Now, more than ever, citizens must be able to hold those in power accountable and inspire others through the act of protest.
Protecting your electronic devices and digital assets before, during, and after a protest is vital to keeping yourself and your information safe, as well as getting your message out. Theft, damage, confiscation, or forced deletion of media can disrupt your ability to publish your experiences. At the same time, those engaging in protest may be subject to search or arrest, or have their movements and associations mapped. They could become targets of surveillance and repression.
There are risks associated with attending a protest, and taking steps to mitigate them can go a long way in ensuring you—and the data you value—are kept safe. This guide outlines steps you can take before, during, and after a protest that will help maximize your effectiveness and keep yourself and your data more secure.
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PSA: Tumblr/Wordpress is preparing to start selling our user data to Midjourney and OpenAI.
you have to MANUALLY opt out of it as well.
to opt out on desktop, click your blog ➡️ blog settings ➡️ scroll til you see visibility options and it’ll be the last option to toggle.
to opt out on mobile, click your blog ➡️ scroll then click visibility ➡️ toggle opt out option.
if you’ve already opted out of showing up in google searches, it’s preselected for you. if you don’t have the option available, update your app or close your browser/refresh a few times. important to note you also have to opt out for each blog you own separately, so if you’d like to prevent AI scraping your blog i’d really recommend taking the time to opt out. (source)
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People Are Getting Creative to Get Your Data
People Are Getting Creative to Get Your Data. Be safe when applying for work
People are getting creative with trying to get your data and information. Some even pretend to hire you for a job. There certainly can be legitimate offers coming in by creative and new ways; however, some of those “job offers” could be ways to scam you.
Today, I received a text out of the blue and thought I would present it here as an example. Now, as I stated this may be a legitimate offer—but…
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Meta snooping again:
Got an interesting article from Malwarebytes about Meta getting access to people's tax data. H&R Block, TaxSlayer and TaxAct use Meta's Pixel code on their websites. It gives Meta access to some parts of people's tax returns. Makes me glad I use TurboTax:
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TIL that the duckduckgo mobile browser has app tracker protection that blocks mobile apps from attempting to collect your data and I highly recommend it
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3 Ways To Protect Your Digital Life On The Go
Need to protect your digital files while traveling? This is a roundup of my top 3 choices for portable data storage with encryption, brought to you by Kingston
Learn more about Kingston IronKey via this link: https://www.kingston.com/ironkey
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Tumblr: *sells user data to Midjourney and OpenAI*
Tumblr users:
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sighing and tapping the sign again. scrapers do not need to buy data to get your art and images. you have never been protected before this deal. yes opt out but PLEASE stop assuming youre safe until a deal is made, because the deal is not for the files themselves. thats absolutely trivial to obtain
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Listening to the System Collapse audiobook makes me realize how much ART is in Kingfisher. And also how I should make it meaner
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