Now that we're are getting more comfortable with navigating the darknet we know how to access Web sites
how to search for data and search for Web sites.
The next thing that you might need is an email account now similar to search engines.
You can actually use email accounts with clear net providers such as Google and Yahoo.
Because as we know we can actually load these websites through the Tor browser.
So let me show you a quick look right here.
I have the sign up page for G.M. in my tor browser.
And as you can see you're asked for a number of things such as your first name your last name the email
that you want when you click on Next.
It'll probably ask you for more personal information such as your phone number and your address and
then it'll sign you up with an email.
Same we have Yahoo here just as another example.
Again as you can see it asks you for a number of personal information.
And then when you fill this up you will get an email which you can use from Tor browser on DarkNet Web
sites or in the darknet really in general.
Now first of all we have a big problem where these mail providers are asking us for personal information
for our name for our address for our phone number and so on date of birth.
So these might be things that you don't really want to share with these mail providers.
Now to get around this I want to show you a good Web site which you can use in many cases.
I'm going to include its link in the resources of this lecture but as usual with with any other darknet
Web site if the link I gave you doesn't work.
Look for the Web site name because the links can change.
Now basically what this Web site will do it will create a fake identity for you.
So it'll give you a gender a name a second name age address phone number email you can change this with
your e-mail once you actually change it and it will basically give you detailed information about a
specific person and what you should do.
You should always use this information whenever you signing for any service on the darknet.
So this will be your identity.
You forget about who you are.
As soon as you start tales and from there on you'll become the person that you're getting from here.
Now an even better solution to this is to take this information and even modify it yourself manually
so that you don't forget the information in here.
So maybe you can modify the first name the second name you can modify the e-mail but the main idea here
is you want to create an identity that you will always use when you're on the darknet and you will never
use when you're on the clear net.
This way your fake identity can never be linked to your real identity this is also better than you using
different identities every time you sign up to a different service.
Because this way you'll be more consistent.
And this way you'll always be filling the same data but this data will be fake.
So it's fine.
It's not going to link to you.
Now you can use this information here like I said to sign up to one of these email services and then
you can use this email for whatever reason you want when you're communicating with friends or if you're
signing up for other darknet websites that require you to have an email address.
So this could be an easy solution but there are still a number of drawbacks to it.
First when you're access in the service you're exiting the Tor network because like we said when you
want to go to a clear net Web site you're going to first go through the Tor network and then you're
going to exit out of it to the service that you're trying to access.
Now this exit will be unencrypted.
Like I said.
So anyone who intercepts this data might be able to read it and analyze it.
Not only that but these e-mail providers are known for logging you and tracking everything you do on
their servers.
So whatever you type whatever you send whatever you receive G.M. probably gonna keep logs on every single
thing you do.
Now even though you're using fake information and even though I'm going to show you how to encrypt your
messages in the future this could still be a risk because like I said they're going to be analyzing
and tracking every single movement you do so you can do this like I said use it with a fake identity.
Keep this fake identity completely separate from your real identity.
So make sure you never use any of this information on a clear night website.
Make sure you never use any account that's created within this fake identity to communicate with any
of your real accounts or any of your real friends on the clear net.
And this might be a good enough solution for you depending on your situation but in the next lectures
I'm going to show you more options.
If you want a more private and more anonymous solution see you when it comes to picking up an e-mail
service.
It really depends on why you want this email and what's your threat model.
So the solution that I showed you here could be perfect for you but it might not be perfect for another
person or it could be perfect for you in a certain situation but it won't be good for other scenarios
or other situations.
Therefore in the next lectures I'm going to show you a number of other solutions that you can use in
order to set up an email and communicate with other emails and then you can compare them and pick the
best one for you based on the reason why you need this email and based on your threat model.