#ley line hacker

[dailycharacteroption]

Ley Line Hacker (Biohacker Alternate Class Feature)

(art by Lukas Marek on Artstation)

Today’s subject is… a weird one to say the least. It’s a biohacker, a character notable for their specialization in the bodily processes of living, undead, and mechanical entities… but also a magitech scientist testing how alterations to local conduits of magic affect reality? Couldn’t this just as easily been a technomancer option?

Ah, but that is the decision that they went with, so here we are.

To go into more detail, these so-called ley-line hackers specialize in analyzing and altering local magical fields in order to not only study the effects but use them to their advantage. The text compares them to a phlebotomist, but I’m not sure the comparison is a necessary one just to “strengthen” the conceptual connection between the class and the premise of this specialization.

Then again, magic is sometimes compared to being a living thing in many settings, so perhaps they are onto something after all, these scientists being doctors of magic itself.

While they get other traditional injections, these biohacker trade in the basic boosters and inhibitors for the ability to create “ley line hacks”, grenade like devices that discharge magitech compounds into the surrounding area to generate various effects. These include entangling terrain, causing space to warp to improve or reduce cover in the area, or even creating a magic haze that inhibits those affected. Additionally, they can choose formulate the hack to enhance a certain energy type in the area, making attacks made with that energy that much more deadly to targets within the area. With a bit of prep, they can tune such a device to affect a larger area too.

A simple option, and one that I still is a bit of a stretch, but if you’re looking for an almost witchwarper-like ability to not only debuff foes or buff allies but also bolster your allies’ favorite damage types, this option may be fun for you. All you really lose is your basic biohacks and the spark of ingenuity ability, making you less of a healer or effect combiner, but you still have access to more advanced biohacks and other abilities to customize your build.

I still don’t think this alternate class option is a bit of a stretch, akin to what a more comedic story would do to justify a scientist working outside their discipline, (jokes about literal rocket surgery abound). Still, if it works for you and the tone of your game, by all means utilize it.

For years, Dr. Phalter, a nihilist, has long rejected the Theory of Everything, instead opting to discover the Theory of Nothing, which posits that reality is born out of ideas shaping the Shadow Plane, rather than it being a dark mirror of reality. While his theory seems to have no basis, he has made great strides in incorporating shadow magic into his technology, perfecting substances that warp reality in a localized area.

An android rebellion has arisen on the mining world of Nakkan. However, with the superior resources of the company, not to mention the foreman’s love of toxins and magic-warping bombs, makes the effort seem doomed unless they get help from someone outside with the skills to take down the leadership.

The party is on the trail of a magadaz, or gambling devil, but the fiend is not making it easy. It seems that they have a favor to call on in every port to impede their pursuit from world to world, but even a creature of malign luck will find it running short, when the party gets to his next debtor first, a scientist researching the lifeblood of magic who unfortunately has a gambling problem.

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favorite movies !

