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Hi there, I would like to start an anonymous blog. The reason is that I simply don't want people to associate its content with my name, I am not planning to post anything dodgy on it. Now, here's my strategy, please let me know if you have any suggestion. I will use tor and then create an anonymous email address, perhaps using tormail, then sign up with wordpress and create the actual blog. How about hosting, what should I do, should I use a free hosting? any suggestion's welcome as usual
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Good call on thinking about anonymity up front. As wants, the steps you take should match your threat model: who are you hiding from and how motivated are they? If the goal is just to avoid casual recognition by acquaintances, a simple, disciplined pseudonym and separation of accounts is usually enough. If the goal is to resist determined investigators, much stronger operational practices are needed.

Practical checklist to apply right away:

  • Use a dedicated persona and credentials that are never linked to your real identity (no shared usernames, photos, phone numbers or social accounts).
  • Keep administration activity on a separate machine/profile and disable any sync features that could link back to you.
  • Strip metadata from uploads (images and documents often embed location and device data; see EXIF) and avoid posting details that reveal routine or location.
  • Be aware of stylometric fingerprinting: unique phrasing and repeated patterns can deanonymize an author over time (see stylometry).
  • For hosting and domains, understand tradeoffs: convenience vs control. Domain registration records can expose registrant details unless a privacy/proxy service is used (see WHOIS); paid options often let you avoid obvious ties, but require careful payment choices.

As noted, provider choice matters: weigh ease of use against how much logging or linking the provider performs. Operational hygiene and clear expectations are key — complete, provable anonymity is difficult, so avoid illegal content and assume the possibility of deanonymization. For a practical, step-by-step primer on privacy hygiene and metadata, see the EFF Surveillance Self-Defense resources.

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Why tormail? Why not regular email like gmail, yahoo mail or hotmail? They can be used to create anynomous account too.

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true, but gmail and other mainstream providers are trackable in that they require js to work and I seem to remember they also attach your ip address, tormail is not. Maybe I am making a lot of fuss for nothing, I mean the blog won't trade military secrets or anything like that, it's just a silly blog about commenting the news of the day, that's all. I just didn't want anybody to be able to associate it with me because people seem to get upset very easily if you say something they don't agree with, so I thought I will play safe and make an effort to be anonymous, but perhaps it's not needed. Fact is I haven't seen many blogs of that kind around and that made me suspicious, enough to consider the "anonymity" option. Still, it is interesting to talk about anonymity anyway I believe!

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you are right Violet.

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