Print this article Print this article   |   Read this article in: | ES |

April 9, 2005



How To Blog Anonymously

 

Blogs are a direct Web publishing tool that most any non-technical person can use to write and report online. What you do with this capability is just too vast to be categorized, judged and evaluated under one generic umbrella.

One use, often unpopular of blogs is the one made by whistleblowers, reporting on issues and stories that are not generally picked up by the traditional mainstream media.

hidden_by_naraosqa_350.jpg
Photo credit: Nara Vieira da Silva

But as blog-based whistleblowers get increasingly sacked by their own employers, it has become an important issue for many to find ways to keep one's own identity hidden when wanting to cover or report on sensitive issues online.


While it is my opinion that total transparency is the way that must be adopted to move beyond the highly filtered approach used by traditional media, I can give in to the fact that being aware of how to anonymize oneself can be at times something quite useful to know.

And if you are a blogger wanting to do just that, here is how to go about it:

How To Blog Anonymously

1) Invisiblog.com is a service that allows you to host a blog completely anonymous and for free. There are no strings attached and even the owners of the service do not have access to your identity.

2) If you fear though that someone could be logging the IP of the computer from where you are connecting to the anonymous blogging service, you can use the anonymous network Tor to hide your digital footprints and make your access to the blog not traceable back to your computer.

"Tor routes your Internet traffic through what's called an "overlay network" that hides your IP address. More importantly, Tor makes it difficult for snoops on the Internet to follow the path your data takes and trace it back to you."

3) Finally Anonymizer.com offers a very user-friendly tool called "Anonymous Surfing" and which routes all of your Internet traffic through an anonymizing proxy server. If you wish so Anonymous Surfing hides also your IP address from the services hosting your blog.



********************
Information extracted from:
How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else)
EFF
Published April 6, 2005

Other useful references:

How Tor works
http://tor.eff.org/overview.html

Anonymizer's Anonymous Surfing: http://www.anonymizer.com/anonymizer2005/1.5/

Conversation Tags:
Readers' Comments    
2007-10-02 07:40:41

Hide IP address

Give a try to www.smarthide.com



2005-12-20 18:39:51

Anonymous Surfing

The web has many free cgi proxy servers that can be used for bypassing firewalls and hiding your identity





Print this article Print this article   |   Read this article in: | ES |
Related Articles



July 22, 2004
Full Anonymous Browsing: FindNot Internet Security Suite Allows You To Leave No Tracks Behind
Anonymous proxy servers have become more and more abused and recently there has been a number of fake anonymous proxies services that have been setup FOR THE VERY PURPOSE OF capturing user names, passwords, credit card info and more. But more alternatives are springing up to... read more



July 16, 2004
Bypass Firewalls While Remaining Anonymous
Want to be invisible online?Your Freedom is an application, which allows to bypass firewalls, content Filters and furthermore allows you to stay anonymous on the Internet by hiding your source IP address and encrpyting the data between your PC and the outside. In essence, "Your Freedom"... read more



February 29, 2004
Anonymous Surfing: How To Hide Your IP
Do you want to obtain maximum privacy while surfing certain online destinations? The "IP Address Changer" allows you to change your IP anytime by routing your Internet traffic through overseas servers. A small dropdown box appears on your Internet Explorer toolbar with a list of 15... read more



June 30, 2003
Bypass That Firewall


Leave No Traces behind - Hide your IP Hopster http://www.hopster.com = must have Software Tool (Win) Hopster hides your IP address to protect you from anyone who wants to know who you are while you're on the Internet. Hackers, RIAA investigators, Kazaa monitoring and tracking spyware can no longer track... read more



June 19, 2003
Make Your IP Invisible To Anyone


How To Protect Your Privacy (And Your IP) While You Surf http://www.stayinvisible.com/ Online service = must have starts at $ 9.95/3 months StayInvisible.com is aimed to secure you from revealing your IP address to unauthorized users or to anyone who can be interested in it (and note that there might... read more



posted by Robin Good on Saturday, April 9 2005, updated on Tuesday, February 21 2006


 

 

 

 

Understanding comes from exploration

Home | Subscribe | RSS Feeds | Site map | Syndicate
Consulting | Publications
About | Privacy | Contact

 

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.





View blog authority

 

3110