#tumblr privacy

[lissasharp]

AI opt-out instructions for visual learners

Step one: click on pancake icon for menu.

Step two: Click on view blog. (Do not just click on blog)

Step three: click on blog settings

Step four: Scroll all the way down to visibility. Click on it. Then click opt-out of third party sharing.

AI isn't ok. Opting out of this can't prevent all of your work from being used in AI training but it can help. You deserve to not have your work stolen and so do others. AI is stolen work. Don't support it.

#tumblr support #tumblr settings #AI opt-out #No third party sharing #tumblr problems #Tumblr privacy #ai is not art #ai is theft #ai is stupid #ai is a plague #don't use fucking ai #respect artists #ai is dangerous #AI is plagiarism

[yearofthefishes]

So .... This is really freaky

This is Tumblr's notice of cookie use I just got on the Android app.

The wording for declining consent to sharing information to advertisers is intentionally confusing and tricky. "Use the corresponding toggle [to decline us giving info to advertisers without your consent]."

This isn't clear to me - do I check the box to say no? Or does that say yes? I experimented with checking the boxes for the "purposes," which gave me this minus sign. When I went into the "Partners" section, most of them had been selected, but not all. I had to manually tap the check box next to each partner left unchecked to get this minus sign to stay. When I did "Select all" to check the boxes for the partners, the minus sign changed to a check.

Does anyone with knowledge about how to protect my privacy on Tumblr know what to do here?

The Privacy Policy is legitimately scary and shitty. They take our location info without consent. Freaky!!

#tumblr privacy #tumblr cookies #privacy policy #help

[zuko-always-lies]

From instructions on how to opt out, look at the official staff post on the topic. It also gives more information on Tumblr's new policies. If you are opting out, remember to opt out each separate blog individually.

Please reblog this post, so it will get more votes!

#third party sharing #third-party sharing #scrapping #ai scrapping #Polls #tumblr #tumblr staff #poll #please reblog #art #everything else #features #opt out #policies #data privacy #privacy #please boost #staff

[rum-inspector]

So tumblr has now rolled lives for my account too and reading their rules..

MIDDLE FINGER IS BANNED I REPEAT DO NOT FLIP THE BIRD on live IT IS VERY VERY BAD IT IS LITERALLY SAME AS IF YOU GOT FULLY NAKED AND WOOP WOOP HANKY PANKY BOJOINK WITH AN EQUALLY NUDE PARTNER ON THE STREAM I REPEAT HIDE YOUR MIDDLE FINGERS PUT THEM AWAY PUT THEN AWAY NOW A CHILD COULD SEE AN OBSCENE FINGER ON TUNGLR DOT COM

I realized from lot of tags and comments lot of you are unaware that the underlying issue is BIGGER than just tumblr. I even skipped the part about dress code bc its the same on every app now, nothing special unfortunately, the middle FINGER was news. you just never read the ToS and the reason is US LAWS, Credit card company monopoly, advertisers wanting everything to be "family friendly" etc and things are only going to get worse if you don't start opposing and repeling the torjan horse laws. Here, let's have someone who knows better explain it:

#just tumblr things #censorship #freedom of speech #freedom of expression #online privacy #neo puritanism #capitalism

[frogliftcertified]

(Edit 2: Closing replies for this and muting the post, if you have issues just leave a message in my PM's, I promise you it'll be my pleasure to (try to) help.)

Good news, the ReVanced project (of YouTube ReVanced fame) has added Tumblr patches to their arsenal, so not only can you patch YouTube with it now, but also Tumblr (and more, even). This can let you remove ads from the Tumblr app, and even nuke Tumblr Live.

Grab the ReVanced Manager and give it a shot. Android only, sorry.

Edit, FAQ:

Disable Play Protect in the Google Play store, it's useless anyways.

You don't need to update your app to the newest version, pick an APK of any Tumblr version you want and patch that. Not all will work, but just keep trying different versions if so.

For the old layout and the ability to go directly to previous reblogs, patch an APK of this version: 29.7.0.110

For users without root access, you need to find an APK for the Tumblr app (a version of it of your choice), then uninstall Tumblr from your device, THEN use the patcher, and install it when prompted.

Do not download "split", "bundle", or "xapk" when given the choice.

You don't need MicroG unless you want to use non-root patched YouTube.

#tumblr #[tumblr] #revanced #android #tumblr app #internet privacy

[jessiarts]

Hey, PSA:

On your phone, go to Settings> Security and Privacy> Privacy> Other Privacy Settings> Ads> Delete Advertising ID

Then go back to Other Privacy Settings> Google location history> Turn off Location History &/or Turn-on Auto-Delete (you can set a time period of how long to keep it)

Then, staying on Other Privacy Settings, go to '+ See all activity controls'> Web & App activity> Turn off (you can also turn-on Auto-Delete for here too)

Then Scroll down to Personalized ads> My Ad Center> Turn Off Personalized Ads.

