Yeah I read up on the history. That was their only comment on the site, as well. A bit concerning, pretty creepy.
As some advice, I personally write posts under the assumption that my information may eventually become public, and, also use a VPN, as an extra layer of protection.
Indeed. They would probably dox us for just being here, no other evidence needed. But, if they did find evidence of say racism on your part or my part, or something that can easily be misconstrued as that, it makes us that much larger of a target & easier to dox.
Of course, it was just an obvious example of what the Left likes to attack.
Another would be, if you made a call for action (not necessarily violence or anything), and there was a false flag, they could chose to label you as a domestic terrorist.
You could probably think of a dozen other targets, ways to be misconstrued.
Point being, it's good to be mindful of that possibility, which it sounds like you are.
You had a post about yourself a while back that stated the state and some achievements. I wouldn’t worry too much, they were more than likely just playing connect the dots.
Just be aware that almost all VPN services sell the user activity info to bad actors. I have heard that Proton is trustworthy, but be careful.
I dont think this person is using the IP address to find out who you are. If they are, then it means GAW is compromised. I think they are probably using your comment history to dig info.
I think you should get some sort of protection regardless what you choose, especially with all the malicious sites that do things like record your IP address to target you.
I use Private Internet Access. I found this one has held up in courts for anonymity. There are others like Nord express. Just fo a search..download the app. Super easy to use. Mine is 12 a month for 6 devices
Hi, I'll help you a little. A VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. Essentially your data gets encrypted and sent to a server elsewhere in the world which then uses its IP address instead of yours. When subscribing to a VPN service one of the most important issues is whether the company has a "no logs" policy and does not record and log the sites you visit.
Now saying that, pretty much every single VPN service will keep a basic log, and others a very detailed one. In the past some companies have advertised a no log policy but when the authorities have approached them they give in and supply the authorities with your data. If this happens the company providing the service will loose customers, the whole idea of a VPN is to keep what you are doing on the net private.
Look for a company that has the minimum no log policy and crucially no history of handing over info to the feds when pressed!
Another point to look for is the amount of servers around the world you can connect too. Whilst not vital to have 1000's it's good to swap your end server connection from time to time.
VPN companies are now offering a "multi hop" connection, meaning exactly that, your connection goes through two or more servers, each time with a different IP address and encrypted. The trade off for this tho is speed, your download speed could be effected so look out for services that have good connection speeds.
Personally I do not use the most popular subscription services as some do have a history of handing over your data to the authorities in legal cases, and then expect their customers to trust them when they say they won't anymore.
I settled on a fairly new company called SurfShark? It has a minimal log policy, no history of giving into the feds, many servers around the world and multi hop connections. It has a kill switch also should you loose your connection, and it's own search facility which gives much better results.
None are infallible tho, and you have to trust them with the logs, but SurfShark is not expensive, fast and does everything I need. Saying that I'm sure if the N,,. - SA want to see what you are up too they will lol, but don't make it easy!
No problem. And I wouldn't worry too much about that post, maybe it's someone who is your friend that recognises some of what you've written before. A friend from university or school perhaps. I understand the need for privacy, but even if people know the rough are you live, very few will have the balls to do anything and try and find you. Doxing is a millennials wet dream, it helps them become a victim even tho nothing has happened, and at the moment you still have your 2 amendment rights!
Sure, I understand it can't be nice, but like someone else said maybe they think they know who you are from other posts. Did you say they got your name wrong?
I use Surfshark. It seems pretty good, but, there are some technical bugs (sometimes interferes with my WiFi connection, have to reboot laptop to fix it).
If I didn't have a pre-paid several month package, I'd try ExpressVPN or NordVPN.
It's as simple as pay for it, download/install, and, when you go on the internet, turn the VPN on (can chose location as well).
Seems to be an implied threat. "We know who you are".
If the name mentioned isn't yours, then it sounds like fuckers doing fuckery. You have the name Laura in your handle and you mentioned you are in TX.
Someone took a punt based on those two elements. There is no technical wizardry methinks.
Yeah I read up on the history. That was their only comment on the site, as well. A bit concerning, pretty creepy.
