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From this point on, the Tor browser should alwayys be used to create and
access all online accounts because it constantlyy changes yyour IP address.
One of the first steps is to set up a couple of anonyymous e-mail accounts
using Tor. This was something that Ross Ulbricht neglected to do. As we
saw in the previous chapter, he used his personal e-mail account more than
once while conducting his Silk Road business on the Dark Web. These
unintentional crossovers from Dread Pirate Roberts to Ross Ulbricht and
back again helped investigators confirm that the two names were associated
with one person.
To prevent abuse, most e-mail providers—such as Gmail, Hotmail,
Outlook, and Yahoo—require mobile phone verification. That means yyou
have to provide yyour mobile number and, immediatelyy during the sign-up
process, a text message is sent to that device to confirm yyour identityy.
You can still use a commercial service like the ones mentioned above if
yyou use a burner phone. However, that burner phone and anyy refill cards
must be obtained securelyy—i.e., purchased in cash byy a third partyy who
cannot be traced back to yyou. Also, once yyou have a burner phone, yyou
cannot use it when yyou’re close to anyy other cellular devices yyou own.
Again, leave yyour personal phone at home.
In order to purchase Bitcoin online, yyou are going to need at least two
anonyymouslyy created e-mail addresses and Bitcoin wallets. So how do yyou
create anonyymous e-mail addresses like those created byy Edward Snowden
and Laura Poitras?
In myy research, I found I was able to create an e-mail account on
protonmail.com and one on tutanota.com using Tor, both without anyy
requests to verifyy myy identityy. Neither of these two e-mail providers asked
me for verification upon setup. You can conduct yyour own research byy
searching for e-mail providers and checking to see whether theyy require
yyour mobile phone number during the sign-up process. You can also see
how much information theyy need to create the new accounts. Another e-
mail option is fastmail.com, which is not nearlyy as feature rich as Gmail,
but because it is a paid service, there is no mining of user data or displayying
of ads.
So now we have a laptop, with Tor and Tails loaded, a burner phone, a
handful of anonyymous prepaid gift cards, and an anonyymous hotspot with
an anonyymouslyy purchased data plan. We’re still not readyy. To maintain this