How Tor Users Get Caught By Saying Too Much

Sdílet
Vložit
  • čas přidán 24. 01. 2024
  • In this video I discuss how Hackers using Tor get caught by divulging too many details about themselves and how they conduct their operations in chats.
    My merch is available at
    based.win/
    Subscribe to me on Odysee.com
    odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8
    ₿💰💵💲Help Support the Channel by Donating Crypto💲💵💰₿
    Monero
    45F2bNHVcRzXVBsvZ5giyvKGAgm6LFhMsjUUVPTEtdgJJ5SNyxzSNUmFSBR5qCCWLpjiUjYMkmZoX9b3cChNjvxR7kvh436
    Bitcoin
    3MMKHXPQrGHEsmdHaAGD59FWhKFGeUsAxV
    Ethereum
    0xeA4DA3F9BAb091Eb86921CA6E41712438f4E5079
    Litecoin
    MBfrxLJMuw26hbVi2MjCVDFkkExz8rYvUF
  • Věda a technologie

Komentáře • 1K

  • @Silrak50
    @Silrak50 Před 4 měsíci +3322

    The greatest security risk is the one between the keyboard and chair

    • @tailsorange2872
      @tailsorange2872 Před 4 měsíci +32

      Objection: It's not the one between the keyboard and Chair... It's the one between the head and the keyboard. As long as you are not giving the wrong head (pun intended), and your head is in the "right sockets" - you should be fine. Probably. Maybe.

    • @fochdischitt3561
      @fochdischitt3561 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Also known as a SEU.

    • @lynxlagoon
      @lynxlagoon Před 4 měsíci +115

      I knew my cat was a fed

    • @eriksiers
      @eriksiers Před 4 měsíci +14

      Pebkac is a real thing.

    • @Ultravenom1
      @Ultravenom1 Před 4 měsíci +11

      I knew my little buddy was a fed.

  • @gogogomes7025
    @gogogomes7025 Před 4 měsíci +2195

    TDLR: Hackers should get a life outside of hacking so they don't feel tempted to make friends with other hackers.

    • @truthdoesnotexist
      @truthdoesnotexist Před 4 měsíci +376

      sadly having no life and being a loser is a requirement to becoming a hacker, making real friends or going outside is out of the question

    • @77wolfblade
      @77wolfblade Před 4 měsíci +47

      @@truthdoesnotexist Attachments lead to the dark side!

    • @Guardian_Arias
      @Guardian_Arias Před 4 měsíci +18

      @@sminem6572 "ooo la di da, I can read" Show off....XD

    • @Splarkszter
      @Splarkszter Před 4 měsíci +9

      ​@@truthdoesnotexist It is for any criminal, white hats can be cool people.

    • @PrestusHood
      @PrestusHood Před 4 měsíci +8

      ​@@truthdoesnotexistnot true at all

  • @pavementstoneguy
    @pavementstoneguy Před 4 měsíci +1036

    Bottomline: Don't brag in public about how much money you are making as the neighborhood's unlicensed pharmeceutical salesman.

    • @xxArsen1xx-OnPsn
      @xxArsen1xx-OnPsn Před 4 měsíci

      I personally knew a couple of the low level guys caught in DEA operation Adam B0mb, which targeted Farmers Market/AdamFlowers- they literally never shut up about it and went to the post office daily to pick up a large package and drop off smaller ones, tweaking constantly on MDMA. Turkish mafia connections got it to Canada then to them for further distribution. The rest is honestly more than I should know and definitely shouldn't talk about. Absolute morons tbh 😂

    • @cherubin7th
      @cherubin7th Před 4 měsíci +1

      Never brag about how much money you make in the first place. Envy Socialists will harass you.

    • @billsmith30
      @billsmith30 Před 4 měsíci +75

      Unlicensed Pharmaceuticals? Never. Only Herbal Remedies officer!

    • @pluto8404
      @pluto8404 Před 4 měsíci +33

      ​@billsmith30 its just Peruvian tea extracts sir.

    • @ryelor123
      @ryelor123 Před 4 měsíci +19

      Don't brag ever. Every time someone brags about something, I always assume they're lying.

  • @sk8kman
    @sk8kman Před 4 měsíci +3802

    Thanks, as a tor user, I've been having trouble getting caught. But this "how to" video helped! Typing this in the gulag rn

    • @poisonouspotato1
      @poisonouspotato1 Před 4 měsíci +253

      You already messed up by having a google account

    • @Krems_
      @Krems_ Před 4 měsíci +228

      You already messed up by being born in the 20-21 century

    • @Abu_khalid1
      @Abu_khalid1 Před 4 měsíci +44

      ​@@poisonouspotato1
      I mean you could separate yourself into two different identities using different devices and different usernames

    • @poisonouspotato1
      @poisonouspotato1 Před 4 měsíci

      @@Abu_khalid1 that works too

    • @thewhitefalcon8539
      @thewhitefalcon8539 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@Abu_khalid1 But not through Tor. If Google lets you have an account through Tor you need to link your phone number to use it.

  • @jaimeortega4940
    @jaimeortega4940 Před 4 měsíci +1028

    You don't ever say anything to the cops without an attorney present and you never give consent to search anything again unless your attorney is present. Common sense.

    • @zeemzero2880
      @zeemzero2880 Před 4 měsíci +133

      Great advice ! Also if the cops persist with a search you can say " I do not consent but I will not resist ", this doubles up your protection and puts the burden on the cop to prove why they did this in court.

    • @Orthaluminox
      @Orthaluminox Před 4 měsíci +39

      Well id love to agree but common sense usually refers to things that are common. And even for a person who's dad sells meth the amount of times I've been involved with the police given the 26 years I been alive I would say that kind of information is not so common. So it's most definitely not common sense.

