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Now that we're are getting more comfortable with navigating the darknet we know how to access Web sites

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how to search for data and search for Web sites.

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The next thing that you might need is an email account now similar to search engines.

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You can actually use email accounts with clear net providers such as Google and Yahoo.

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Because as we know we can actually load these websites through the Tor browser.

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So let me show you a quick look right here.

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I have the sign up page for G.M. in my tor browser.

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And as you can see you're asked for a number of things such as your first name your last name the email

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that you want when you click on Next.

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It'll probably ask you for more personal information such as your phone number and your address and

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then it'll sign you up with an email.

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Same we have Yahoo here just as another example.

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Again as you can see it asks you for a number of personal information.

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And then when you fill this up you will get an email which you can use from Tor browser on DarkNet Web

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sites or in the darknet really in general.

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Now first of all we have a big problem where these mail providers are asking us for personal information

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for our name for our address for our phone number and so on date of birth.

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So these might be things that you don't really want to share with these mail providers.

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Now to get around this I want to show you a good Web site which you can use in many cases.

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I'm going to include its link in the resources of this lecture but as usual with with any other darknet

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Web site if the link I gave you doesn't work.

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Look for the Web site name because the links can change.

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Now basically what this Web site will do it will create a fake identity for you.

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So it'll give you a gender a name a second name age address phone number email you can change this with

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your e-mail once you actually change it and it will basically give you detailed information about a

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specific person and what you should do.

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You should always use this information whenever you signing for any service on the darknet.

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So this will be your identity.

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You forget about who you are.

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As soon as you start tales and from there on you'll become the person that you're getting from here.

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Now an even better solution to this is to take this information and even modify it yourself manually

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so that you don't forget the information in here.

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So maybe you can modify the first name the second name you can modify the e-mail but the main idea here

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is you want to create an identity that you will always use when you're on the darknet and you will never

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use when you're on the clear net.

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This way your fake identity can never be linked to your real identity this is also better than you using

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different identities every time you sign up to a different service.

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Because this way you'll be more consistent.

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And this way you'll always be filling the same data but this data will be fake.

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So it's fine.

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It's not going to link to you.

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Now you can use this information here like I said to sign up to one of these email services and then

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you can use this email for whatever reason you want when you're communicating with friends or if you're

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signing up for other darknet websites that require you to have an email address.

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So this could be an easy solution but there are still a number of drawbacks to it.

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First when you're access in the service you're exiting the Tor network because like we said when you

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want to go to a clear net Web site you're going to first go through the Tor network and then you're

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going to exit out of it to the service that you're trying to access.

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Now this exit will be unencrypted.

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Like I said.

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So anyone who intercepts this data might be able to read it and analyze it.

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Not only that but these e-mail providers are known for logging you and tracking everything you do on

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their servers.

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So whatever you type whatever you send whatever you receive G.M. probably gonna keep logs on every single

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thing you do.

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Now even though you're using fake information and even though I'm going to show you how to encrypt your

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messages in the future this could still be a risk because like I said they're going to be analyzing

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and tracking every single movement you do so you can do this like I said use it with a fake identity.

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Keep this fake identity completely separate from your real identity.

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So make sure you never use any of this information on a clear night website.

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Make sure you never use any account that's created within this fake identity to communicate with any

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of your real accounts or any of your real friends on the clear net.

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And this might be a good enough solution for you depending on your situation but in the next lectures

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I'm going to show you more options.

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If you want a more private and more anonymous solution see you when it comes to picking up an e-mail

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service.

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It really depends on why you want this email and what's your threat model.

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So the solution that I showed you here could be perfect for you but it might not be perfect for another

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person or it could be perfect for you in a certain situation but it won't be good for other scenarios

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or other situations.

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Therefore in the next lectures I'm going to show you a number of other solutions that you can use in

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order to set up an email and communicate with other emails and then you can compare them and pick the

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best one for you based on the reason why you need this email and based on your threat model.