[mothered]

Yeah.. Unfortunatly a lot of people don't tape their webcam...

It's one of the first things I did when taking my lappies out of the box.

For the average user who simply navigates to Facebook, Twitter etc, there's no cause for concern.

I leave it untaped. I flip off the camera periodically as well.

There's no right or wrong, It depends on one's overall usability.

Good move to flip the camera off.

[philxdl]

You should definitely use Tor

[mothered]

You should definitely use Tor

That's how the dark web Is accessed.

It's also good practice to run a VPN alongside Tor.

[Tibo inc]

I'm thinking to visit the dark web to look around but is there any pre cautions I should take before going on there ?

You need protection ALOT protection, use VPN change proxy/your ip every 10 minutes

If your using a vpn alongside tor, then by default you don't need to change your ip address every ten minutes, as it is already set to something other than your real one, and tor changes it as well.

Op, you hear a lot of darkweb horror stories, but in my experience, 90% of the users have no malicious intentions, and just wanna buy their shit, maybe watch some cp and leave. (personally I think cp is disgusting, but not the time or forum for that discussion)

[mothered]

If your using a vpn alongside tor, then by default you don't need to change your ip address every ten minutes, as it is already set to something other than your real one, and tor changes it as well.

This ^

Compatibility permitted, run two VPNs. Going by personal experience,  ZenMate & ExpressVPN work very well together.

[Tibo inc]

If your using a vpn alongside tor, then by default you don't need to change your ip address every ten minutes, as it is already set to something other than your real one, and tor changes it as well.

This ^

Compatibility permitted, run two VPNs. Going by personal experience,  ZenMate & ExpressVPN work very well together.

I personally use zenmate, but have not tried ExpressVPN, in your opinion, which would you say was better?

[mothered]

If your using a vpn alongside tor, then by default you don't need to change your ip address every ten minutes, as it is already set to something other than your real one, and tor changes it as well.

This ^

Compatibility permitted, run two VPNs. Going by personal experience,  ZenMate & ExpressVPN work very well together.

I personally use zenmate, but have not tried ExpressVPN, in your opinion, which would you say was better?

Very hard to say which of the two Is better.

I'd say ExpressVPN has a slight advantage, namely for It's stability. I've experienced ZenMate to unexpectedly log out on a handful of occasions.

[Kludge]

I used to have a laptop that had a little plastic slide-switch that covered up the webcam when it wasn't in use.
Damn, I've gone through like 10 laptops in 5 years. This is ridiculous.

But yes, Double-VPN or Onion over VPN with Nord plus a VM combined with TOR and a properly watched and cataloged HTTPS proxies with SSL, and if possible, login credentials not at all traceable to you personally.

Do everything you can to confuse ipleak.net or check2ip.com and you're golden. No DNS leaks, or you're not prepared. No IPv6 leakage.

[be1337]

I would just not enter it

[FlowAr]

And nobody mentions:
1. Tor might still be backdoored by NSA/Darpa.
2. There is also i2p