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I was being really paranoid I'd use tor and a live cd. Tor is about as secure as I get, unless someone is actively tracking you it's difficult to exploit it's limitations ( I believe anyways) the live cd is just to stop data being left on your computer.
I suppose chaning your user agent to something else is possible, but the benifits must be minimal.. Just some musings.