A VERY useful book for privacy (How to hide anything) (limewire.com)

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You're welcome I'll share even better books later.

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[-] glitching@lemmy.ml 37 points 3 days ago

I mean this is certainly something somebody wrote, but the content is a joke.

first off, it's from the 80s, so it might as well be from the 1800s, that's how much it has to do with our everyday lives. second, it's rife and overflowing with prepper-adjacent gas and fantasies. the writer's style is lacking, to be overly generous and the whole thing gives off vibes from the days or alt.* newsgroups. finally, the "advice" in there is laughably naive and sometimes just plain wrong.

so thanks OP, had a few laughs browsing it but this got deleted almost instantly.

[-] ki9@lemmy.gf4.pw 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, hiding things is obsolete since physical objects can be encrypted. Duuuyrrrrr

[-] lunatique@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Omg stfu the 80s might as well be the 1800? Just use the book if you need. If you can't find any useful tips or something you've never thought about it's probably because you just never think.

[-] Kurroth@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Are you some kind of novelty account? Would explain the name

[-] ki9@lemmy.gf4.pw 1 points 1 day ago

I dont have a brain and find this book insulting because I can't read. How dare you post something I don't like! I'm not here to create content or participate in meaningful discussion. I prefer to incite flame over absolutely nothing at all.

[-] glitching@lemmy.ml 27 points 3 days ago

that's a... mature, measured, and well thought-out reply. good job!

[-] mistermodal@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 days ago

In the 80s the cops could just kill anyone they wanted and blame a serial killer. Now they do it on bodycam and nobody cares. Things change.

[-] kalpol@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 days ago

Here's an actual good book:

Helen Nissenbaum (2009). Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804772891.

[-] Truscape 23 points 3 days ago

This site immediately got flagged by uBlock Origin's malicious sites filter, do you have an Anna's Archive link or an ISBN I can use to look this book up?

[-] SnotFlickerman 8 points 3 days ago

https://annas-archive.org/search?index=&page=1&sort=&display=&q=How+to+hide+anything+michael+connor

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 days ago

No problems here, URLvoid and Webbkoll don't show any security issue, Limewire is a legit site. For sure a false positive of one of the uBO filters

[-] lunatique@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah on one of my browsers it flagged it. Which is odd because Limewire is a legit business that's been around before social media, but they use to get hated on by companies and regulators because they allowed people to share free music. I don't have any other links personally. As I directly uploaded this file myself. I see that 70 people downloaded it so far with no problem.

I would recommend making an exception on your ublock for it, after you research limewire and see if you trust it.

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I should point out that even though Limewire used to be a "legit" business, the current interation is little more than crypto grifters using a nostalgic brand to prop up their tokens, and they've already been doing shady shit like taking over snapdrop.net (previously local network file sharing) with little to no warning to the end users. They're in many blocklists for a reason, y'know.

For more information, please check out the "Name reuse by unrelated companies" section of their Wikipedia page.

[-] Truscape 22 points 3 days ago

Limewire has had a history of uploaders using it for malware distribution (hence why it's probably included in the filter).

[-] lunatique@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Fair enough, I didn't think about that. But I feel every torrent or sharing site has that potential flaw.

[-] artiman@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

Just use soulseek, limewire is blocked for a reason

[-] lunatique@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

102 downloads so far. I guess it's not blocked. Just because you all don't like a site or platform doesn't mean I'll conform. I'll check soulseek at my leisure though, if it is superior in functionality and efficiency then I will switch.

[-] affenlehrer@feddit.org 6 points 3 days ago

Well the simple ideas in the beginning seem plausible but afterwards it's basically dig a hole, hide the thing, put a house (or tree) on top of it. It's indeed hidden but you also can't access it any more.

[-] prole 5 points 3 days ago

you can't access it anymore

Someone hasn't seen John Wick

[-] unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago

It all depends on your security model.

If you want to stuff some cash, you probably want that easily accessible.

If you want to hide something you'll need in a few years, you'll probably stuff it under a pile of junk.

If you want to make your family heirlooms safe until you reveal their location on your deathbed, planting a tree or building a house on top of them is a valid ultra-long-term option.

[-] lunatique@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

The useful parts are useful admittedly

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 days ago

Also available on LibGen when this link goes down. Thank you for bringing this to our attention 🫡

[-] lunatique@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

I'll repost if need be. Unless you have the libgen link

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