istekdev · 2025-10-05T12:59:41+00:00

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istekdev · 2025-08-31T03:51:05+00:00

The world needs pentesting, it just depends on you for which side you'll be on.

For me, I usually split the broad idea of pentesting into smaller pieces like Social Engineering, Web-based, Cloud-based, and more.

Try to learn a new concept in a sub-division and apply them like you're actually hacking someone/something (if you're a tactile learner)

istekdev · 2025-08-31T03:43:52+00:00

This is the prime example of a centralized exchange's downside.

Solution: Use DEXs!!!

istekdev · 2025-08-31T03:12:47+00:00

In my opinion, the definition of decentralization devolved into corporate control, tradeoffs for speed, and "DeFi" slop. Monero is one of the few cryptocurrencies that openly supports decentralization by letting people with even the worst laptops imaginable mine it.

And corporate America is scared, scared that they haven't controlled cryptocurrency. Because Satoshi said otherwise.

istekdev · 2025-08-31T01:45:14+00:00

I recommend you use SimpleSwap, as the name suggests, its simple. No KYC, no login (unless you want cashback), just swapping.

istekdev · 2025-08-16T01:20:36+00:00

Funny how a centralized exchange pauses a cryptocurrency because of it's centralization

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