Can my IP addy be traced if I'm using cyber-rights.net?

[stuck]

Any encryption that you can legally use can be decrypted by the right government agencies. That's part of them allowing that encryption to be widely used. It's important to differentiate between government and local law enforcement though.

If you're accessing hushmail / cyberrights / etc from your computer directly, those services have your IP address. Law enforcement would then need to subpoena that service to obtain your IP. Then, they would need to subpoena your ISP to match your IP address to your home address. Cyber-rights.net and hushmail look to be based out of Canada. So while it may add one more hurdle to the subpoena process, it's not totally unfeasible for them to get your IP info.

Wiping your hard drive won't prevent your visits to a site from being logged, but it will give law enforcement less information in the event they raid your house. Granted, if they're raiding your house, they know who you are and have already done the above (subpoenas) anyway.

I don't think the "end user" really needs to worry about these things. There's alot you can do to attempt to cover your tracks, but if the upper echelon of law enforcement is gunning for you, they're going to track you down eventually.

 

[cornfish]

There are CD's available for download that have Linux OS bootable on them. You just boot to this CD and you have an operating system that is 100% run in the RAM on your machine and nothing touches the drives. YOu can disconnect your hard drives and still run this and surf the net. Once your machine is turned off there is 100% no trace to where you have been except by IP through your ISP. Get a VPN client that goes overseas and you are 100% safe with no questions.
Problem solved and you can get said solutions free on the net and there are 100's of possibilities for it

 

[Roatan]

Let's talk this through. Very interesting. If you mask your IP address when logging in to Hushmail, Hush has no record of your IP to give even under order of subpoena. And I'm not sure about this but I think that even though a govt agent/agency may know how hush encryption works, they need an individual's encryption key to unlock it. And that would require a subpoena and therefore probably cause or some other evidence to get that subpoena, right? Thoughts anyone. This is facinating.

Roatan

Any encryption that you can legally use can be decrypted by the right government agencies. That's part of them allowing that encryption to be widely used. It's important to differentiate between government and local law enforcement though.

If you're accessing hushmail / cyberrights / etc from your computer directly, those services have your IP address. Law enforcement would then need to subpoena that service to obtain your IP. Then, they would need to subpoena your ISP to match your IP address to your home address. Cyber-rights.net and hushmail look to be based out of Canada. So while it may add one more hurdle to the subpoena process, it's not totally unfeasible for them to get your IP info.

Wiping your hard drive won't prevent your visits to a site from being logged, but it will give law enforcement less information in the event they raid your house. Granted, if they're raiding your house, they know who you are and have already done the above (subpoenas) anyway.

I don't think the "end user" really needs to worry about these things. There's alot you can do to attempt to cover your tracks, but if the upper echelon of law enforcement is gunning for you, they're going to track you down eventually.

 

[Judo Tom]

use an offshore email comp. they are out there

mask your ip before logging on to the mail server

do not send anything unencrypted

TRUST YOUR SOURCE

and you can wipe a drive EASILY if you know what your doing.

 

[chyllaxyn]

i erase all records on my machine every 2 weeks..
can never be too safe..

Yep , Erase ALL with something like DiskWiper and change email addresses often.
I do this shit for a living and the fact is if they want you bad enough they can get you, even your hush mail. Trick is unless your last name is binladen cracking encrypted email is just not worth it.

 

[Silent Method]

Snarling Force - badass ramatar!!

 

[PolfaJelfa]

Stuck-"Any encryption that you can legally use can be decrypted by the right government agencies. That's part of them allowing that encryption to be widely used. It's important to differentiate between government and local law enforcement though"


Hushmail alone does not have any backdoor keys..LMFAO.. ( the code is widely available)
Please do not give advice if you do not know.
You do not understand how encryption works.
No one but you knows the keys..it is a comination of keys....its a multi step process.that looks like 1 step. Read how husmail works...you will learn something.
If you do not know the facts please do not give bad advice to people.

No one is goign to tap your hushmail accounts. Subpeona possible...However not with offshore servers...hence the entire idea.

Can they track what ip your sending it from sure......ISP records..

In order to crack the encryption of 2048 bitch cipher block chaining mode it takes enormous resources and agencies like NSA, CIA, DIA. They can not acces it...they have to run a mainframe cpu for a sustained period of time to gain the code....trillions of posibilities = big pain in the ass. No local law enforcement or state is able to unencrypt your husmail.

Unless you are under a millitary investigation or terrorist , etc... these organizations have nothing to do with you.

Anything can be cracked....it would take special access machines and agencies though and cost a enormous ammount of money.

If the police want you they will get you in other simpler ways! Search warrant, subpeona for you to give code.....secret agent, searching your cpu.

If they want you they can get you however, anything codable is uncodable.

 

[stuck]

Stuck-"Any encryption that you can legally use can be decrypted by the right government agencies. That's part of them allowing that encryption to be widely used. It's important to differentiate between government and local law enforcement though"


Hushmail alone does not have any backdoor keys..LMFAO.. ( the code is widely available)
Please do not give advice if you do not know.
You do not understand how encryption works.

Bro I don't want to start a pissing contest but you quoted what I said, told me I don't understand how it works, then went on to say upper level govt would be the only ones capable of cracking the encryption, which is exactly what I said above. I'm very familar with how pgp uses 3des/aes/blowfish/twofish etc work because I work with all of them on a daily basis.

As I said before, "It's important to differentiate between government and local law enforcement." So, I agree with you. Unless you're a dealer pushing massive amounts of illegal stuff and using hushmail, no one here has to worry about the security of their encrypted email being compromised. The bulk of my post dealt with the subpoenas for IP/Account information, so I think that first part was taken a little out of context. My intent was not to scaremonger or take a shot at encrypted mail services. I use cyber-rights on a regular basis and think they provide an excellent service.

 

[PolfaJelfa]

Bro I don't want to start a pissing contest but you quoted what I said, told me I don't understand how it works, then went on to say upper level govt would be the only ones capable of cracking the encryption, which is exactly what I said above. I'm very familar with how pgp uses 3des/aes/blowfish/twofish etc work because I work with all of them on a daily basis.

As I said before, "It's important to differentiate between government and local law enforcement." So, I agree with you. Unless you're a dealer pushing massive amounts of illegal stuff and using hushmail, no one here has to worry about the security of their encrypted email being compromised. The bulk of my post dealt with the subpoenas for IP/Account information, so I think that first part was taken a little out of context. My intent was not to scaremonger or take a shot at encrypted mail services. I use cyber-rights on a regular basis and think they provide an excellent service.

Bro you sound like a smart guy...i meant no offense..hope you didnt take any....I just felt the need to make a clearer distinction between local and military etc.

 

[stuck]

Bro you sound like a smart guy...i meant no offense..hope you didnt take any....I just felt the need to make a clearer distinction between local and military etc.

None taken, and I agree with you. Thank you.