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Malmsy's JournalI'd bet good money that there is some very sick stuff on Curtis Yarvin's hard drive
if someone was to hack said hard drive.
See also: Peter Thiel.
These sociopaths are usually sick in more ways than one.
Just putting that out there in the ether.
Anonymous - you listening?
So Musk has admitted that working closely with and praising a pedophile
Is totally worth it for enough $$.
I attended a talk from an ACLU policy analyst on digital privacy under the regime. Here are the takeaways
Even if you think that you have no communications that would be a red flag for the administration, using digital privacy protections can help protect others. Normalization of these privacy precautions will make them less of a red flag for authorities to target journalists, whistleblowers and activists who need them, and less likely to be considered as a justification for a search warrant by a judge.
Use Signal as your primary texting tool. It is double encrypted and very secure. The only real risk is if a hostile foreign state is targeting your cell phone or laptop for hacking, like they would a cabinet member or politician. You should also be aware of anyone taking photos when you are using it. Even if you just download it, you are normalizing using encrypted apps - making it much less likely a judge will consider it a justification to grant a warrant for a search. https://signal.org/
Use a VPN, such as Proton (free) to privatize your web browsing. It connects you via various servers, preventing tracking your ISP when you visit a website. https://protonvpn.com/ Be aware that when using a VPN, and it assigns your connection to a foreign country, you will likely have to take more steps to visit a site that has a firewall against foreign visitors - such as Venmo. You can turn it off for as long as you want to visit that site.
Use an encrypted, anonymous email such as Proton email as an substitute for gmail or yahoo mail. Again, even if you don't need encrypted email, just having an account will normalize using it for all. https://proton.me/mail
Cell phone numbers are the new social security numbers. People keep them for decades. Companies want your cell number. Opt out of giving it if you can, and in a two-part authentication, choose email rather than text to your phone for the code.
Cell phones are more secure than laptops.
Sign out of Google services when you are not using them. Google is a marketing company. Your data is their tool and their product. Any documents or information you have stored on Google drive is their property, and can be used by them, and they can cut you off from your drive at any time.
You may *politely and respectfully* decline to hand over your cell phone over to the police without a judicial warrant. Customs is another matter, as they are authorized to search your baggage and phone.
When you travel internationally, use a burner phone, and if you bring your laptop, remove all social medial apps and connections, as well as your email connections. Normalizing this will help to remove this as a red flag for international travelers entering the US, as well as protecting yourself when re-entering the country if you have criticized the administration using any of those devices. You can refuse to unlock your phone for customs, however, they can seize your phone.
Use DuckDuckGo as your primary browser. It does not track your browsing data. However, if you are using an iPhone, it will route you through its Safari browser no matter what browser you download. https://duckduckgo.com/
Clear your browser history and cookies regularly. Be aware that this will require you to have to re-enter any login information saved on your device.
Using "incognito" mode in your browser offers more privacy and protection against tracking your history.
The administration is tracking all posts on social media, especially posts mentioning ICE.
Cameras are everywhere. Wearing N95 masks are a good idea, especially at protests, and in light of the anti-vaccination stance the current administration is taking. And it normalizes masks, nullifying them as red flags for targeting activists, journalists and whistleblowers.
Putting your phone on airplane mode and turning off wifi will cloak your location in case you need to take your phone with you to a protest or a meeting and you may need to turn it on quickly.
Cell phone # are the new Social Security numbers, and companies want them as identifiers because people keep them for decades. Avoid giving yours if possible, and if you need a pin for two-part authentication, choose to have it emailed to you. It's one way they collect numbers.
If you want to use a new app or software, use open source software if possible. Open source code is visible to watchdogs, who can monitor if they are selling or sharing data with anyone.
Your less than 10 year old car is recording and sending data to manufacturers such as your location, the weight of the person in the passenger seat, etc. All this is used for marketing and behavioral advertising but could be turned over to authorities. Some auto repair shops will disable this if you request it. You can also opt out of data sharing in many auto companies. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/how-figure-out-what-your-car-knows-about-you-and-opt-out-sharing-when-you-can?
Make it a habit to use cash for purchases when you can. Not only does it prevent tracking, it normalizes cash purchases. Credit card companies are incentivizing businesses to take cards exclusively, and customers using cash will discourage them. Also, the Trump administration has changed the amount for mandatory reporting of cash transactions on money orders or traveler's checks to the government from $10,000 to $200 in 30 counties, mostly in California as an anti-immigration policy. Using cash for $200 or more for such purchases will normalize this and incentivize pushback from the business community.
Online Public Tracker for Threatened Public Lands.
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And we need your help.
Explore it. Spot errors. Send us what we missed. If there’s a location that belongs on the map, let us know. If the map hits you, pass it on. We’re also spinning up a Substack Chat thread for feedback and submissions - consider this an open invite.
https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/we-built-a-public-tracker-for-threatened
Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You.
We would like to learn more about what the canceled research aimed to achieve and what has been lost due to the funding cut. Your insights can help us ensure our reporting is comprehensive and captures the real life impact of the current administration’s policies.
