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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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I use NoScript and uBlock. For this page, there are eighteen different scripts that want to run, but I only allow the two that seem necessary for basic functionality.
Apart from using Tor and allowing zero scripts to run, we have little hope of even pseudo-anonymity on the internet, and increasingly in our every-day lives.
We, as a people, tolerate the surveillance state as long as they increase the surveillance incrementally over generations, distract us with shiny toys, and keep us fighting amongst ourselves over irrelevant subjects.
Just know that various governments have been confirmed to be running their own Tor nodes and monitoring traffic. To the point where they can de-anonymize some stuff in the right conditions.
https://medium.com/@paradigmintelligence/a-brief-history-of-government-surveillance-targeting-tor-5def5298aa7d
Then you have the whole KAX17 thing.
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2021/12/was-threat-actor-kax17-de-anonymizing-the-tor-network
All this to say, take extra precautions and don't get complacent just 'cause you're using Tor. It's kinda like how most car accidents happen within a mile of your home, because you've driven it so many times you some times check out and go into auto-pilot. Some people assume Tor is the end-all, and it is not unfortunately.
What else are you going to use? Also Tor is highly resistant to attacks and it is very hard to trace traffic even if you control a sizable amount of the network. I think using Tor for random stuff once and a while is good as it mixes in junk with sensitive stuff.
I think the actual risk for a single low priority individual is low. However, run a node of you can. Also install the snowflake extension
I didn't say don't use it, I am just making a note for those that don't know Tor and expect it to be the 1 tool to rule them it all.
Yes, some of the attacks I mentioned have been mitigated, but that's no reason to assume it is 100% foolproof. Clearly, it wasn't before.
The browser is much weaker than the network itself. Stay up to date with security patches and run Tor in a live environment like Tails OS
Again, just saying not to lean on Tor as your only privacy tool that is 100% foolproof. The comment I originally applied to made it seem like Tor is the only thing you need.
Even your suggestion includes a secondary tool.
That attack type is mitigated both through protocol updates and network management.
It hasn't been a problem for several years.
That isn't to say that you should trust TOR completely, just that you don't have to worry about sybil attacks on the network.