say you love me

a moment of romance

in blow

scarface

life is beautiful

death in venice

purple noon

mr and mrs smith

hackers

leon

girl interrupted

in the mood for love

days being wild

fallen angel

the beautiful person

the apartment

fuyajo

the black swan

the godfather 2

my own private idaho

two lovers under one roof

the scent of green papaya

vertical ray of the sun

stealing beauty

teorema

call me by your name

bonnie and clyde

fight club

kill bill

city of the rising sun

wheels of ashes

fruit of paradise

floating clouds

ghosts

inception

x movie

ley lines

the brown bunny

american psycho

platonic sex

last night in soho

emma

pride and prejudice

red lights

the dreamers

the wind rises

closer

six in paris

mermaids

garden state

on the occasion of remembering the turning gate

the doom generation

the girl on the motorcycle

open house

the place without limits

ratatouille

twin peaks

before sunrise

malèna

possession

all about lily chou chou

bride for rip van winkle

the lover

amelie

rebels of the neon god

as tears go by

a moment to remember

the hot spot

less than zero

edward scissorhands

eyes wide shut

un homme et une femme

the story of adele h

the last mistress

billboard dad

metropolitan

the pillow book

singles

la la land

mirrored mind

fatal frame

and then we danced

dear ex

tune in for love

one fine spring day

reality bites

running on empty

millennium mambo

lost and found

who's the woman, who's the man

mulholland drive

Jess + Moss

swallowtail butterfly

dorian gray

durian durian

hana & alice

40 days and 40 nights

l'amour braque

picnic

to each is own

guilty of romance

vagabond

city of madness

three times

mary is happy mary is happy

comet

sleepless town

like someone in love

hausu

house

46 okunen no koi

2046

l'enfer

cloud atlas

old boy

mystery train

the odd one dies

kedi

l'amour l'apres-midi

fire on the black hand side

le bonheur

fantastic planet

mirror

belladonna of sadness

daisies

lost highway

sweet movie

pearl

heathers

moulin rouge

suspiria

the rich man's wife

requiem for a dream

the others

return of the living dead

dracula

interview with the vampire

wir kinder vom bahnof zoo

le mepris

chi-n-pi-ra

chungking express

ashes and snow

shuttering island

the grand budapest hotel

the young girls of rochefort

the florida project

the edge of love

irreversible

crash

gone girl

bullet ballet

of love and shadows

minari

galaxy express 999

audition

lan yu

silsila

belle de jour

taal

dead or alive

videodrama

lost in translation

washington square

soulmate

summer lovers

barbarella

snake of june

a woman under the influence

mysterious skin

red eye

happy together

the walk

brick

l.a. confidental

love & pop

linda linda linda

swing girls

nana

the lover

hirugao

helter sketler

suzhou river

kaili blues

kamikaze girls

valerie and her week of wonders

comrades, almost a love story

naked lunch

endless love

whiplash

taxi driver

vivre sa vie

la collectionneuse

dog day afternoon

night in paradise

my mister

my name

better days

himizu

first love, letter on the breeze

split of the spirit

one million yen girl

juncchi mori

la belle

ITSAY

mermaid legend

blue spring

badlands

marie antoinette

aftersun

brokeback mountain

portrait of lady on fire

nostos: the return

shiki-jitsu

farewell my concubine

constantine

never let me go

bones and all

paris is burning

trouble everyday

memories of matsuko

pierrot le feu

taipei story

blue velvet

a woman is a woman

buffalo 66

the love witch

valley of dolls

the rocky horror picture show

[queenofglassbeliever]

Headcanons I have for Sarina Bhonsle.

She was born and raised in Southern California.

Bhonsle is pronounced bons-lee. (One of the DnD guys in "And some Dude Named Jeff" pronounced it bon-sel. But I think he'd only seen the name written and was using spelling pronunciation and not the correct pronunciation.)

In high school, she went through a western movie phase. She still has a small DVD collection of her favorite movies.

She was on her high school's yearbook committee.

She worked as a hostess during high school.

She attended USC Annenberg in Los Angeles. She got a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and minored in Justice, Voice, and Advocacy. She then got her Master's in Specialized Journalism (Arts and Culture)

She wrote for her college newsletter.

During college she worked at a photography store.

After college she continued living in LA.

She was an arts and culture journalist.

She fiddles with her rings when she's nervous

While doing a piece on a local art gallery, she uncovered that it was a front for an art forging and smuggling ring. After which she became an investigative reporter.

She moved to Portland, Oregon to write for The Oregonian.

She enjoys french press coffee.

She collects novelty mugs.

She saw the ley lines (supercharged by Prospero) which started her on the path to investigating magic.

She's a self taught hacker.

She's Indian-American with Pakistani heritage. Most of her family came from the Indian state Maharashtra.

She has a lotus tattoo on her sternum.

She's won five prizes in journalism. Three in arts and culture journalism and two in investigative journalism.

She was once a finalist for a Pulitzer.

Her parents died in a car crash when she was in college.

After getting fired from The Oregonian, Sarina began a blog to write about The Library, D.O.S.A, and her investigations into magic. After meeting Jake she takes down the blog.

She has trouble finding a new job after the team building camp shut down. She eventually gets a job at Portland Monthly Magazine and gets back in to arts and culture journalism.

She's claustrophobic.

She's fluent in French and she spent a semester abroad in Paris.

[eiseryn]

Mafia/ Crime AU

Synopsis: Remember that yandere! Vail picture I drew way back? Well this is the collection of notes which are the plot as to why that type of Vail came to be! It is a tragedy so... TW character death? But not in the way you expect? Hopefully? This takes place in a crime/mafia AU (which I am not well-versed in), so note there's not much description about that. These notes are mostly focussed on "romance" and written in a very messy style.

Under the glamour of the city of Mertalline lurks the underdark where organized crime is rampant, and there are many gangs fighting amongst themselves. Rarely do citizens get caught up in their actions, and some aren’t even aware of the darkness that lies underneath… 

A small but prominent group — Lexi’s Red Dragons have been catching the attention of bigger and older groups due to their excellent work. Everyone in this group has insignias/ tattoos of a red dragon with horns on them.

Lexi (boss)

Rose (2nd in command?) + sniper 

Zoey (classic muscle(wo)man/hit(wo)man who goes on the frontlines), Keeper (works behind the scenes, mostly runs the comms line + rarely goes on the front lines. She also often is their strategist.), Vail (often sticks to things in the shadows/stealth missions, but does go on the frontlines) 

They also later recruit Liam as a standard muscleman for their work who also goes on the frontlines 

For funsies Elik + Tiger are here too XD (in my AUs they will NOT be villains) 

Elik is an assassin ofc, classic hitman — he is #1 in terms of damage tying with Lexi.

Tiger is a hacker ofc 

PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO IN THIS GROUP FOR PLOT REASONS

Maric — we need more Runner bodies to fill up the hitmen slots LOL 

Flash — getaway driver :3 

The reason they are powerful is because they also have backing from Maria, one of the richest in the city. This might also mean they do dirty jobs for Maria.