    • @thenotoriousmichaeljackson8938
      @thenotoriousmichaeljackson8938 Před 4 měsíci +6

      @@Orthaluminoxself snitching

    • @thewhitefalcon8539
      @thewhitefalcon8539 Před 4 měsíci +52

      ​@@thenotoriousmichaeljackson8938 it isn't illegal to be the son of a durg deller

    • @seronymus
      @seronymus Před 4 měsíci +1

      There's a great funny classic video by a lawyer about this on here

  • @KrokLP
    @KrokLP Před 4 měsíci +441

    Tor is a great aid in my illegal ex-yugoslav arms smuggling operation 👍🏻

    • @M1szS
      @M1szS Před 4 měsíci +99

      relatable

    • @timmygoldstein
      @timmygoldstein Před 4 měsíci

      @@user-hm9is5ke9i dude, are you the type of idiot to not understand anything online?

    • @gasergaser8629
      @gasergaser8629 Před 4 měsíci +16

      got any extra m70s ?

    • @0x00official
      @0x00official Před 4 měsíci

      @@user-hm9is5ke9i he's joking

    • @hansjuker8296
      @hansjuker8296 Před 4 měsíci +5

      Sooo...anyone know about any hating going on? I'm just one of you guys...and was wondering if anyone knew about some illegal activities I could be a part of...

  • @chubbycatfish4573
    @chubbycatfish4573 Před 4 měsíci +296

    This reminds me of that scene from the Simpsons where Mr. Burns and Smithers go through very elaborate security to get to a special room, only to find an old ratty screen door open.

    • @seronymus
      @seronymus Před 4 měsíci +4

      ​@@klwthe3rdwhich episode was it?

    • @AM2K2
      @AM2K2 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@klwthe3rd Thanks - just watched the scene 🤣

    • @thomasrussell4674
      @thomasrussell4674 Před 3 měsíci +1

      ​@@seronymusit's the one where they go on strike

  • @TheTraveler33
    @TheTraveler33 Před 4 měsíci +231

    It never ceases to amaze me the mistakes that otherwise brilliant hackers make. As for the guy that got caught by saying he was busted for weed, give out info like that, but make sure it's a lie. That way they will spend time chasing lies and not find anything.

    • @myname-mz3lo
      @myname-mz3lo Před 4 měsíci

      didnt realise this channel was about protecting and giving tips to criminals . i thought it was about privacy from a citizens standpoint . who cares if they get caught . they scam old people and ransomware hospitals . let em rott in jail .

    • @user-wg2vw3mz1v
      @user-wg2vw3mz1v Před 4 měsíci +28

      In short, the most important aspect of OpSec is the old navy adage: Loose lips sink ships

  • @thenew4559
    @thenew4559 Před 4 měsíci +176

    Whether you're a hacker or just a standard citizen, I've always been of the opinion that more people need to follow the old internet rule of never giving any personal information out online. It seems like ever since the rise of social media, and now every website requiring you to sign up with email and other verification info, people have completely forgotten this.

    • @nwerd7584
      @nwerd7584 Před 4 měsíci +5

      True but depending it could be just as unsafe IRL. If your going to commit crimes I would suggest not telling anyone anything, not even family. The most successful usually dont have a "home" so as to not be recognized. It could be some mundane fact about you you told someone that ends up leading them to know your name and all that. On the streets a little harder with anon names, but if that gets connected to you or your name. its all the same. Lots of the street dudes flip fast, and half of them informants that will still break the law themselves trying some in to thinking its ok because he's breaking the law in a show solidarity or something.

    • @thenew4559
      @thenew4559 Před 4 měsíci

      @@nwerd7584yeah, it goes without saying that you should definitely keep attention away from yourself in real life as well. That’s even more important.

    • @user-wg2vw3mz1v
      @user-wg2vw3mz1v Před 4 měsíci +8

      In short, the most important aspect of OpSec is the old navy adage: Loose lips sink ships

    • @thenew4559
      @thenew4559 Před 4 měsíci

      @@user-wg2vw3mz1vyep

    • @frederikkjrgaard1963
      @frederikkjrgaard1963 Před 2 měsíci

      @@nwerd7584 on internet this goes if you aren’t commiting any crimes aswell tho

  • @rorsie
    @rorsie Před 4 měsíci +271

    The thumbnail shows how much Jerma's physical health has deteriorated after he got caught managing that black market drug operation :(

    • @honor9lite1337
      @honor9lite1337 Před 4 měsíci +6

      Jerma? 😮

    • @iCookCrystalMeth
      @iCookCrystalMeth Před 4 měsíci +13

      they do look a little similar don’t they

    • @MandenTV
      @MandenTV Před 3 měsíci +3

      Too much zerking off

    • @LM-MMM
      @LM-MMM Před 3 měsíci +5

      literally clicked on this to ask why Jerma was in the thumbnail lmaooo

    • @Tokmurok
      @Tokmurok Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@iCookCrystalMethAll vtubers look alike.

  • @MyDarkKnightRisesWhenISeeU
    @MyDarkKnightRisesWhenISeeU Před 4 měsíci +539

    First rule of F̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ Tor Club: Don't talk about F̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ Tor Club

    • @Deleteyourself83
      @Deleteyourself83 Před 4 měsíci +36

      Second rule of F̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ Tor Club: Do NOT talk about F̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ Tor Club

    • @AngryWoodenFork
      @AngryWoodenFork Před 4 měsíci +5

      Best Comment! Cheers

    • @skylinetv2778
      @skylinetv2778 Před 4 měsíci +23

      ███ rule of ███ Club: Don't talk

    • @w4439
      @w4439 Před 4 měsíci +9

      "what's Tor?"

    • @triPixel
      @triPixel Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@skylinetv2778⬜⬜⬜ rule ⬜⬜⬜ : ⬜⬜⬜⬜

  • @smoothbrain4384
    @smoothbrain4384 Před 4 měsíci +309

    i once ordered 400 oz of black market eucalyptus on the dark web. good shit.

  • @xy97503
    @xy97503 Před 4 měsíci +51

    48 Laws of Power, Law 4: Always Say Less Than Necessary.
    Besides creating an impression of great import, saying little avoids the risk of saying something foolish, which can be costly

    • @nattyfatty6.0
      @nattyfatty6.0 Před 10 dny

      Who cares what some list of "how to be a psychopath" says?