As some advice, I personally write posts under the assumption that my information may eventually become public, and, also use a VPN, as an extra layer of protection.
Indeed. They would probably dox us for just being here, no other evidence needed. But, if they did find evidence of say racism on your part or my part, or something that can easily be misconstrued as that, it makes us that much larger of a target & easier to dox.
Of course, it was just an obvious example of what the Left likes to attack.
Another would be, if you made a call for action (not necessarily violence or anything), and there was a false flag, they could chose to label you as a domestic terrorist.
You could probably think of a dozen other targets, ways to be misconstrued.
Point being, it's good to be mindful of that possibility, which it sounds like you are.
You had a post about yourself a while back that stated the state and some achievements. I wouldn’t worry too much, they were more than likely just playing connect the dots.
We never know what triggers the crazy folks. I am sorry for the trouble it’s caused you in terms of worry, but in the end they were wrong anyway :)
Keep one in the pipe
Use a VPN
Start here: https://protonvpn.com/
Just be aware that almost all VPN services sell the user activity info to bad actors. I have heard that Proton is trustworthy, but be careful.
I dont think this person is using the IP address to find out who you are. If they are, then it means GAW is compromised. I think they are probably using your comment history to dig info.
A possible alternative to vpn is to download the Tor browser, which is arguably more secure but slower:
https://www.torproject.org/download/
I think you should get some sort of protection regardless what you choose, especially with all the malicious sites that do things like record your IP address to target you.
I use Private Internet Access. I found this one has held up in courts for anonymity. There are others like Nord express. Just fo a search..download the app. Super easy to use. Mine is 12 a month for 6 devices
Hi, I'll help you a little. A VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. Essentially your data gets encrypted and sent to a server elsewhere in the world which then uses its IP address instead of yours. When subscribing to a VPN service one of the most important issues is whether the company has a "no logs" policy and does not record and log the sites you visit.
Now saying that, pretty much every single VPN service will keep a basic log, and others a very detailed one. In the past some companies have advertised a no log policy but when the authorities have approached them they give in and supply the authorities with your data. If this happens the company providing the service will loose customers, the whole idea of a VPN is to keep what you are doing on the net private.
Look for a company that has the minimum no log policy and crucially no history of handing over info to the feds when pressed!
Another point to look for is the amount of servers around the world you can connect too. Whilst not vital to have 1000's it's good to swap your end server connection from time to time.
VPN companies are now offering a "multi hop" connection, meaning exactly that, your connection goes through two or more servers, each time with a different IP address and encrypted. The trade off for this tho is speed, your download speed could be effected so look out for services that have good connection speeds.
Personally I do not use the most popular subscription services as some do have a history of handing over your data to the authorities in legal cases, and then expect their customers to trust them when they say they won't anymore.
I settled on a fairly new company called SurfShark? It has a minimal log policy, no history of giving into the feds, many servers around the world and multi hop connections. It has a kill switch also should you loose your connection, and it's own search facility which gives much better results.
None are infallible tho, and you have to trust them with the logs, but SurfShark is not expensive, fast and does everything I need. Saying that I'm sure if the N,,. - SA want to see what you are up too they will lol, but don't make it easy!
Hope that helps.
No problem. And I wouldn't worry too much about that post, maybe it's someone who is your friend that recognises some of what you've written before. A friend from university or school perhaps. I understand the need for privacy, but even if people know the rough are you live, very few will have the balls to do anything and try and find you. Doxing is a millennials wet dream, it helps them become a victim even tho nothing has happened, and at the moment you still have your 2 amendment rights!
Sure, I understand it can't be nice, but like someone else said maybe they think they know who you are from other posts. Did you say they got your name wrong?
https://www.cnet.com/news/best-vpn/
I use Surfshark. It seems pretty good, but, there are some technical bugs (sometimes interferes with my WiFi connection, have to reboot laptop to fix it).
If I didn't have a pre-paid several month package, I'd try ExpressVPN or NordVPN.
It's as simple as pay for it, download/install, and, when you go on the internet, turn the VPN on (can chose location as well).
youtube is a wonderful source of free education. has a handy little search bar you can type things into just like duck duck go