How to Stay Anonymous on the Internet Using the Tor browser & a VPN (2018)

The CryptoDad demonstrates how to achieve a reasonable amount of privacy and anonymity when using the Internet. See description below for table-of-contents links. Join The CryptoDad every Friday night at 8:00 PM PST for live Q & A!

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Table of Contents:
Intro: 1:00
Install VPN: 5:00
Download Tor: 7:40
Verify Tor: 8:30 (some of you may wish to skip this step)
Install Tor: 17:30
Adjust Tor security settings: 19:48
Explore Deep Web: 23:14
Explore Anonymous Bitcoin wallets: 28:00

Important links:
Great page on the importance of privacy when using the Internet:
privacytools.io/
How to Set Up a VPN to Improve Your Internet Privacy (my video)
youtu.be/KWPlwXCiM6I

The NordVPN website: nordvpn.com/
GNU Privacy Guard: gnupg.org/
GPG for Windows download page: gpg4win.org/download.html

How to Cryptographically Verify Your Software Downloads (my video)
youtu.be/Nkld7E9AOXI
the Tor project homepage: torproject.org/index.html.en


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