  • @jaesdarkness
    @jaesdarkness Před 4 měsíci +221

    Look, the cops don't really do much police work. Those insipid cop shows, where there's an investigator who investigates? Copaganda.
    No, cops get lucky when somebody shoots their mouth off, then they threaten that person and get them to violate their own civil rights by snitching on themselves, and then they make you snitch on your friends. Worst part? They'll promise that if you cooperate you'll get less time in the Scumbag Warehouse, which you'll find out at your sentencing was a total lie.
    Thanks for pointing out Basic Opsec.

    • @MicahThomason
      @MicahThomason Před 4 měsíci +44

      That is a good description of local law enforcement. The FBI, while maybe not rocket scientists, is probably a level above that.

    • @cherubin7th
      @cherubin7th Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@MicahThomason FBI only gets active if one of their friends is angry about you. But if you are a friend the FBI will destroy the evidence for you.

    • @apuapustaja1
      @apuapustaja1 Před 4 měsíci

      @@MicahThomason domestic law enforcement agencies do infiltrate and try to get you to do stuff to damage your politically/socially/economically aligned movement. FBI killing black leaders like mlk and malcolm x or getting people like tim mcveigh to orchestrate a bombing whose supplies appeared out of thin air with no possible method of tracing them despite proof presenting otherwise.

    • @compositeur8455
      @compositeur8455 Před 4 měsíci +6

      Your lawyer makes the deal with the cops not you.

    • @ronanKGelhaus
      @ronanKGelhaus Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@MicahThomasonYou're right. The FBI will just straight up plant evidence/entrap, and the other agencies will kill you without cause.

  • @bacalhau_seco
    @bacalhau_seco Před 4 měsíci +78

    for the best opsec, take your vocal coords so you dont speak too much.
    let me know of it works.

    • @gudneighbour
      @gudneighbour Před 4 měsíci +24

      and melt your keyboard so you can't write too much

    • @ekay4495
      @ekay4495 Před 4 měsíci

      And go live in the woods without any technology@@gudneighbour

  • @manitoba-op4jx
    @manitoba-op4jx Před 4 měsíci +193

    tor network also has really good legal uses too. my friend couldn't find a specific plastic knob for the original radio in his 1977 oldsmobile 98, and i managed to find someone selling reproduction ones on there. 😃

    • @JohnDoe-jk3vv
      @JohnDoe-jk3vv Před 4 měsíci +60

      Now why were they selling something that specific in the tor network?

    • @1p2k-223
      @1p2k-223 Před 4 měsíci +1

      cool

    • @killingtimeitself
      @killingtimeitself Před 4 měsíci +55

      perhaps you're just a curious fellow interested to see what kind of goofy shit is on the tor network.
      Or perhaps you're just a huge tech nerd and love contributing to dark nets because it's like the pre capitalized internet, where everything is sterile.

    • @3lmi__319
      @3lmi__319 Před 4 měsíci +8

      because theirs a dark charm to Tor market places

    • @pbjandahighfive
      @pbjandahighfive Před 4 měsíci +46

      @@JohnDoe-jk3vv Proprietary parts. Imagine a company makes something and owns a patent on that thing but then the company stops making that product and the specific part with the patent becomes impossible to find. It's not a complicated piece but it can't be legally reproduced and sold because someone else owns the rights to the design. Enter Tor. The part can be made and sold and while it's not really "legal" for the person to make it and sell it and probably not really legal to buy it, it would still be legal to actually own it, so so long as you aren't caught in the act of knowingly purchasing something illegally reproduced you can play dumb once you actually have it in your hands and there would be nothing illegal about actually owning it.

  • @thewhitefalcon8539
    @thewhitefalcon8539 Před 4 měsíci +58

    Anyone who's considering using a VPN with Tor out of paranoia would be better served by just adding one more hop to their Tor circuits, which is a setting you can change. It's allowed to be up to 8, that's like 5 VPNs!
    note: the extra hops can see the circuit is longer than normal

    • @kaptain1477
      @kaptain1477 Před 4 měsíci

      Where in the settings

    • @honor9lite1337
      @honor9lite1337 Před 4 měsíci +23

      never doing anything from your home/working network is far superior opsecs than any added layering hops.

    • @thewhitefalcon8539
      @thewhitefalcon8539 Před 4 měsíci

      @@honor9lite1337 The Feds say that 100% of the time, when someone is doing something on a coffee shop network, and they go door-knocking, the suspect confesses. Lol.

    • @Anton43218
      @Anton43218 Před 4 měsíci +6

      ​@@honor9lite1337you don't live in an uncivilized country where your house is maybe the only safe space you have

    • @Mystic_Void
      @Mystic_Void Před 4 měsíci +1

      Does ToR not have exit relays? Can you not just read all the unencrypted data from the exit relay in that case?

  • @Humble_Merchant
    @Humble_Merchant Před 4 měsíci +71

    Also gotta say, anyone who claims to be 'Anonymous' is a liar in this modern age

    • @e3.14c4
      @e3.14c4 Před 4 měsíci +9

      "I'm on a moose" (but with a thick accent)

    • @hansjuker8296
      @hansjuker8296 Před 4 měsíci +20

      Saying you're in Anonymous now...is like saying you're in FAZE clan.

    • @myname-mz3lo
      @myname-mz3lo Před 4 měsíci

      it was a lie back then too lol . anonymous were a psyops .

    • @sampletext9426
      @sampletext9426 Před 4 měsíci +3

      only powerful rich people are anonymous

    • @blackieblack
      @blackieblack Před 4 měsíci +10

      It was a lie back then too. The whole point was there were no members. It was just fun to claim credit as anonymous.

  • @davewxc
    @davewxc Před 4 měsíci +22

    There was a supposed saying on the inquisition that has gone around in variations: "Think much, say little, write nothing." Same applies to this, writing is the act of creating evidence against yourself.

  • @aleksanderczajka6072
    @aleksanderczajka6072 Před 4 měsíci +29

    "Simply shutting up is so much more important" And yet it's so much harder to do.