Google has no business knowing/storing everything you do online, and knowing/storing where you go everyday. Turn it off.

These instructions are for an Android phone, IOS might be different. If you have IOS or another operating system feel free to add on with your own map to where they've buried these settings in your phone to help others.

#fuck ads #advertising #psa #phone safety #internet safety #important info #idk what to tag this #reblog to boost #google #location #fuck google #privacy #internet culture #internet privacy #turn off tumblr live #android #ios #samsung #tech #technology

[incognitopolls]

We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.

#polls #incognito polls #anonymous #tumblr polls #tumblr users #questions #social media #privacy #internet privacy #internet safety #selfies #polls about the internet

[pizza-and-ramen]

Tumblr is Tracking Shared Links

It looks like Tumblr @staff have finally implemented tracking garbage into shared links in the Tumblr mobile app. It took them years and years, but Tumblr is finally making an attempt to track shared links you click or links you share with friends.

When you share a post and choose to “copy” a link to your clipboard, you can see that they use their (new?) url shortener, at.tumblr.com.  The shortened URL appears to contain: your blog name; either the ID of the destination post, or the short string associated with the post; and an alphanumeric string.  Eg:

https://at.tumblr.com/pizza-and-ramen/im-fucking-dying-this-is-hilarious/uqndb20nkyob

The shortened URL redirects you to the destination link, but with 2 URL parameters: _branch_referrer and _branch_match_id.  Both are associated with a third-party analytics tool, branch.io.  Eg:

https://pizza-and-ramen.tumblr.com/post/118684413624/im-fucking-dying-this-is-hilarious?_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAAxXEwQ2AIAwAwIlKH8aP21RQaaSAUIIyvZpczqvmuiCSGm2yhmJsEsw8BgFFB4Vki8gCe7MnxwPc86%2BeK3w8ByqcWsU7jHnql0u99xd0v%2FAuVQAAAA%3D%3D&_branch_match_id=1104914739086906151

_branch_referrer appears to be another shortened at.tumblr.com URL, except it’s been gzipped, base64 encoded, then URL encoded.  Eg:

H4sIAAAAAAAAAxXEwQ2AIAwAwIlKH8aP21RQaaSAUIIyvZpczqvmuiCSGm2yhmJsEsw8BgFFB4Vki8gCe7MnxwPc86%2BeK3w8ByqcWsU7jHnql0u99xd0v%2FAuVQAAAA%3D%3D

URL decode to:

H4sIAAAAAAAAAxXEwQ2AIAwAwIlKH8aP21RQaaSAUIIyvZpczqvmuiCSGm2yhmJsEsw8BgFFB4Vki8gCe7MnxwPc86+eK3w8ByqcWsU7jHnql0u99xd0v/AuVQAAAA==

base64 decode to (in hex for legibility):

1F8B0800 00000000 000315C4 C10D8020 0C00C089 4A1FC68F DB545069 A4805082 32BD9A5C CEABE6BA 20921A6D B286626C 12CC3C06 01450785 648BC802 7BB327C7 03DCF3AF 9E2B7C3C 072A9C5A C53B8C79 EA974BBD F71774BF F02E5500 0000

and unzipped with gunzip:

https://at.tumblr.com/pizza-and-ramen/im-fucking-dying-this-is-hilarious/xlz53wqdowww

which directs to the post with the same _branch_referrer but a new _branch_match_id:

https://pizza-and-ramen.tumblr.com/post/118684413624/im-fucking-dying-this-is-hilarious?_branch_match_id=1104899685865808870&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAAxXEwQ2AIAwAwIlKH8aP21RQaaSAUIIyvZpczqvmuiCSGm2yhmJsEsw8BgFFB4Vki8gCe7MnxwPc86%2BeK3w8ByqcWsU7jHnql0u99xd0v%2FAuVQAAAA%3D%3D

_branch_match_id, according to this stackoverflow answer, is an identifier unique to you, used to track users.  It could be based on browser fingerprinting, as branch.io’s branch_match_id is.

Anyway, there’s not a terribly easy way to avoid this tracking from the Tumblr mobile app, but if you get a link that has the id, not the string, you can modify it to the format of blog.tumblr.com/ID, like so before sending it to a friend:

https://at.tumblr.com/pizza-and-ramen/118684413624/uqndb20nkyob

https://pizza-and-ramen.tumblr.com/118684413624

Alternately, you could paste the link in your browser, allow it to redirect, then remove everything past the ? at the end, eg:

https://pizza-and-ramen.tumblr.com/post/118684413624/im-fucking-dying-this-is-hilarious?_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAAxXEwQ2AIAwAwIlKH8aP21RQaaSAUIIyvZpczqvmuiCSGm2yhmJsEsw8BgFFB4Vki8gCe7MnxwPc86%2BeK3w8ByqcWsU7jHnql0u99xd0v%2FAuVQAAAA%3D%3D&_branch_match_id=1104914739086906151

https://pizza-and-ramen.tumblr.com/post/118684413624/im-fucking-dying-this-is-hilarious

Anyway, this has been my privacy rant of the day.  Thanks for reading, and let me know if you know more about this than I do!

