anon-guide

Previously: Quick and Dirty Anon Building Guide

This is a short guide to help you start developing an anonymous developer account.

1. Create a new browser profile in your browser of choice
   • Firefox and derivatives: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-remove-switch-firefox-profiles
   • Chrome and derivaties: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2364824?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop
2. Create a new Protonmail account.
   • Protonmail doesn't ask for any personally identifiable information when setting up a new account
   • For recovery options, ensure that you don't use an email that can dox or your phone number
3. Create a corresponding ProtonVPN account
   • Use this VPN whenever you are in anon mode
4. Create a GitHub account with your new email
   • Generate new SSH keys and add them to this GitHub account
5. Create a new Twitter account with your new identity
6. Create a new Reddit account with your new identity
   • Use a request subreddit of your choice to get a new unique pfp for your new anon account
7. Create a cryptpad.fr and a hackmd account for all your note taking, and encrypted storage needs
8. Go on privacytools.io for other tools that you can use to keep yourself private
9. (Optional) Install ublock origin, privacy badger and https everywhere in your new browser profile
10. Extra reading and considerations: 0xngmi's guide for staying anon