#Data Safety

[vampiresuns]

I haven't seen it anywhere on tumblr, so just so you know there's been a huge data leak reported with over 26 billion records compromised in many, many websites. Aside from the usual suspects of shady websites with tons of ads, the leak includes twitter, linkedin, adobe, canva, dropbox and tumblr.

please change passwords associated with those sites if you use them, and jic also change your gmail password as it's used to sign on/authenticate people in several websites. here are some tips on creating safe passwords:

make them long! 8 to 12 characters at least

use a combination of numbers, letters and symbols to create a phrase you can remember. for example, if I used my username as a password (which don't. don't do this) you could turn it into: V4mp1r3.$uns

Avoid multiple character repetition if you can. ie. don't add the same number, symbol, lowercase or uppercase letter more than twice

write them down in a notebook or paper only you have access to, or use a password manager

and remember! firefox comes in with more built in protections that any other web browser, install them in your phones if you haven't, and it comes with built in password managers that are accessible in all your logins if you log into your web browsing session. stay safe online!!

[kidfluencingadvocate]

Happy data privacy week! Here's some pointers and reminders on posting your children online!

-most content on CP websites was posted by the parents first. Just because you think the photo you posted was innocuous, doesn't mean it doesn't exist somewhere on a malicious website.

- teaching your kids about internet privacy and forbidding them from posting on social media, getting a phone etc. Does NOTHING for them if you're not following those rules yourself. ESPECIALLY if you're going around posting images of your children.

-set boundaries with your family members about not reposting or sharing content of your children outside of a group chat.

-a pictures worth a thousand words yadda yadda BUT- physical pictures are worth a gazillion. And they minimize the risk of people stealing images of your children.

[commiepinkofag]

TikTok kept tabs on users who watched clips that were tagged under topics such as “LGBT,” short for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and monitored them for at least a year.

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Social media companies are known to maintain user profiles in order to offer them personalized ads. However, social media platforms are advised not to collect sensitive data like sexual orientation as it has the potential to make users into targets.

lists… tiktok and every other corporation

[i-merani]

I already switched to firefox and now i learn brave is better for stopping tracking…

[censoredforprofanity]

In the past week, I have had 1100 attempts by Tumblr to track me.

Most of these attempts are by Facebook, with a few attempts by google (for funsies, one assumes).

The information they want includes my name, email, gender, network, location, fingerprint, cookies, and every single bit of information about my device (its brand, id, storage, memory, screen resolution, rotation, battery, advertising id, etc).

Most of this information is probably out there somewhere or the other, in the Great Cloud. I have blocked all these attempts on principle.

Anywa-

[lukaszmichal]

DECENTRALIZE EVERYTHING NOW

CONDONE END-TO-END ENCRYPTION

ADVOCATE THE USAGE OF DIGITAL SIGNATURES

EAT MARK ZUCKERBERG

[theconcinnitycompany]

7 Ways Data Safety and Monitoring Boards Can Improve Data Protection

Improving data protection starts by creating a data protection policy. Your data protection policy will provide answers and insights for all data protection questions and protocols. 

This policy can be as robust or simple as your organization sees fit, but at a minimum, it should: 

Outline the measures taken to protect data. 

Outline the responsibilities of each party involved in the data collection process. 

Include a list of data that should be protected. 

Procedures for monitoring and responding to any potential security breaches. 

Specify how long data will be retained and when it should be destroyed.

[fortanix]

Fortanix offers secure, scalable, and vaultless data tokenization, ensuring PII, financial, and healthcare data stay safe. Comply with GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS while enabling secure data sharing across applications and AI models.

[imgae-insertshockedgasps-16]

#how to do that if your tumblr is in another language

GLAD YOU ASKED MY FRIEND

(this is for mobile)

first click the bottom left profile thing

then click the top left settings gear

then click "visibility", it's FOUR beneath "inbox"

finally scroll all the way down, and you'll want to switch the bottom one so that it looks like this (lit up with the circle on the right)

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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[kapreday]

Finally learned how to snooze tumblr live because it’s been triggering my lastpass??? Somehow the function is searching for password autofills which really fucking concerning??? Why does it need the functionality to trigger passwords at all? 

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[ahb-writes]

(from The Mitchells vs. the Machines, 2021)

[snailsweater]

Holy, never thought it would be this easy

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