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hardhat22 · 09-16-2007, 06:09 PM

Ok,I'm paranoid as hell.I freaked when OG went down and have just started settling down in the last few months.My question is,is this site secure?
I've read through these security pages till my eyes started bleeding so I thought I would just ask.I'm not trying to make you guys paranoid too,I've just got too much to lose.
I'm afraid of posting on other sites but for some reason have felt safe here.I have few real life friends,and really like alot of these guys here and really enjoy interacting with 'em.
I've just started using a proxy today,but even using the server with the lowest ping time,it takes forever and a day to download a page here.I'm on dial-up.
I understand the long arm of the dea extends into other countries and would feel better knowing where ICs servers are located.Thanks in advance.
Peace

09-16-2007, 07:25 PM

It honestly doesn't matter if you use a proxy or not. If they want to log every key stroke you make, they will regardless of a proxy.

I do not use one. I have nothing to hide...my practice is mandated by my religion. I'd rather die than hide. Peep my grow, lol!

09-16-2007, 08:14 PM

Using a proxy really won't make a difference. If you were under investigation, like stoned2death said they could just keystroke you with ease. I doubt you are going to be victim to that though.

No site is safe, Big Brother watches everything on the internet! All you have to do is not incriminate yourself.

GMT · 09-16-2007, 08:24 PM

wouldn't know, I've never used one, but I'm still here. The servers are located in the Netherlands, I'm no dial up too, and there are a couple of sites that use 128 bit encryption, but for me they take too long to see each page. I like this site, I'd like to see pics in a bit more detail, the 800x600 is a little restricting on quality at times, but then thats a saving grace on some of my own pics. If you are the type of guy with several rooms full of hundreds of plants, then putting pics up of the whole op may not be a good idea without a proxy, and an escape route, but for my scale, it really isnt worth the manpower to come after me, so work out your own situation and make the choice.

macster · 09-16-2007, 08:31 PM

Unless your a big time commercial grower no law agency has the well with all to track you down for your two light grow, to expensive and the evidence is useless in a court of law, So don't worry about it, I don't

hardhat22 · 09-17-2007, 02:00 AM

Thanks for the replies,guys.(poet and didn't know it)I feel all better now...kinda.....
Peace

budvapor · 09-17-2007, 09:24 PM

i agree that in itself this is probably not going to get you busted. at the same time you never know when all of a sudden they have a new data mining program, and you're the lucky winner of the draw! not enough to get you busted, but it could draw unwanted attention. it's pretty easy to protect yourself further, so why not do it? i use JAP, and it's pretty slow, but useable. https://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/index_en.html.

09-17-2007, 11:00 PM

I look at it this way. If the feds walk into your proxy provider and want your info they will get it just as easily as from your isp. Since the connection back from the proxy passes through your isp to you, they can just go there, and most isp's WILL hand over your info without question to be "cooperative".

09-18-2007, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Stoned2Death

I look at it this way. If the feds walk into your proxy provider and want your info they will get it just as easily as from your isp. Since the connection back from the proxy passes through your isp to you, they can just go there, and most isp's WILL hand over your info without question to be "cooperative".

Sort of makes you wonder who else can easily get your info too

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UmphreyMcgee420 · 09-18-2007, 01:14 AM

megaproxy is pretty good.

type it in google and you will find it, it costs money though. you can give it a try for free, you just can log in.

09-16-2007, 06:09 PM	#1
hardhat22 OG flotsam Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Wooly Swamp US Of A Posts: 359	Are Proxies A Must? Ok,I'm paranoid as hell.I freaked when OG went down and have just started settling down in the last few months.My question is,is this site secure? I've read through these security pages till my eyes started bleeding so I thought I would just ask.I'm not trying to make you guys paranoid too,I've just got too much to lose. I'm afraid of posting on other sites but for some reason have felt safe here.I have few real life friends,and really like alot of these guys here and really enjoy interacting with 'em. I've just started using a proxy today,but even using the server with the lowest ping time,it takes forever and a day to download a page here.I'm on dial-up. I understand the long arm of the dea extends into other countries and would feel better knowing where ICs servers are located.Thanks in advance. Peace __________________ < Previous Joke \| Next Joke > "When someone tells you that it isn't the sun that influences climate but the kind of light bulbs you have in your house and that they're going to fix the weather by raising taxes maybe you should think twice before you vote for them." Some cool guy on the net
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09-16-2007, 08:31 PM	#5
macster Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 418	Unless your a big time commercial grower no law agency has the well with all to track you down for your two light grow, to expensive and the evidence is useless in a court of law, So don't worry about it, I don't __________________ Those that would give up their liberty for security deserve neither. Ben Franklin
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09-17-2007, 02:00 AM	#6
hardhat22 OG flotsam Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Wooly Swamp US Of A Posts: 359	Thanks for the replies,guys.(poet and didn't know it)I feel all better now...kinda..... Peace __________________ < Previous Joke \| Next Joke > "When someone tells you that it isn't the sun that influences climate but the kind of light bulbs you have in your house and that they're going to fix the weather by raising taxes maybe you should think twice before you vote for them." Some cool guy on the net
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09-16-2007, 07:25 PM	#2
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	It honestly doesn't matter if you use a proxy or not. If they want to log every key stroke you make, they will regardless of a proxy. I do not use one. I have nothing to hide...my practice is mandated by my religion. I'd rather die than hide. Peep my grow, lol!
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09-16-2007, 08:14 PM	#3
d4. Guest Posts: n/a	Using a proxy really won't make a difference. If you were under investigation, like stoned2death said they could just keystroke you with ease. I doubt you are going to be victim to that though. No site is safe, Big Brother watches everything on the internet! All you have to do is not incriminate yourself.
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09-16-2007, 08:24 PM	#4
GMT I am, therefore I think Join Date: May 2004 Location: Wonderland Posts: 5,964	wouldn't know, I've never used one, but I'm still here. The servers are located in the Netherlands, I'm no dial up too, and there are a couple of sites that use 128 bit encryption, but for me they take too long to see each page. I like this site, I'd like to see pics in a bit more detail, the 800x600 is a little restricting on quality at times, but then thats a saving grace on some of my own pics. If you are the type of guy with several rooms full of hundreds of plants, then putting pics up of the whole op may not be a good idea without a proxy, and an escape route, but for my scale, it really isnt worth the manpower to come after me, so work out your own situation and make the choice.
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09-17-2007, 09:24 PM	#7
budvapor Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 164	i agree that in itself this is probably not going to get you busted. at the same time you never know when all of a sudden they have a new data mining program, and you're the lucky winner of the draw! not enough to get you busted, but it could draw unwanted attention. it's pretty easy to protect yourself further, so why not do it? i use JAP, and it's pretty slow, but useable. https://anon.inf.tu-dresden.de/index_en.html.
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09-17-2007, 11:00 PM	#8
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	I look at it this way. If the feds walk into your proxy provider and want your info they will get it just as easily as from your isp. Since the connection back from the proxy passes through your isp to you, they can just go there, and most isp's WILL hand over your info without question to be "cooperative".
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09-18-2007, 01:14 AM	#10
UmphreyMcgee420 Heady Connoisseur Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,306	megaproxy is pretty good. type it in google and you will find it, it costs money though. you can give it a try for free, you just can log in.
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