    • @youtubeuniversity3638
      @youtubeuniversity3638 Před 7 dny

      For a lotta folks, the Entire Value Prospect of the internet is Having A Place To Not Shut Up.
      Many more it's at least half the point.

  • @_modiX
    @_modiX Před 4 měsíci +105

    Most people have an ego and need to brag about their stuff, that lies in the nature and only the most disciplined can come over that and become true Chads. They won't be praised, they won't be recognized, but most importantly, they won't get caught.

    • @honor9lite1337
      @honor9lite1337 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Understood.

    • @Mr.SnakySnake
      @Mr.SnakySnake Před 4 měsíci +2

      You basically just summarized the whole “Breaking Bad “ plot

    • @excalibro8365
      @excalibro8365 Před 4 měsíci +8

      @@Mr.SnakySnake Maybe if you're talking about Gus and Mike. Walt had a gigantic ego and couldn't just keep his mouth shut about Gale not being Heisenberg.

    • @aboostedkia1385
      @aboostedkia1385 Před 4 měsíci

      Hack the world!!!

    • @lolwtnick4362
      @lolwtnick4362 Před 4 měsíci

      exactly like the left today

  • @M1szS
    @M1szS Před 4 měsíci +130

    OPSEC keeping you big as hell

  • @user-df8cc1ec5e
    @user-df8cc1ec5e Před 4 měsíci +35

    100% agreed. Best OpSec is to not say anything at all. And if you really need to say something, make sure you lie about everything and occasionally contradict yourself about your personal information.
    Today I'm from Germany, tomorrow I'm from Vietnam.

    • @glebglub
      @glebglub Před 3 měsíci

      and if you're american, force yourself to use words like colour and specialise etc. since otherwise you just come off as american since nobody else had their version of english devolved like that thanks to cost-cutting in the printing industry

  • @Robot-Overlord
    @Robot-Overlord Před 4 měsíci +20

    The way I explain it to people is imagine youre on a shopping website and you go over to a filter and select your options for a new pair of shoes. Every specification for those shoes limits the total options. Blue/white, Running, adidas, slip-on. After you put all those in you go from 100 brands to 10.
    Well this is how say the FBI finds you. You tell a story or talk in bits with people every bit of information narrows you down. "I went to wegmans with my parents and grandparents after I got off work at the autobody shop, theyre used to shopping at publix, but they liked the store"
    Thats narrows down their list of suspects drastically. We're looking at someone who probably lives in the northeast because he shops at wegmans that has family in the south/southeast because they shop at publix, works as an automechanic, parents are likely not divorced, grandparents are alive, so likely younger than 50, etc etc.

  • @AdrienMelody
    @AdrienMelody Před 4 měsíci +142

    I’m just gonna avoid illegal activities personally, this sounds stressful as hell lol

    • @barongerhardt
      @barongerhardt Před 4 měsíci +23

      Then you won't have anything interesting to talk about.

    • @myname-mz3lo
      @myname-mz3lo Před 4 měsíci +16

      right ? i thought this was a privacy channel not a crime tutorial channel

    • @AdrienMelody
      @AdrienMelody Před 4 měsíci +40

      @@barongerhardt Buddy, if crime is the only thing you find interesting, that’s on you 🤣

    • @barongerhardt
      @barongerhardt Před 4 měsíci +6

      @@AdrienMelody whoossssssh

    • @AdrienMelody
      @AdrienMelody Před 4 měsíci +23

      @@barongerhardt “Whoosh”? Bro, include a punch line or make the irony noticeable next time, how was I supposed to know you were joking? 😆

  • @TrickyNekro
    @TrickyNekro Před 4 měsíci +66

    Choosing prison to end loneliness is rather an odd one and very unfortunate also.

  • @hombre356
    @hombre356 Před 4 měsíci +36

    Two things come to mind. Pride cometh before the fall and loose lips sink ships.

    • @honor9lite1337
      @honor9lite1337 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Well said.

    • @TheRedOGRE
      @TheRedOGRE Před 3 měsíci +1

      Learnt the loose lips sink ships lesson as a teenager. Glad I learnt it then. Dumbest move bragging or talking about your ops.

    • @nattyfatty6.0
      @nattyfatty6.0 Před 10 dny

      Aphorisms come before saying nothing interesting

  • @skramzrave
    @skramzrave Před 4 měsíci +64

    I keep seeing people post their DNM shopping carts on substance discords and its driving me crazy.

    • @thewhitefalcon8539
      @thewhitefalcon8539 Před 4 měsíci

      FBI isn't coming after buyers, not really

    • @xxArsen1xx-OnPsn
      @xxArsen1xx-OnPsn Před 4 měsíci

      The dumber and more obvious they are the less likely dem boys ever have the time to go after you. The ol "I dont have to outrun the bear, I just have to outrun my hiking buddy" 😂

    • @imgladnotu9527
      @imgladnotu9527 Před 4 měsíci +11

      its almost like they want to actively get caught

    • @quirkyqwertyto1055
      @quirkyqwertyto1055 Před 4 měsíci +21

      that shit sounds so insane that it couldve been a mini psyop to comprimise their opsec

    • @bickyboo7789
      @bickyboo7789 Před 4 měsíci

      I feel like that should be a reason to ban someone, so a phallic measuring contest doesn't start popping off.

  • @MicahThomason
    @MicahThomason Před 4 měsíci +70

    I even pay attention to my verbiage and syntax while commenting in dark areas. Syntax idiosyncrasies is what got the Unabomber busted.

    • @karlmadsen3179
      @karlmadsen3179 Před 4 měsíci +26

      That...... and the bombs.

    • @MicahThomason
      @MicahThomason Před 4 měsíci +12

      @@karlmadsen3179 Well, that, too. I guess.🤪

    • @rpm10k.
      @rpm10k. Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@karlmadsen3179no, he literally only got caught because his brother read his manifesto, recognized his writing, and contacted the FBI.

