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The deepweb is probably the best, easiest and safest way of purchasing other things on the internet. You cut out any face to face contact with dodgey dealers, and you're more unlikely to get ripped off if you do everything correctly. Please note that it might take you a while to understand everything I talk about in here, so read carefully and double check things yourself. You are expected to do A LITTLE of your own research as we go, however most things are step by step. I also highly recommend opening this guide on a PC that you're not using TAILS on because restarting your computer all the time might make you lose your place, which is confusing.
What you're going to need?
✦ 2x 4+GB USB sticks.
✦ Check here for incompatibility issues: https://tails.boum.org/support/known_issues/ as some USBs won't work with TAILS.
✦ A laptop/desktop computer. (preferably your own personal one/a burner one).
✦ Some technical knowledge.
✦ An internet connection. Doesn't matter where. Just not at work/school/networks which are monitored.
Installing TAILS with persistence 1.1 ?
Go ahead and travel to the official TAILS website, found here: https://tails.boum.org/
Click the "INSTALL TAILS X.X.X" button. It'll take you to a download page.
At the bottom right of that page there will be a "Download Only" button, we're going to use that. Click it.
We're going to use a bit-torrent client (I recommend using Deluge, found here: http://deluge-torrent.org/) to download the TAILS operating system.
Click on "download torrent file" it'll download a small file which you need to insert into your bit-torrent client, once you've done this the TAILS ISO will begin to download. Let it finish.
While it's downloading, go ahead and also download and install a program called Rufus. Rufus allows you to easily create bootable USB sticks on the fly. Here's the link for Rufus: https://rufus.ie/
Once you've downloaded and installed Rufus, and the TAILS ISO image has finished downloading, go ahead and start up Rufus, the program we've just installed.
Plug one of your USB sticks into your computer and ensure it's selected under "Device" in the Rufus settings. Near the bottom of the Rufus application there will be an option saying "Create a bootable disk using" make sure that box is ticked and click on the small CD icon next to it.
It'll open up a window, it wants you to select the file that you've just downloaded for TAILS, so go and find it. Once you've done that it's as easy as clicking "start".
Installing TAILS with persistence 1.2 ?
We're going to boot into the USB stick that you've just installed TAILS to.
To do this you're going to leave the USB stick in your computer and restart your computer.
While your computer is booting back up (showing the manufacturer logo or BIOS screen) press the F11 key (it's usually F11, it can depend on your manufacturer though so try F8-F12).
You'll be prompted with a "boot menu" or a BIOS screen, if it's a BIOS screen then try to look for an option called "boot order" or something similar. We're going to select the USB stick as the computers boot device.
TAILS should now be booting up on your computer, to boot back into your normal operating system simply restart your computer and remove the USB stick.
However we're going to continue using TAILS for now.
Ignore all options it asks you for TAILS for now and just click "Login" or "Forward". It might take some time but it'll boot. Once you're successfully booted into Tails you need to click on "Applications" in the top right, then "Tails", then "Tails Installer".
You're going to plug your second USB stick in now, and then click "Clone and Install". Follow the steps in the TAILS installer to do this, it's very simple and does it all for you.
We're going to restart the computer again, however this time remove your first USB and leave your second one that we've just installed TAILS onto using the installer, go to the boot menu again and select your second USB this time.
Do the same as before and just login, ignoring all options. This time we're going to Applications, and "Configure Persistent Volume". Create a strong password and either write it down somewhere safe or memorise it.
Once you've created a password it will ask you what you would like saved to your persistent volume. We're going to choose "Personal Data", "GnuPG/GPG/PGP", "GNOME keyring", "Electrum Wallet", and "Network Connections", you can select more or even all of them if you like.
But the ones listed are essential for KEEPING YOUR IMPORTANT DATA AFTER YOU RESTART.
Click save when you're done and then reboot your computer again (I know it's annoying, but privacy is worth it).
Do the same as last time and boot into your USB stick, this time when you try to log in you'll be asked for a password, enter the password which you set for your persistent volume in the previous step.
Creating wallets, passwords and identities 2.1 ?
We're going to kill a few birds with one stone here and set up your TAILS wallet and your passwords for your username accounts as well as your GPG key (more on that soon) at once.
