I try to pay attention somewhat, just because I like to know
  "what's happening".* But while I talk to interesting people,
  anything I do would be just nerdy and boring in their eyes,
  although interesting to me.* I save everything so if they ever
  wanted my info, I'd say "here ya go".* I even stuck all my
  writings on [1]http://icopiedyou.com - well, in-the-process-of -
  there's a LOT that's not there yet. My name, location, phone
  number, email... all easy to find. No NSA required.* People I
  talk to? All public.* Proxies/VPN/type stuff I've played around
  with?* Yup. I did. 7 years ago I downloaded a $450 scanning
  software using Tor. Took forever to download.* I scanned it -
  virus free - used it for my project... then deleted it when I
  was done with my project.* Company that made it was long eaten
  up by someone else and scanning is much easier now so nobody
  really cares. That doesn't make it right.* But I treated it like
  a public library situation; I used it for what i needed and then
  deleted it, short term, borrowing.* So it's wrong but I'll 'fess
  up and wouldn't mind paying for it if I really had to. I stay
  99.44% legitimate because there's almost never any reason for me
  to be illegitimate or break someone's rules.* But I have on rare
  occasion because the world runs slower than I do and if I pay
  later in terms of a fee or fine, I will.** That was the last
  time I used Tor though; 7 yrs ago.* It was a new thing anyway -
  I like checking out new technology when it comes out.* I saw it
  was P2P, did something with it that I needed, deleted it all and
  just check back about once a year to see "what's new", but it's
  just more of the same ol' stuff.* Nothing I need in there. But
  everybody's needs are different. Rules have their reasons for
  existing, people have their reasons for following/not following
  rules as they do.* I'm as honest as I can be, even with my
  flaws.* It's just easier than picking and choosing :P

References

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  1. http://icopiedyou.com/