WEBVTT 00:00.450 --> 00:05.940 Now that we're getting more comfortable with navigating the darknet, we know how to access websites, 00:05.940 --> 00:08.670 how to search for data and search for websites. 00:08.820 --> 00:12.630 The next thing that you might need is an email account. 00:13.170 --> 00:19.560 Now, similar to search engines, you can actually use email accounts with clear net providers such 00:19.560 --> 00:21.060 as Google and Yahoo! 00:21.090 --> 00:26.280 Because as we know, we can actually load these websites through the Tor browser. 00:26.790 --> 00:29.310 So let me show you a quick look right here. 00:29.310 --> 00:32.970 I have the signup page for Gmail in my Tor browser. 00:32.970 --> 00:37.980 And as you can see, you're asked for a number of things such as your first name, your last name, 00:37.980 --> 00:40.710 the email that you want when you click on next. 00:40.710 --> 00:45.870 It will probably ask you for more personal information, such as your phone number and your address, 00:45.870 --> 00:48.480 and then it will sign you up with an email. 00:49.440 --> 00:49.920 Same. 00:49.920 --> 00:50.550 We have Yahoo! 00:50.580 --> 00:52.290 Here just as another example. 00:52.290 --> 00:57.960 Again, as you can see, it asks you for a number of personal information and then when you fill this 00:57.960 --> 01:04.260 up, you will get an email which you can use from Tor browser on darknet websites or in the darknet 01:04.260 --> 01:05.340 really in general. 01:06.000 --> 01:13.380 Now, first of all, we have a big problem where these mail providers are asking us for personal information, 01:13.380 --> 01:18.580 for our name, for our address, for our phone number, and so on date of birth. 01:18.600 --> 01:23.070 So these might be things that you don't really want to share with these mail providers. 01:23.400 --> 01:28.560 Now, to get around this, I want to show you a good website, which you can use in many cases. 01:28.800 --> 01:35.010 I'm going to include its link in the resources of this lecture, but as usual with with any other Darknet 01:35.010 --> 01:41.400 website, if the link I gave you doesn't work, look for the website name because the links can change. 01:42.000 --> 01:47.250 Now, basically what this website will do, it will create a fake identity for you. 01:47.250 --> 01:54.720 So it will give you a gender, a name, a second name, age, address, phone number, email. 01:54.730 --> 01:59.610 You can change this with your email once you actually change it, and it will basically give you detailed 01:59.610 --> 02:04.260 information about a specific person and what you should do. 02:04.290 --> 02:11.060 You should always use this information whenever you signing for any service on the darknet. 02:11.070 --> 02:12.990 So this will be your identity. 02:12.990 --> 02:18.930 You forget about who you are as soon as you start details, and from there on, you'll become the person 02:18.930 --> 02:20.490 that you're getting from here. 02:21.270 --> 02:27.810 Now, an even better solution to this is to take this information and even modify it yourself manually 02:27.810 --> 02:31.050 so that you don't forget the information in here. 02:31.050 --> 02:35.810 So maybe you can modify the first name, the second name, you can modify the email. 02:35.820 --> 02:42.840 But the main idea here is you want to create an identity that you will always use when you're on the 02:42.840 --> 02:46.530 darknet and you will never use when you're on the clear net. 02:46.710 --> 02:51.810 This way your fake identity can never be linked to your real identity. 02:52.700 --> 02:58.160 This is also better than you using different identities every time you sign up to a different service, 02:58.160 --> 03:03.620 because this way you'll be more consistent, and this way you'll always be filling the same data. 03:03.620 --> 03:06.500 But this data will be fake, so it's fine. 03:06.500 --> 03:08.000 It's not going to link to you. 03:08.660 --> 03:14.120 Now, you can use this information here, like I said, to sign up to one of these email services, 03:14.120 --> 03:19.400 and then you can use this email for whatever reason you want when you're communicating with friends 03:19.400 --> 03:24.920 or if you are signing up for other Darknet websites that require you to have an email address. 03:25.610 --> 03:31.130 So this could be an easy solution, but there are still a number of drawbacks to it. 03:31.550 --> 03:35.540 First, when you're accessing the service, you're exiting the Tor network. 03:35.540 --> 03:40.040 Because like we said, when you want to go to a clear net website, you're going to first go through 03:40.040 --> 03:45.860 the Tor network and then you're going to exit out of it to the service that you're trying to access. 03:46.550 --> 03:49.250 Now, this exit will be unencrypted, like I said. 03:49.250 --> 03:54.230 So anyone who intercepts this data might be able to read it and analyze it. 03:54.890 --> 04:02.000 Not only that, but these email providers are known for logging you and tracking everything you do on 04:02.000 --> 04:02.810 their servers. 04:02.810 --> 04:08.540 So whatever you type, whatever you send, whatever you receive, Gmail probably going to keep logs 04:08.540 --> 04:13.010 on every single thing you do now, even though you're using fake information. 04:13.010 --> 04:17.420 And even though I'm going to show you how to encrypt your messages in the future, this could still 04:17.420 --> 04:22.370 be a risk because like I said, they're going to be analyzing and tracking every single movement you 04:22.370 --> 04:22.880 do. 04:23.300 --> 04:24.560 So you can do this. 04:24.560 --> 04:26.900 Like I said, use it with a fake identity. 04:26.990 --> 04:31.400 Keep this fake identity completely separate from your real identity. 04:31.400 --> 04:35.750 So make sure you never use any of this information on a clear net website. 04:35.750 --> 04:42.320 Make sure you never use any account that's created within this fake identity to communicate with any 04:42.320 --> 04:46.100 of your real accounts or any of your real friends on the clear net. 04:46.400 --> 04:51.410 And this might be a good enough solution for you depending on your situation. 04:52.180 --> 04:58.480 But in the next lectures, I'm going to show you more options if you want a more private and more anonymous 04:58.480 --> 04:59.260 solution. 04:59.470 --> 05:06.100 So when it comes to picking up an email service, it really depends on why do you want this email and 05:06.100 --> 05:07.660 what's your threat model. 05:08.170 --> 05:14.050 So the solution that I showed you here could be perfect for you, but it might not be perfect for another 05:14.050 --> 05:17.680 person, or it could be perfect for you in a certain situation. 05:17.680 --> 05:21.920 But it won't be good for other scenarios or other situations. 05:21.940 --> 05:27.430 Therefore, in the next lectures, I'm going to show you a number of other solutions that you can use 05:27.430 --> 05:31.210 in order to set up an email and communicate with other emails. 05:31.210 --> 05:38.740 And then you can compare them and pick the best one for you based on the reason why you need this email 05:38.740 --> 05:40.720 and based on your threat model.