Using KeepassX ?
Keepass is going to help us store usernames and passwords so that you don't have to! Go to applications and start Keepass, click new and go to new database.
Now we're going to need a REALLY strong password for this. Make one and write it down somewhere safe. We're going to use Keepass to store all your accounts and passwords so you don't have to.
In your newly created database we're going to create 3 entries. One for your GPG key, one for your markets access, and one for your bitcoin information.
Click on new entry, we're going to make your GPG password first. Enter all the information needed in the box that appears when you select "new entry".
On "password" click on "gen". We're going to get Keepass to generate us some very strong passwords. You can choose how long and how strong you want your passwords to be.
Repeat the above steps for your other information such as your bitcoin wallet, and markets. (More on that later).
? Ensure the database for your passwords and usernames is saved to your persistent volume.
Bitcoin Wallet ?
Go to applications and load up Electrum and create a new wallet, just follow the steps that it provides and choose "standard wallet" as that is all we need, ENSURE THAT THE WALLET IS SAVED TO YOUR PERSISTENT VOLUME. IF IT IS NOT AND YOU SEND BITCOIN THERE AFTER YOU RESTART YOU WILL LOSE YOUR COIN.
Use the password that you generated using KeepassX.
Write down your "receive" address for your wallet, please note that these addresses do change every so often so make sure you check it before every transaction.
GnuPG ?
In the top right corner of TAILS you'll see a clipboard. Click it.
Then click "Manage Keys". Select new, click "GPG key" and continue, in the boxes where it asks for an email address and a name, enter any random FAKE information.
The more random and unlinked to you the better. Click create.
It will ask you to create a password. This needs to be REALLY strong password, once you've done that just leave it open for now.
There will be a GnuPG tutorial further on in the guide. For now please just keep following the steps.
Using TOR: ?
Go ahead and connect to your internet connection if you haven't already, once TOR says that it is ready to be used you can launch the TOR application.
️You should keep TOR at the default size that it opens in, as maximizing it or making it bigger can open up some security holes.
️ There are "pixel readers" on some sites that can read your resolution and such, making you less anonymous.
️Make it good practice that you never change the default resolution.
MAKE THIS GOOD PRACTICE AS YOU NEED TO DO THIS EVERY TIME YOU RESTART TAILS
When you open TOR, click on the "S!" in the top right and click "Forbid Scripts Globally".
️We do this because Javascript is one of the main ways in which people are able to de-anonymize you, and you really do not want that.
Next step is to click on the onion icon in the top right of your TOR browser, and go to "Network and Privacy" and slide the slider to the highest possible settings. (Again you need to do this EVERY time you restart TAILS).
️You're going to have to do your own research of what .onion sites to use, nobody is going to tell you specifically who to go to or where to go.
Go to your selected .onion url and create an account (store the information in Keepass as before) and enable 2-factor authentication by adding your newly created GPG key to your account.
You can do this by going to the clipboard in the top right of TAILS and clicking "Manage Keys" then select your GPG key that you created and press CONTROL + C. This will copy your PUBLIC key to your clipboard.
️This is the same key that you will give to your end user to privately communicate with them.
(This step is if you have 2-fa enabled) When you try to log in, it will give you a random jumble of letters that beings with:
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
and ends with....
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Highlight the ENTIRE thing and press CONTROL + C. In the top right of TAILS we're going to click the clipboard again, however this time we're going to choose "Decrypt/Verify".
One you've clicked that it'll ask you for a password. Go to Keepass and highlight the GPG entry and hit CONTROL + C to copy your password to the clipboard.
Paste it into the password input box for the message decryption.
️Your message should now be unscrambled and make sense! You'll want to copy the code it gives you and enter it into the .onion site you're on.
️ This is where you're going to have to do your own research, as I cannot tell you what vendor to go to for which items, the game is always changing.
Find a product that you like, and find a REPUTABLE vendor, on your first purchases you should stay away from Finalising Early, however it's required for some vendors.
️ Check reviews on Reddit, or other forum, as well as any other sites about the vendor you're looking into. Something smell fishy? Don't buy. Simple as.
