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The pseudonymous blogger maintains a politically or technically controversial blog that may expose them to subpoena risk to uncover their identity. There have been several cases of Apple in particular demanding the identity of bloggers posting about unreleased or otherwise secret product releases or features. Bloggers in China and other countries also face risk of attempts to identify them. | The pseudonymous blogger maintains a politically or technically controversial blog that may expose them to subpoena risk to uncover their identity. There have been several cases of Apple in particular demanding the identity of bloggers posting about unreleased or otherwise secret product releases or features. Bloggers in China and other countries also face risk of attempts to identify them. | ||
This user likely uses public wifi or a proxy to access the Internet, as opposed to their normal Internet connection. | This user likely uses public wifi, a prepaid data device, a VPN, or a proxy to access the Internet, as opposed to their normal Internet connection. | ||
If operating in the United States, this user is likely not concerned about logs on their local disk. | If operating in the United States, this user is likely not concerned about logs on their local disk. | ||
This user may wish to preserve their "Anonymous mode" cookies beyond a single session, but does not want them mixing with their normal cookies. They may have a seperate Facebook, twitter, and other social media accounts for their blogging persona, in addition to their regular persona. | This user may wish to preserve their "Anonymous mode" cookies beyond a single session, but does not want them mixing with their normal cookies. They may have a seperate Facebook, twitter, and other social media accounts for their blogging persona, in addition to their regular persona. | ||
== The Whistleblower/Anonymous Tipster == | == The Whistleblower/Anonymous Tipster == | ||
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The whistleblower will only use the mode once or rarely, though they may create an email account to establish initial communication with the press. | The whistleblower will only use the mode once or rarely, though they may create an email account to establish initial communication with the press. | ||
They will likely use public wifi | They will likely use public wifi and/or a proxy. | ||
== The Anonymous Commenter == | == The Anonymous Commenter == | ||
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They likely do not care about their activity being recorded to their computer's disk. They most likely use the mode from home, but may use public wifi or a proxy. | They likely do not care about their activity being recorded to their computer's disk. They most likely use the mode from home, but may use public wifi or a proxy. | ||
== The Paranoid == | |||
The paranoid wants to avoid most of their activity being recorded by ad networks and services. They are suspicious of Facebook, social media sites, and tend not to be logged in to any services continuously. They are the types that currently disable javascript and/or run NoScript, BetterPrivacy, RequestPolicy, Adblock Plus, CookieCuller, and other addons to improve their privacy online. | |||
They likely use the mode continuously from home. | |||
== The Privacy Power User == | == The Privacy Power User == | ||
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They likely author independent blogs, have multiple email accounts, post on multiple mailinglists/web forums, contribute to a number of open source projects, and/or operate multiple twitter feeds, all under different pseudonyms. | They likely author independent blogs, have multiple email accounts, post on multiple mailinglists/web forums, contribute to a number of open source projects, and/or operate multiple twitter feeds, all under different pseudonyms. | ||
They likely use a proxy of some sort. They are not concerned about their activity being stored on their computer: in fact they would prefer it, to ease their ability to remain logged in to services and retain history and bookmarks without suffering the privacy consequences. | They likely use a prepaid data device or proxy of some sort. They are not concerned about their activity being stored on their computer: in fact they would prefer it, to ease their ability to remain logged in to services and retain history and bookmarks without suffering the privacy consequences. | ||
They would likely also prefer the ability to configure their browser to only retain cookies for certain sites, and to periodically clear all other browser state. They would be satisfied if these features were available only through addons, as opposed to core browser features. | They would likely also prefer the ability to configure their browser to only retain cookies for certain sites, and to periodically clear all other browser state. They would be satisfied if these features were available only through addons, as opposed to core browser features. | ||