    • @ilikemitchhedberg
      @ilikemitchhedberg Před 4 měsíci +3

      You can't eat your cake and have it, too.

    • @ilikemitchhedberg
      @ilikemitchhedberg Před 4 měsíci +5

      @@karlmadsen3179 His brother recognized specific phrases only the unabomber would use, and then he called the fedrales. (*as used in the famous manifesto printed in the papers.) it seems that ole Ted's opsec was super solid, especially considering that the fbi was much less sophisticated at that time.

  • @notafbihoneypot8487
    @notafbihoneypot8487 Před 4 měsíci +117

    Spyware at the speech level,
    Perfect

    • @delta3244
      @delta3244 Před 4 měsíci

      When the point of speech is to be heard, hearing can hardly be called spying. But spies will certainly be happy if you hand them the information they want on a silver platter.

    • @fus132
      @fus132 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Spyware in the brain

  • @xdeathcon
    @xdeathcon Před 4 měsíci +16

    It's always the same stuff when these people get caught. They get too comfortable while doing illegal stuff. The ones who don't get caught don't bring up any true information about their real lives and treat their hacker identity as a completely separate person who may even need to be replaced by another identity if things get too spicy. You don't hear stories about the smart ones, though, because they don't get caught unless they're *really* wanted by the government.

  • @hung8969
    @hung8969 Před 4 měsíci +33

    Took a fantastic class a few months ago. Kinda a brief overview of just personal security. What stuck with me the most was. “If someone can sell water they can sell your data. Imagine if you could walk over to your neighbors house, dip your hand in the stream and know everything you’d ever want about them. You’d have wrinkled hands. Same goes for the internet. Your stream of constant date is a trail of you. Leaving any drops of water anywhere results in a river eventually.”

  • @AngryWoodenFork
    @AngryWoodenFork Před 4 měsíci +91

    Hahaha, I can't believe folks have to learn this the hard way when it is common sense. Always make an opsec plan and stick with it. If you have to say anything about personal stuff, always go with a total random non related answer. Hello from Nauru, love your channel!

    • @seronymus
      @seronymus Před 4 měsíci +3

      Do you really live in Nauru, the smallest country in the world?with only like 1000 Polynesians?

    • @user-db2uj9vc7s
      @user-db2uj9vc7s Před 4 měsíci +6

      Or maybe don't say anything

    • @henryhermes
      @henryhermes Před 4 měsíci +1

      have you ever lived in Arizona or are there layers to that?

    • @hoovysimulator2518
      @hoovysimulator2518 Před 4 měsíci +5

      In Finnish, Nauru means laugh :P

    • @megadog_
      @megadog_ Před 4 měsíci +8

      Nauru? Hey, I am in the Pitcairn Islands. We’re practically neighbours!

  • @Erosuorc
    @Erosuorc Před 4 měsíci +26

    Loose lips sink ships. I’ve known that & was taught that before I did a single questionable thing as an older child / young teen.
    Blows me away when people are doing high profile things in their own right, yet completely forget that cardinal rule

  • @zuffin1864
    @zuffin1864 Před 4 měsíci +20

    If I were to do anything illegal, I wouldn't be talking about it

    • @wednesday567
      @wednesday567 Před 4 měsíci

      It depends on what it is, illegal aliens are doing illegal shit and they get a pass

  • @Vanlifecrisis
    @Vanlifecrisis Před 4 měsíci +11

    Notice how all throughout that court document they talk about how he always connected to tor and went online through tor. Just that, so just being connected to tor or any sort of privacy measures will be used against you like it means you are guilty of a crime. That's exactly how the gov views you wanting privacy from them.

  • @obeseoverlold
    @obeseoverlold Před 4 měsíci +41

    Tor is like an onion; it has many secure layers but strong fluids can still get through

  • @ergosum5260
    @ergosum5260 Před 4 měsíci +40

    I got caught because I confused tor with The Onion.

    • @xinpingdonohoe3978
      @xinpingdonohoe3978 Před 4 měsíci +6

      That's funny, but what did you get caught doing?

    • @timmygoldstein
      @timmygoldstein Před 4 měsíci

      @@xinpingdonohoe3978 Doing some trolling, he's now an employee there

    • @honor9lite1337
      @honor9lite1337 Před 4 měsíci +6

      ​@@xinpingdonohoe3978kidnapping a cat.

    • @Matt_Foley
      @Matt_Foley Před 3 měsíci

      Catnapping.

  • @itlahic566
    @itlahic566 Před 4 měsíci +19

    in my bad days, id always see people get taken down due to EGO/in fighting or bragging. Greed and fame is always the downfall.

    • @thewhitefalcon8539
      @thewhitefalcon8539 Před 4 měsíci +4

      What would be the point if not for money or ego

    • @mowsie2k492
      @mowsie2k492 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Yep it was always some in fighting in the group literally every time

  • @Clownacy
    @Clownacy Před 4 měsíci +128

    "Cooperate or we will take your family away from you"
    - The "good" guys

    • @mh3225
      @mh3225 Před 4 měsíci

      did you expect them to suck him off or something?

    • @justinwatson1510
      @justinwatson1510 Před 4 měsíci

      In general, the state exists to protect the interests of the ruling class; under a liberal "democracy," that means unless you are wealthy enough to buy a representative, no aspect of the state exists for your benefit. Even Roosevelt, architect of the New Deal and one of the most beloved Presidents in the history of this godforsaken country, only did what he did to protect idiot businessmen from themselves and prevent a communist revolution.

    • @MrChristianDT
      @MrChristianDT Před 4 měsíci +11

      Technically, "cooperate, or when we get proof of what you've been doing, you will be punished accordingly &, by pure happenstance, this other thing would also happen."

    • @SneedsterSpeedster
      @SneedsterSpeedster Před 4 měsíci +8

      I despise the feds but this situation is perfectly understandable. "Cooperate or else you'll be in prison, and since your cousins will have no legal guardian left we'll be forced to put them into foster care."

    • @CoachMikeyStudios
      @CoachMikeyStudios Před 14 dny

      Sabu is a nice guy. I emailed him years ago and he actually replied.
      He seems much wiser. He is working hard to put his life together and working in incident response. I respect him for what he did.