️ Also do not make a purchase on .onion sites unless you're WILLING TO LOSE YOUR COIN, it does happen.
️ A lot more than you think. Don't get scammed. Triple check EVERYTHING.
Once you've found a nice vendor, and a product you would like, take note of the price of the product.
Once you're there we're pretty much done on this side of the internet now.
What you're going to need?
✦ 2x 4+GB USB sticks.
✦ Check here for incompatibility issues: https://tails.boum.org/support/known_issues/ as some USBs won't work with TAILS.
✦ A laptop/desktop computer. (preferably your own personal one/a burner one).
✦ Some technical knowledge.
✦ An internet connection. Doesn't matter where. Just not at work/school/networks which are monitored.
Installing TAILS with persistence 1.1 ?
Go ahead and travel to the official TAILS website, found here: https://tails.boum.org/ Click the "INSTALL TAILS X.X.X" button. It'll take you to a download page. At the bottom right of that page there will be a "Download Only" button, we're going to use that. Click it. We're going to use a bit-torrent client (I recommend using Deluge, found here: http://deluge-torrent.org/) to download the TAILS operating system. Click on "download torrent file" it'll download a small file which you need to insert into your bit-torrent client, once you've done this the TAILS ISO will begin to download. Let it finish. While it's downloading, go ahead and also download and install a program called Rufus. Rufus allows you to easily create bootable USB sticks on the fly. Here's the link for Rufus: https://rufus.ie/ Once you've downloaded and installed Rufus, and the TAILS ISO image has finished downloading, go ahead and start up Rufus, the program we've just installed. Plug one of your USB sticks into your computer and ensure it's selected under "Device" in the Rufus settings. Near the bottom of the Rufus application there will be an option saying "Create a bootable disk using" make sure that box is ticked and click on the small CD icon next to it. It'll open up a window, it wants you to select the file that you've just downloaded for TAILS, so go and find it. Once you've done that it's as easy as clicking "start".Installing TAILS with persistence 1.2 ?
We're going to boot into the USB stick that you've just installed TAILS to.
To do this you're going to leave the USB stick in your computer and restart your computer.
While your computer is booting back up (showing the manufacturer logo or BIOS screen) press the F11 key (it's usually F11, it can depend on your manufacturer though so try F8-F12). You'll be prompted with a "boot menu" or a BIOS screen, if it's a BIOS screen then try to look for an option called "boot order" or something similar. We're going to select the USB stick as the computers boot device. TAILS should now be booting up on your computer, to boot back into your normal operating system simply restart your computer and remove the USB stick. However we're going to continue using TAILS for now.Ignore all options it asks you for TAILS for now and just click "Login" or "Forward". It might take some time but it'll boot. Once you're successfully booted into Tails you need to click on "Applications" in the top right, then "Tails", then "Tails Installer".
You're going to plug your second USB stick in now, and then click "Clone and Install". Follow the steps in the TAILS installer to do this, it's very simple and does it all for you. We're going to restart the computer again, however this time remove your first USB and leave your second one that we've just installed TAILS onto using the installer, go to the boot menu again and select your second USB this time. Do the same as before and just login, ignoring all options. This time we're going to Applications, and "Configure Persistent Volume". Create a strong password and either write it down somewhere safe or memorise it. Once you've created a password it will ask you what you would like saved to your persistent volume. We're going to choose "Personal Data", "GnuPG/GPG/PGP", "GNOME keyring", "Electrum Wallet", and "Network Connections", you can select more or even all of them if you like. But the ones listed are essential for KEEPING YOUR IMPORTANT DATA AFTER YOU RESTART.Click save when you're done and then reboot your computer again (I know it's annoying, but privacy is worth it).
Do the same as last time and boot into your USB stick, this time when you try to log in you'll be asked for a password, enter the password which you set for your persistent volume in the previous step.Creating wallets, passwords and identities 2.1 ?
We're going to kill a few birds with one stone here and set up your TAILS wallet and your passwords for your username accounts as well as your GPG key (more on that soon) at once.
Using KeepassX ?
Keepass is going to help us store usernames and passwords so that you don't have to! Go to applications and start Keepass, click new and go to new database.
