Al,

>>LOL. They can track you to an internet provider/IP and email address, but neither of those needs to identify you. I've trained my kids to use disposable e-mail addresses for years and even provide domains for that purpose.
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>Probably only a few percent of members here know about disposable e-mail addresses, Tor et al. The proportion of the population at large - miniscule, even negligible. If they had the background and inclination, yes, they could be taught. But that's not the hard part, which is the discipline to apply those techniques 24/7/365.25 and never screw up even once.

one of the few points I perhaps really disagree with you, depending how the above is read.
If you mean to go through TOR for every internet use, you will build up a pattern of being opaque, which in itself will someday draw attention and could be easily made see-through again by use of a gov spawned trojan or other hidden installed addition to your OS. IMO you have to constantly weigh the level of opacity the current information needs. Even with half a dozen mobile phones you will be tracked, and establishing a pattern of every 4 weeks having a new SIM walk your typical pathways will throw off only newbies. Internet usage can be filtered similarly...

from my paranoia...

thomas