  • @mpi1191
    @mpi1191 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Man do i love this channel. I mean the content for me it top-notch. And also the community that watches them and comments on them is also pretty good, in the sense of containing some pretty interesting stuff on their comments.

  • @specthegod
    @specthegod Před 4 měsíci +5

    Thank you Kenny! Please make more videos like this AND mainly more videos on the topic of keeping our privacy in check and locked down as much as possible... you have top shelf knowledge on the matter and in a war where our privacy is soon to become thing of the past, as ISPs and others invade privacy to sell information to the highest bidder... we really REALLY need people like you on our side... so please KNOW you are really important in that war. I thank you for all you have done and will do 🤝🌹

  • @christophersmith2696
    @christophersmith2696 Před 4 měsíci +7

    Industry standard is to provide info / access to info on an as needed basis only. This also applies to criminal activity. I have always said the best way to get someone’s personal info / passwords is to simply ask them for it.

  • @pbjandahighfive
    @pbjandahighfive Před 4 měsíci +28

    Talking "too much" can also be used for obfuscation as well so long as you're smart about it and "stupidly" let out a little too much information about yourself sprinkled here and there with the caveat that all of the potentially identifying information you share is completely fake. It would likely be obvious if you went too far with it by crafting some sort of outrageous fully detailed backstory, but if you just let small details leak out a little over here a little over there over a long enough period of time (i.e. don't sit there in a chat for hours and hours sharing your fanfic, but instead share like a dozen or so small "details" over the period of a few months) it could result in fairly strong misdirection.

    • @AbandonedVoid
      @AbandonedVoid Před 4 měsíci +12

      Doing this can divulge real information. If the details are all fake, then that can help with the process of elimination once someone realizes it's all made up information. Sprinkling real information in there could also backfire, as it could still be enough to identify you after everything is combed over carefully. It's probably best to just not say anything at all

    • @pbjandahighfive
      @pbjandahighfive Před 4 měsíci

      @@AbandonedVoid You're grossly oversimplifying and not looking at the big picture. If the details are vague enough that it couldn't possibly narrow down on any one person, but instead throws attention across a swath of say millions of potential people it won't get them any closer to detection and they also won't be able to rule any of them out, but it will lead them in a bad direction, wasting their resources, time and efforts. And say they do get the point of ruling out a few million people. Okay? There are over 8 billion people on the planet, about 75-80% of which is over 18. You'll have wasted their time following bad leads and even if they figure it out it still leads them no nearer to anything.

  • @atomicskull6405
    @atomicskull6405 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Directional antenna and open access wifi hotpots are very useful things. With a directional antenna you can connect to a wifi router from miles away.

  • @user-xl5kd6il6c
    @user-xl5kd6il6c Před 4 měsíci +16

    I'm not sure I agree with this one
    People should give information away, but to the point where fake information is well mixed with real info. That way no one will be able to connect the true information and you have plausible deniability if they use the typical "you said X", when you can point to yourself saying Y, W and Z which is provably false, making the information (even if true) unreliable and unusable
    Using a lot of aliases and connecting them to others that aren't yours is also a good one.
    TL;DR: The key isn't not sharing information, but sharing enough noise that makes anyone investigating you waste time and get into no conclusions about anything

    • @honor9lite1337
      @honor9lite1337 Před 4 měsíci +8

      The reality is different.
      When you're a high profile criminal, you can't think like a normal and constantly being in stressful conditions.
      You would have slipped info here and there.

    • @lightyagami3492
      @lightyagami3492 Před 4 měsíci +6

      This post should be pinned. Connecting your "anonymous IDs" to other real IDs or other fake IDs is better than not goving any info at all.

    • @user-xl5kd6il6c
      @user-xl5kd6il6c Před 4 měsíci

      @@honor9lite1337 you can slip here and there if most info you give online is fake
      Bonus points if you can fake info that leads to someone else

  • @merelynominal
    @merelynominal Před 4 měsíci +2

    Thank you, my favourite hacking channel 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 I'll be using these tips in my next operations

  • @markf8819
    @markf8819 Před 4 měsíci +32

    The video was very informative

  • @twynb
    @twynb Před 4 měsíci +8

    there was a pretty good (german) talk about opsec at 35c3 & my favourite quote there is
    "OpSec: Alice und Bob halten's Maul." ("OpSec: Alice and Bob shut up.")

  • @m_gnet
    @m_gnet Před 4 měsíci +86

    Wow the deepfake is really getting better goodjob

    • @pedro33226
      @pedro33226 Před 4 měsíci +15

      I couldn’t even tell if this was MentalOutlaw or an AI version.

    • @samuelese22
      @samuelese22 Před 4 měsíci +3

      xD

  • @BenDover-_-
    @BenDover-_- Před 4 měsíci

    I’m not sure how I haven’t been subbed, great informational video outlaw❤

  • @222wheelsdown
    @222wheelsdown Před 2 měsíci

    Just subbed. Such a cool and informative channel. Keep it up bro!

  • @danii7584
    @danii7584 Před 4 měsíci +8

    hmm while the general argument seems valid, one might still say that they got caught slipping up socially after they satisfied technical security requirements, so pointing out how infamous hackers got caught because they couldn't keep their mouthes shut might be a case of survivorship bias.

  • @sibeck5024
    @sibeck5024 Před 4 měsíci +6

    to be fair, most people with such "specific" political views just cant shut up about it. So he was basically a victim of his circumstances...

    • @radthadd
      @radthadd Před 4 měsíci +2

      Commies and anarchists 😂

  • @VaultCord
    @VaultCord Před 4 měsíci +3

    love these types of videos, keep it up!

  • @glennchartrand5411
    @glennchartrand5411 Před 4 měsíci +5

    You should also take advantage of every slip up by the people you are with to learn their identity.
    1. It will show you what not to do.
    2. Your lawyer willl have something to bargain with if you get arrested.

