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Now that we're getting more comfortable with navigating the darknet, we know how to access websites,

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how to search for data and search for websites.

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The next thing that you might need is an email account.

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Now, similar to search engines, you can actually use email accounts with clear net providers such

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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 signup page for Gmail 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,

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the email that you want when you click on next.

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It will probably ask you for more personal information, such as your phone number and your address,

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and then it will sign you up with an email.

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Same.

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We have Yahoo!

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Here just as another example.

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Again, as you can see, it asks you for a number of personal information and then when you fill this

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up, you will get an email which you can use from Tor browser on darknet websites or in the darknet

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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 website, 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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website, if the link I gave you doesn't work, look for the website name because the links can change.

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Now, basically what this website will do, it will create a fake identity for you.

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So it will give you a gender, a name, a second name, age, address, phone number, email.

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You can change this with your email once you actually change it, and it will basically give you detailed

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information about a 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 as soon as you start details, and from there on, you'll become the person

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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 email.

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But the main idea here is you want to create an identity that you will always use when you're on the

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darknet and you will never 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.

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This is also better than you using different identities every time you sign up to a different service,

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because this way you'll be more consistent, and this way you'll always be filling the same data.

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But this data will be fake, 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,

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and then you can use this email for whatever reason you want when you're communicating with friends

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or if you are 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 accessing the service, you're exiting the Tor network.

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Because like we said, when you want to go to a clear net website, you're going to first go through

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the Tor network and then you're 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, 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 email 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, Gmail probably going to keep logs

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on every single thing you do now, even though you're using fake information.

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And even though I'm going to show you how to encrypt your messages in the future, this could still

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be a risk because like I said, they're going to be analyzing and tracking every single movement you

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do.

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So you can do this.

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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 net 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.

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But in the next lectures, I'm going to show you more options if you want a more private and more anonymous

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solution.

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So when it comes to picking up an email service, it really depends on why do you want this email and

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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.

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But it won't be good for other scenarios 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

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in order to set up an email and communicate with other emails.

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And then you can compare them and pick the best one for you based on the reason why you need this email

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and based on your threat model.