#tumblr #privacy #tracking #web development #psa #cryptography #tumblr meta #mine

[canadiancryptid]

Hey so just saw this on Twitter and figured there are some people who would like to know @infinitytraincrew is apparently getting deleted tonight so if you wanna archive it do it now

#infinity train #third-party sharing #owen dennis #anti ai #tumblr staff making stupid decisions again #cryptid says stuff #don't just glaze it actively nightshade it #ai scraping #data privacy

[destinationtoast]

So, Tumblr is doing another new thing, and you may want to make your Likes private.

On my dash, I've started seeing posts with a header that says "Liked by [username of someone I follow]."

So far via this new feature, I have learned that various people I follow are fans of spicy queer photography, rpf, and some controversial opinions. Which is hardly surprising on tumblr dot com, but I haven't seen some of those people reblog such content in the past, so I didn't know that about them previously. (All these folks have their Likes publicly available, so I could in theory have browsed the posts they liked before. But to me, there's a difference between having Likes visible when people go looking for them vs. having them publicized on followers' dashes.)

If you don't like the idea of your liked posts showing up on followers' dashboards with your name at the top, you can change your settings so your Likes are private.

On mobile, open up your settings and click "Pages:"

Then make sure that sharing is turned off for Likes:

You can also send feedback to Tumblr.

#psa #tumblr #tumblr likes #privacy #i think many of my followers have their dashboard curateds to not include such posts #so I'm guessing many of y'all won't have seen these #op #i'm almost certainly going to mute notifications on this post so send me an ask or DM if you want my attention #my likes have been private for ages and I'm so glad that's an option #50 #100 #500 #1K

[sk-lumen]

On protecting your energy.

I've always believed in the importance of privacy and minding your business when it comes to goals or challenges or other aspects, and the past months have been a testament to that.

I've realized how grateful I am for having had a lot of years in my youth when I was isolated and (for better or worse) had the opportunity to focus on my growth and what I wanted from life or professionally, without the draining negativity of gossip, peer pressure or evil eye so to speak. These things are real. I am seeing a lot of girls and women in their 30s as well, that never had that opportunity and are struggling with the continuous pressure of those things without respite or pause to actually discover their true selves in a safe space.

Notice the difference when you keep certain aspects of your life private: your energy levels, how you feel, how successful you are at them. You feel centered, calm, focused, clear-headed. And what happens when you share those things with colleagues, friends, family, acquaintances, strangers, everyone around you? You'll notice how you feel drained, confused, pressured, self-conscious like your energy is scattered in 20 different directions... because it is.

The moment you share something with the world, you're inviting them to have an opinion of it. And when 30 people have 30 different messy thought processes and judgements and curiosities, it affects your energy and aura, and that of your goals. Learn to practice discernment in who you share your energy (or private life) with, and furthermore, learn how to protect and cleanse your energy through healthy practices (boundaries, meditation, prayer, grounding, visualiation, crystals).

#lumen's diary #privacy #high value woman #classy #that girl #it girl #girl blogger #pink blog #coquette #aesthetic #pink pilates princess #just girly thoughts #just girly things #just girly posts #im just a girl #girly things #girly tumblr #princesscore #feminine aesthetic #feminine energy #coquettecore #girlblog

[bestfriend123]

YURI BLAST. RAAAAA

#maccadam #mtmte #cygate #instead of posting this just on a secret third shame twitter account I remembered tumblr honestly afford me the same amount of privacy. yay #but I hate tagging bc I’m scared of looking like the tags on a ao3 chatfic #transformers #cyclonus #tailgate #sorry class

[ashes-in-a-jar]

This is how you do "not a bot" correctly

#protecting their privacy because they just wanna lurk ✌️ #tumblr #mine

[bookshop]

reminder not to do what i almost did just now and tell tumblr what your high school mascot is/was just because someone made a fun poll about it, because that's a SECURITY QUESTION ON A BUNCH OF YOUR PASSWORD-PROTECTED PLATFORMS

#o hai tumblr #cybersecurity #data privacy #data protection #don't get hacked fam

[postcards-from-space-camp]

Ripped straight from tumblr’s terms of service. Oh really, you wouldn’t? You fucking liars.

#tumblr ai #tumblr staff #photomatt #terms of service #privacy #ai is theft

[eziojensenthe3rd]

Popping up another petition on here

#stop kosa #kosa bill #kosa #fuck kosa #kids online safety bill #kids online safety act #us politics #bad internet bills #internet censorship #internet freedom #free speech #freedom of speech #artists on tumblr #writers on tumblr #fandom #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #trans #transgender #palestine #gaza #queer #fanfiction #fanart #art #illustration #gay #lesbian #internet privacy