In this article we will see how to safely navigate TOR, avoiding making mistakes that compromise our anonymity.
-TOR Browser must always be updated
-Never disclose information on Social Networks, forums, etc regarding your Darknet activities
-Do not spam your Onion site on the clear web
-Never provide personal data on Darknets
-Avoid using absolutely insecure payment systems such as Postepay and Paypal
-Disable Flash, Quicktime, etc (it is used to prevent the programs mentioned from sending personal info by communicating with the appropriate server)
-Disable Javascript (to avoid that, through program or operating system vulnerabilities, those who have to inject malicious code into your PC for tracking)
-Avoid adding addons to the browser (you can use them to reveal the IP address)
-Adding Onion sites to your favorites (bookmarks) is highly insecure
-Do not use Torrent and its applications, therefore disable it (if Torrent is active it still establishes direct connections, even when it is prevented by the proxy-servers that try to route all the traffic on TOR)
-Do not open documents and files downloaded from TOR (they connect to certain sites revealing the user's IP)
-Every 3 times that you start TOR, delete its "State File" that is generated at each start (deleting it generates another different one, making it impossible to track using this technique)
-Use the Tails operating system (pre-configured for TOR)
-Use the Whonix (Linux) distribution
-Use virtual machines dedicated to anonymous browsing
-Add to TOR, a paid VPN (traffic will be encrypted)
-Do not use free VPNs (absolutely insecure)
-Attention to what you download, because of the HASH that identifies each file
-Use PGP to exchange messages
-Don't trust anyone. Even your greatest friend you've always talked to on the X Market may cheat on you. In addition, sometimes the accounts, even of large sellers, are compromised by the Postal Police / FBI
-Never be 100% sure that everything runs smoothly or that the "storm" has passed. When a market is monitored, the arrests start after years (investigations last on average 1 year and a half or 2 years)
-All files that deleted from the PC through the "recycle bin" function are recoverable, unless you permanently delete them
-Do not do Google searches that could compromise your anonymity by allowing law enforcement, through cross-analysis, to trace you. In addition, the history must always be cleared
-The ideal to make the tracking even more difficult, in addition to following the advice mentioned, is to have a special PC used only for the Deep Web. Possibly not registered to you, with a modified MAC and via a password-protected connection but not yours.