  • @AnimeKingKaz
    @AnimeKingKaz Před 4 měsíci +4

    NSA owns most of the Tor exit nodes and an exit node can read all the traffic through it.

    • @stigcc
      @stigcc Před 4 měsíci +1

      Not if it is encrypted properly. But knowing which hosts you use can trace you down I guess

  • @myname-mz3lo
    @myname-mz3lo Před 4 měsíci +5

    just because law enforcement isnt allowed to hack people in order to make arrests (and it means that the only arrests they make are caused by bad opsec) . doesnt mean that activists and journalists and whistleblowers wont have corporations willing to pay hackers to do more illegal things to deanonymise them .. not everyone that wants privacy is a hacker or a criminal . some people will have entire state backed hacker groups after them and for those people propper opsec is important and the technical details do matter for them .

  • @DiogenesTheCynic.
    @DiogenesTheCynic. Před 4 měsíci +5

    First thing Joe says to the crew in reservoir dogs, don’t tell anyone your Christian name, where you have been, where you may have done time, or a bank you robbed in St. Petersburg.
    Don’t say shit you don’t need to if you are trying to stay hidden.

  • @AncientSlugThrower
    @AncientSlugThrower Před 4 měsíci +10

    sabu was a fed from the start.

  • @turtlewax3849
    @turtlewax3849 Před 4 měsíci +47

    The real question is.... How can you be an Anarchist AND a Communist?

    • @massgrave8x
      @massgrave8x Před 4 měsíci +14

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchist_communism

    • @Xotchkass
      @Xotchkass Před 4 měsíci +1

      You just have to be dumb. Like any other communist.

    • @JamesSmith-ix5jd
      @JamesSmith-ix5jd Před 4 měsíci

      I guess the same way you can have liberal dictatorship in the US and the EU.

    • @SirSpence99
      @SirSpence99 Před 4 měsíci

      Brain damage.
      Though the Communism already implies brain damage or malevolence.

    • @MicahThomason
      @MicahThomason Před 4 měsíci +1

      Thank you.

  • @ajramirez77
    @ajramirez77 Před 4 měsíci +11

    So I got a Master's in National Cybersecurity Studies. In one of my classes of threat hunting/internet crime, the course also took a dive into psychology. Ego is a bitch. It's the downfall of many, and will lead to bad opsec, which will lead to someone getting caught

  • @camaycama7479
    @camaycama7479 Před 4 měsíci +2

    The thing with Intel ME is that it's very hard to know if you've monitored by it in a targeted way. The very subtle network trafic generated is not yet reverse engineered.

  • @13thravenpurple94
    @13thravenpurple94 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Excellent video 👍 Thank you 💜

  • @ClickClack_Bam
    @ClickClack_Bam Před 4 měsíci +2

    1970's IRA Poster:
    “Loose-talk costs lives.
    In taxis, on the phone, at footbal matches, at home with friends, anywhere!
    Whatever you say - say nothing.”

  • @andrewharrison8436
    @andrewharrison8436 Před 4 měsíci +5

    It's disapointing how opsec basics had been missed in these cases. You wouldn't write a crime drama with clues this blatant.

  • @uppishcub1617
    @uppishcub1617 Před 4 měsíci +16

    Tech snitches, tellin all they business. Open up in court as their own star witness.

    • @e3.14c4
      @e3.14c4 Před 4 měsíci +1

      bada doo doodoo

    • @zeemzero2880
      @zeemzero2880 Před 4 měsíci

      Facts

    • @ChArLie360115
      @ChArLie360115 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Do you see the perpetrators. Yea right here. Fuck around get caught set my friends up for years

  • @amergingiles
    @amergingiles Před 4 měsíci +5

    Shit. I had no idea WHY Saboo snitched. That's rough. They pulled some wild shit.

  • @IMBlakeley
    @IMBlakeley Před 4 měsíci +3

    My old dad years ago "it stops being a secret once anyone else knows it". Still true.

  • @scottbrady6240
    @scottbrady6240 Před 16 dny

    I love learning, thanks!

  • @papakamirneron2514
    @papakamirneron2514 Před 4 měsíci +8

    Well honestly, intel ME could get everyone (even if you’re using tor or i2p) deanonimised. Now yes, so far we don’t know of many instances of someone getting found out due to it but at some point, when technology becomes physically inescapable and BCIs commonplace were are going to be living the nightmare.

    • @mowsie2k492
      @mowsie2k492 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Then what’s the next plan? Jfc

    • @Kyller3030
      @Kyller3030 Před 4 měsíci

      @@mowsie2k492 disable it where you can but... The play is to discredit it to the public. It has tons of vulnerabilities, the one in the news right now is 27 ish zero days in Tesla. Last year a team made a jailbreak to give people free premium features (because tesla wants a sub for things already installed in the car.) pwn2own is going on rn and they're showing off tons of stuff, they already got over a million dollars from bug bounties.

  • @dereklathan
    @dereklathan Před 4 měsíci +5

    I remember reading Sabu got caught because he forgot to connect to vpn one time.

  • @chrimony
    @chrimony Před 4 měsíci +5

    Good advice on mouth security. In regards to TOR, it's biggest weakness is timing. For example, you do something noticeable from your dorm at 1:37PM using TOR. Then police go looking for TOR connections from your dorm at that time. Hello search warrant.

  • @lukejones7366
    @lukejones7366 Před 4 měsíci +2

    You're awesome dude. Lol. Simply shutting the eff up 😂

  • @mikesmith6838
    @mikesmith6838 Před 3 měsíci +1

    My late uncle was a prison guard at a medium security prison. He said only stupid people got caught. When I asked him how he know that, he answered "Because they only send me stupid ones."

  • @stripes9386
    @stripes9386 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Anyone who watches Mental Outlaw is automatically on The List

  • @brandishwar
    @brandishwar Před 4 měsíci +5

    "Loose lips sink ships".

  • @DingoDIDeatmybaby
    @DingoDIDeatmybaby Před 3 měsíci

    Complacency kills in the workplace and in hack chat rooms. Thanks OSHA for the safety tip.

