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Scenario Task Description Computers and smartphones [https://myshadoComputers and smartphones [https://myshadow.org/location-tracking leave traces] about you and your actions. Connected together, all these pieces of information can [https://myshadow.org/trace-my-shadow reveal a lot] about your identity and the places you have visited. Browsing and communicating on the Internet is inextricably linked to your [https://learn.equalit.ie/wiki/How_does_the_Internet_actually_work%3F IP address] and [https://tails.boum.org/contribute/design/MAC_address/#index1h1 MAC address]. These details are continuously recorded by your Internet service provider, in accordance with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_data_retention Data retention] legislation passed in most countries, and often times by the website you are visiting as well. The IP address can also be linked to a geographic location, as you can see by visiting http://www.hostip.info. The MAC address can be linked to your online accounts and identity. There are several solutions to 'hiding' your identity or location from the site you are visiting or masking your true destination from the ISP. However, disassociating your location from the IP address assigned to you on the network and disassociating your identity from the MAC address of your personal computer or smartphone require a different approach. Inadvertently we leave a lot of [https://gendersec.tacticaltech.org/wiki/index.php/Complete_manual#.E2.80.98Digital_Traces.E2.80.99_and_.E2.80.98Digital_Shadows.E2.80.99 traces and information about our identity and location] through the voracious use of social media services and the pervasive [https://myshadow.org/browser-tracking presence of online trackers] that record, correlate and create profiles of our characteristics and persona. Simply by using [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_intelligence open source intelligence] it is possible (and fairly easy to any savvy Internet user) to locate and identify a person from their online accounts. <br /> from their online accounts. <br />
Scenario Task Format Scenario +
Scenario Task Name Identity or Location
Scenario Task Type Profiling your identity and actions + , Surveillance +
Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki. Identity or Location + , Identity or Location + , Identity or Location +
Categories Top Level Scenario Task  + , Scenario Task  +
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. 27 November 2015 16:23:25  +
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Fa/هویت یا مکان + , Ru/Идентификация местоположения + Base Page
I want to be anonymous connecting to the web + , I want to be anonymous when browsing the web + Scenario Task Parent
 

 

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