The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data

by Kevin D. Mitnick

To summarize, here’s what you need to do to use the Internet privately while traveling: 1. Purchase prepaid gift cards anonymously (see here). In the EU, you can purchase prepaid credit cards anonymously at viabuy.com. 2. Use open Wi-Fi after changing your MAC address (see here). 3. Find an e-mail provider that allows you to sign up without SMS validation. Or you can sign up for a Skype-in number using Tor and a prepaid gift card. With Skype-in, you can receive voice calls to verify your identity. Make sure you are out of camera view (i.e., not in a Starbucks or anywhere else with camera surveillance). Use Tor to mask your location when you sign up for this e-mail service. 4. Using your new anonymous e-mail address, sign up at a site such as paxful.com, again using Tor, to sign up for a Bitcoin wallet and buy a supply of Bitcoin. Pay for them using the prepaid gift cards. 5. Set up a second anonymous e-mail address and new secondary Bitcoin wallet after closing and establishing a new Tor circuit to prevent any association with the first e-mail account and wallet. 6. Use a Bitcoin laundering service such as bitlaunder.com to make it hard to trace the currency’s origin. Have the laundered Bitcoin sent to the second Bitcoin address.23 7. Sign up for a VPN service using the laundered Bitcoin that does not log traffic or IP connections. You can usually find out what is logged by reviewing the VPN provider’s privacy policy (e.g., TorGuard). 8. Have a cutout obtain a burner porta...

That seems like a whole lot of work.