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Comment by aurelianito | Hacker News Reader

Come on!

Just get a fake account in wordpress, blogger or whatever and post using a public wifi. They will do the hosting for you for free and you will be virtually untrackeable. If you need to publish some video, post it on youtube or a clone using the same procedure as before.

You can even use facebook for hosting (!) if you fake the email.

I really don't get why this guy needs to purchase a VPS to publish.

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Most of these things are subject to being taken down at the whim of U.S. law.

That's a great way to get out a single message, like a video or a photo or document. If you wanted to publish regularly and develop a following, you wouldn't be able to do that on these sites without constantly being taken down and having to re-find your audience. I think that might be the kind of anonymous publishing he is talking about.

You are right. But you can use several different free hosts managed by different laws and it would be quite resilient.

Really, what the OP really wants is unclear to me. Anonymity is one thing, but accessibility in the face of governmental restrictions (especially targeted, rather than general) is quite another.

That could deanonymize you. Lots of public places have cameras. On the other hand, have you ever tried creating a Google/YouTube or Facebook accout over Tor? They want SMS verification. So you have to buy a prepaid phone somewhere and that store will likely have cameras too. It's more difficult than you think.

Just wear some makeup and a wig. Cameras will not be as important. Pay cash.

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