We’ve created a short survey for researchers affected by the grant terminations, and we would appreciate you sharing your experience. Please feel free to share this form with others who have been impacted. We take your privacy seriously — only ProPublica will read your responses. We will contact you if we wish to publish any part of them.
Filling out the form in the link below is the easiest, most efficient way to share information with us. You can also send us your responses via encrypted Signal message at 917-512-0201, or call us at 301-388-5405 if you prefer.
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/national-institutes-health-nih-canceled-grants-research?
The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring
And not just ICE. Do not call for violence on social media. Do not talk about undocumented friends on social media. Do not expose your trans friends struggles on social media. Basically, do not put yourself or those more vulnerable than you at risk needlessly.
A contractor for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and many other U.S. government agencies has developed a tool that lets analysts more easily pull a target individual’s publicly available data from a wide array of sites, social networks, apps, and services across the web at once, including Bluesky, OnlyFans, and various Meta platforms, according to a leaked list of the sites obtained by 404 Media. In all the list names more than 200 sites that the contractor, called ShadowDragon, pulls data from and makes available to its government clients, allowing them to map out a person’s activity, movements, and relationships.
The news comes after ICE detained Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent Columbia University protester and green card holding legal permanent resident of the U.S., on Saturday with the intention of deporting him. It also comes as Secretary of State Marco Rubio is reportedly launching an AI-fueled “Catch and Revoke” effort to scan the social media accounts for tens of thousands of student visa holders’ social media accounts, looking for what Axios reported as foreign nationals who appear to support Hamas or other designated terror groups.
There is no indication ShadowDragon specifically, or its data tool SocialNet, is part of that program. But ShadowDragon says in marketing material its tools can be used to monitor protests, and claims it found protests around Union Station in Washington DC during a 2023 visit by Benjamin Netanyahu. Daniel Clemens, ShadowDragon’s CEO, previously said on a podcast that protesters should not “be surprised when people are going to investigate you because you made their life difficult.”
Paywall free link to 404 Media article:
https://archive.ph/Nok37
You can file a formal demand for access to your personal data obtained by DOGE
U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has issued an injunction commanding DOGE to comply with citizen requests under the Freedom of Information Act. This law encompasses the Federal Privacy Act of 1974, which entitles any citizen to access personal information held in any U.S. government records system.
Citizens need only fill out the form and mail it in to DOGE. This newly recognized federal agency, which has been systematically accessing government computer data systems, now has an obligation to respond to specific information demands from any of the 340 million U.S. citizens who exercise their legal right to defend their privacy and establish the security of their private information.
https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ak-raskin/images/Raskin_DOGE_Privacy_Request.pdf?fbclid=IwY2xjawI-ThtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTyDEFDHtvq-lHSvXV7sJYGNdi7Lp75UCzXsqvYiBUwoYhEeRveO1-eAHg_aem_kh8TCjxVTQWYsVJcanM0sA
Time sensitive: act now to support Trans rights to passports and Real ID from the State Dept.
(Crossposted from LGBTQ+) Submit comments to the U.S. Department of State on passport applications to make your voice heard on anti-trans changes
The federal government is currently attempting to undermine access to passports for trans people, and it's crucial that we act now! The U.S. Department of State has opened public comment periods on three crucial passport applications, and we must flood all three with our opposition to these harmful changes before it's too late.
Our strategy? Our community and supporters should submit as many comments as possible to all three portals. This will show massive public resistance, potentially leading to media attention and increased public awareness, making it harder for them to push these changes through. Each step is critical, and once you complete one, we’ll direct you to the next.
Remember, the more comments we submit, the more difficult it will be for the government to deny us our rights. Your voice matters, and together, we can make a significant impact!
💡 Things to Know:
✔️ You can use an alias when submitting a comment, but an email address is required.
✔️ After you complete Step One, you’ll automatically be directed to Step Two. If you get lost, don’t worry—we’ll send you a confirmation email with the following link.
✔️ The deadline is coming up fast! Make sure to take action before the submission windows close.
https://transequality.org/news/freedom-fly-passport-access-action
My comment - feel free to steal, edit, etcetera:
I urge you to reject this policy change. President Trump issued an executive order attempting to deny that trans and intersex people exist, and denying them equal rights and treatment under the law. But trans people are our friends, our neighbors, our coworkers, and our family members. I do not support this type of discrimination in my country.
All of us, including transgender people, need accurate and consistent identity documents that reflect who we are. That’s what IDs are for. These documents allow us to travel, start new jobs, open bank accounts, and enroll in school.
Every citizen deserves a U.S. passport that matches who they are to ensure they can safely travel, obtain employment, interact with law enforcement, and go about their daily lives without fear of harassment, undue scrutiny, and discrimination.
It is a burden on passport applicants to be asked for evidence of our biological sex at birth, and a waste of government time and resources to require State Department employees to research this information. It is none of the federal government’s business to track down these private details about us.
We rely on our federal government to be thoughtful, well-reasoned, and fair to all Americans, yet this new policy provides no thought, reason, or fairness. Instead, it targets a small population of the United States and denies them identification documents they need to safely travel and go about their lives.
State Department, I urge you to reject this policy change – do not take away the rights of trans and intersex citizens to obtain a passport that reflects who they are, a right we've had here in the United States for over 30 years.
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