  • @niceasta
    @niceasta Před 4 měsíci

    useful tips, thanks bro!

  • @axiomfinity
    @axiomfinity Před 4 měsíci +12

    TOR exit nodes can be running a sniffer to log the unencrypted packets for phishing...

    • @GerhardTreibheit
      @GerhardTreibheit Před 4 měsíci +2

      When has that ever resulted in someone going to jail. If anything this is just gonna be used for metadatacollection for the NSA

    • @MicahThomason
      @MicahThomason Před 4 měsíci +3

      Respectfully, I think you missed the point of the video.

    • @stonelightning8d965
      @stonelightning8d965 Před 4 měsíci +1

      ​@@GerhardTreibheityes lookup how cybercriminals with good opsec get caught

    • @thewhitefalcon8539
      @thewhitefalcon8539 Před 4 měsíci +3

      Use https

    • @axiomfinity
      @axiomfinity Před 4 měsíci

      @@thewhitefalcon8539 I do, I have browser configured for https priority.

  • @MadGamer_666
    @MadGamer_666 Před 4 měsíci +2

    So greatest security is being completely antisocial. Great I am on the right path. ✅️

  • @user-wg2vw3mz1v
    @user-wg2vw3mz1v Před 4 měsíci +2

    So, in short, the most important aspect of OpSec is the old navy adage: Loose lips sink ships

  • @KaiRaphixx
    @KaiRaphixx Před 4 měsíci

    Even the tor documentation states that the best you can do in terms of ops sec is not technical nature but your own behavior.

  • @zigorro3478
    @zigorro3478 Před 4 měsíci +3

    I always find human error to be a humourous bastard, remember the silk road guy having his laptop yoinked by the feds while he went to piss in library toilets lol

  • @volcanic9159
    @volcanic9159 Před 4 měsíci +3

    finnish national bureau of investigation has claimed to successfully traced monero, can you do a video on that?

  • @thegaybear
    @thegaybear Před 4 měsíci

    Hi, I have a question for you. I have watched many of your videos and I know that Intel has the Management Engin hidden in the chip and AMD has the PSP but does ARM have anything? How secure are AMD Chips?

    • @Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer
      @Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer Před 4 měsíci

      ARM is made by several different manufacturers so that varies, just like how x86 is made by two manufacturers.

  • @glebfirstov1988
    @glebfirstov1988 Před 29 dny

    As youre watching this in the present there are people that have succeeded where they have failed.

  • @surveyingfleaproductions
    @surveyingfleaproductions Před 4 měsíci +3

    I thought this was going to be about phrasing, syntax, punctuation and word usage; or even keyboard rhythm tracking.. But, I guess common sense is in dire straits and people are far less paranoid than I am.

  • @vapeymcvape5000
    @vapeymcvape5000 Před 3 měsíci +3

    How to tell if someone is a virgin? They use the word 'Op-Sec'.

  • @isheamongus811
    @isheamongus811 Před 4 měsíci

    Tails will prevent an accidental file share. You would have to move it on a external medium or directly to LUKS2 partition (NOT recommended)

  • @sss-tm6ro
    @sss-tm6ro Před 3 měsíci

    You make a lot of great points in this video. Sometimes you want to give your political opinions and that desire is definitely the most probable way of talking yourself into trouble.

  • @imgladnotu9527
    @imgladnotu9527 Před 4 měsíci +13

    >anti racist
    >anarchist
    >has the need to flex that he owns a macbook
    the memes write themselves.

  • @jefersonlemos4135
    @jefersonlemos4135 Před 4 měsíci +3

    1 - dont be selected as a target to 3 letter agencies; 2 - good tech

  • @josephbehanzin
    @josephbehanzin Před 4 měsíci +2

    Interresting !

  • @danohen1997
    @danohen1997 Před 4 měsíci +12

    Could you do a video talking about data removal services like Incogni or Aura? The premise seems great, but depending on the execution, also seems like it could be counter-productive.

    • @paulblart3464
      @paulblart3464 Před 4 měsíci +1

      This would be cool, or at least add this topic to a video on bulk data or smth.

    • @Fractal_32
      @Fractal_32 Před 4 měsíci +4

      I feel like a proactive solution (not sharing anything) is better than one of those retroactive solutions to your privacy. Once your information is out on the Internet, it’s out there whether that’s on public facing databases or private databases.

    • @carter0000
      @carter0000 Před 4 měsíci +1

      I second this! Would love to see a video on this topic

    • @lightyagami3492
      @lightyagami3492 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@Fractal_32Yeah but its better than just saying oh well and leaving it out there (at least publicly anyways)

    • @youtubeuniversity3638
      @youtubeuniversity3638 Před 7 dny

      ​@@Fractal_32And what if, say, someone's parents blab too muchly?
      What if the info gets out, and is out, and you're past the point where "Proactive" is a meaningful word anymore?

  • @sagenerd419
    @sagenerd419 Před 4 měsíci +6

    These nerds that grew up on the computer really need classical social engineering more than anything 🤣🤷🏽‍♂️

    • @e3.14c4
      @e3.14c4 Před 4 měsíci +3

      Yeah they never got that firmware update.

  • @mikeg1433
    @mikeg1433 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Isn’t the NSA hosting a ton of TOR routers though?

    • @stigcc
      @stigcc Před 4 měsíci +1

      Really? And the routers know the ip of the users, I guess? But if you communicate over https they cant see what you are writing, but they can see what sites you are using?

  • @lucaskingofcheese2334
    @lucaskingofcheese2334 Před 10 dny

    Gotta love the thinkpad collector at the start

  • @shatterthemirror8563
    @shatterthemirror8563 Před 4 měsíci

    It often seems like an impossible alternative: perfect opsec or getting what you wanted and out before you're suspected, but then, why would the tortoise need a shell if he was that fast? He knows he's going to lose, but he's not going to be giving any freebies either.

  • @DanielNerd
    @DanielNerd Před 4 měsíci +4

    TLDR: don’t brag about illegal stuff to your hacker friends