Now we're going to need a REALLY strong password for this. Make one and write it down somewhere safe. We're going to use Keepass to store all your accounts and passwords so you don't have to. In your newly created database we're going to create 3 entries. One for your GPG key, one for your markets access, and one for your bitcoin information. Click on new entry, we're going to make your GPG password first. Enter all the information needed in the box that appears when you select "new entry". On "password" click on "gen". We're going to get Keepass to generate us some very strong passwords. You can choose how long and how strong you want your passwords to be. Repeat the above steps for your other information such as your bitcoin wallet, and markets. (More on that later). ? Ensure the database for your passwords and usernames is saved to your persistent volume.
Bitcoin Wallet ?
Go to applications and load up Electrum and create a new wallet, just follow the steps that it provides and choose "standard wallet" as that is all we need, ENSURE THAT THE WALLET IS SAVED TO YOUR PERSISTENT VOLUME. IF IT IS NOT AND YOU SEND BITCOIN THERE AFTER YOU RESTART YOU WILL LOSE YOUR COIN. Use the password that you generated using KeepassX. Write down your "receive" address for your wallet, please note that these addresses do change every so often so make sure you check it before every transaction.GnuPG ?
In the top right corner of TAILS you'll see a clipboard. Click it.
Then click "Manage Keys". Select new, click "GPG key" and continue, in the boxes where it asks for an email address and a name, enter any random FAKE information. The more random and unlinked to you the better. Click create. It will ask you to create a password. This needs to be REALLY strong password, once you've done that just leave it open for now. There will be a GnuPG tutorial further on in the guide. For now please just keep following the steps.Using TOR: ?
Go ahead and connect to your internet connection if you haven't already, once TOR says that it is ready to be used you can launch the TOR application.️You should keep TOR at the default size that it opens in, as maximizing it or making it bigger can open up some security holes. ️ There are "pixel readers" on some sites that can read your resolution and such, making you less anonymous. ️Make it good practice that you never change the default resolution.MAKE THIS GOOD PRACTICE AS YOU NEED TO DO THIS EVERY TIME YOU RESTART TAILS
When you open TOR, click on the "S!" in the top right and click "Forbid Scripts Globally".️We do this because Javascript is one of the main ways in which people are able to de-anonymize you, and you really do not want that. Next step is to click on the onion icon in the top right of your TOR browser, and go to "Network and Privacy" and slide the slider to the highest possible settings. (Again you need to do this EVERY time you restart TAILS).️You're going to have to do your own research of what .onion sites to use, nobody is going to tell you specifically who to go to or where to go. Go to your selected .onion url and create an account (store the information in Keepass as before) and enable 2-factor authentication by adding your newly created GPG key to your account. You can do this by going to the clipboard in the top right of TAILS and clicking "Manage Keys" then select your GPG key that you created and press CONTROL + C. This will copy your PUBLIC key to your clipboard. ️This is the same key that you will give to your end user to privately communicate with them.(This step is if you have 2-fa enabled) When you try to log in, it will give you a random jumble of letters that beings with:
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
and ends with....
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Highlight the ENTIRE thing and press CONTROL + C. In the top right of TAILS we're going to click the clipboard again, however this time we're going to choose "Decrypt/Verify". One you've clicked that it'll ask you for a password. Go to Keepass and highlight the GPG entry and hit CONTROL + C to copy your password to the clipboard. Paste it into the password input box for the message decryption.️Your message should now be unscrambled and make sense! You'll want to copy the code it gives you and enter it into the .onion site you're on.️ This is where you're going to have to do your own research, as I cannot tell you what vendor to go to for which items, the game is always changing. Find a product that you like, and find a REPUTABLE vendor, on your first purchases you should stay away from Finalising Early, however it's required for some vendors.️ Check reviews on Reddit, or other forum, as well as any other sites about the vendor you're looking into. Something smell fishy? Don't buy. Simple as.️ Also do not make a purchase on .onion sites unless you're WILLING TO LOSE YOUR COIN, it does happen.️ A lot more than you think. Don't get scammed. Triple check EVERYTHING. Once you've found a nice vendor, and a product you would like, take note of the price of the product. Once you're there we're pretty much done on this side of the internet now.