The order they were recruited in:

(Starting members) Lexi, Rose, Vail, Keeper, Elik, Tiger. Then Zoey was recruited, and then Flash, and then Maric, and Liam is the newest recruit. 

Underground doctor group — Elise, Lei, Ceres. 

Elise, who has a mysterious past (would be revealed in plot) as to why she’s an underground doctor. 

It is likely because her company did illegal experimentation/ unethical experimentation and she ran away somehow? She might still be hiding from them.  

Ceres — got caught up with the mess due to her relation to her brother Rose, who hid his criminal activities from her for a long time. Unfortunately, she is now also hiding from whatever forces are going after Rose. 

She often stays indoors, as forced by Rose and Lei so that she stays “safe”. 

In this AU she got trained to shoot — by Lei and Rose. 

Lei, formerly falsely accused of making illegal drugs in her company, and thus had to turn into underground doctoring after this stain in her records. She probably did go to jail for this but got a reduced sentence. 

She is popular because she cooks the cleanest drugs on the black market. They’re so clean people wonder how she got here.

Under her cold bitchy persona there lies a soft heart. 

Carries a gun strapped to her thigh for “self-defense” but also can kill in self-defense. 

Only wears dresses/skirts, almost never wears pants. Often wears heels as well because she used to have a sort of agreed immunity by the gangs as a doctor… until some gangs thought she was favouring a certain group a little too much.

Plot: 

Due to competition from the other gangs/groups, Lexi’s group is being targeted and many other crime groups are trying to wipe them out. 

As an underground doctor, Lei is supposed to remain impartial to those who show on her doorstep — as long as the money is there. But she may have favoured Lexi’s group a little too much and is now being targeted by the mysterious forces after Lexi’s group.

Lexi assigned a bodyguard for her — Vail. 

Vail does his job diligently but Lei isn’t so pleased with this set up (in the beginning) b/c she doesn’t want someone to die for her and she knows people are going after HER life. This responsibility makes her a little anxious.

Lei: Why did they send you? I can shoot better than you. 

Vail: Just think of me as a meat shield then. 

Lei: This is a waste of your time. I can take care of myself.

Vail: Just following orders from the boss (Lexi).

It is hinted that there is a mole in Lexi’s group — they don’t know who at the moment but they suspect someone is betraying them.

Early in the story, Liam might look sus since he is the newest recruit but it will be soon proven false.

Throughout the plot the red herring for the suspect is Maric, who is the second most recent recruit.

Smoking scene (kinda spicy?) 

Aside from her doctoring duties and selling the drugs she makes, Lei often does networking (which Elise is actually better at but Lei feels like she’s at less of a risk than Elise). 

In the alleyway, Lei takes out a cigarette and lights it up and smokes it. As her loyal bodyguard, Vail is standing basically beside her.  

Lei: Hey, you know second hand smoke is bad for you right? 

Vail: Yes, and?

Lei: So stay a little further away. 

Vail: I’m your bodyguard. I can’t protect you if I’m far away. 

Lei stays nothing, because she begins to shiver a little. Nights in Mertalline are cold, especially in sketchy alleyways. And yet she also often wears sleeveless dresses. Vail takes off his suit jacket and moves to put it on her shoulders and she kind of flinches away as he approaches. 

Vail, confused: You said you’re cold. 

Lei: I didn’t ask for your jacket. 

Vail: Yeah, you didn’t. I’m just giving it to you.

She shivers again, so he drapes it over her shoulders.

Lei: It’ll smell like cigarette smoke.

Vail shrugs: Most of the Red Dragons smoke, so it doesn’t matter. 

He doesn’t tell her that he usually stays away from them when they smoke. But she doesn’t ask why his jacket smells devoid of smoke either. 

Sedatives

Vail needs sleeping pills to sleep b/c he has some insomnia → trauma of his job? 

He gets them from Lei usually, so this is how they knew each other before he became her bodyguard.

When it gets really bad to the point it’d become dangerous on the job (unable to sleep at night, falling asleep on the job?), he asks her for better/more effective ones.

She has a new recipe she’s trying out but she’s not sure of the risk/side effects.

He tries them and they’re quite effective, but they don’t really seem like there’s that many side effects … that are obvious.

The amount of dosage needed is lower

And it’s less addictive/ barely addictive at all. 

But they will later find… there is an issue with this new drug

Sometimes after eating these drugs and falling asleep he also has strange dreams… 

In some dreams he is having a spicy time — he’s touching her (hands on thighs? Face? etc.), kissing her, she might be whispering sweet nothings into his ears as her hands wander lower (and also more spicy things happen that I will not describe… in this doc LOL). He probably feels guilty after waking up and wonders why he dreams these things.

In some dreams he’s killing her — sometimes he’s choking her, sometimes he slits her throat, once it was a gun to her abdomen and he watched her bleed out.

He doesn’t realize he only has these dreams when he’s eating the drugs, because dreams are strange like that / doesn’t make the connection. 

He does not tell anyone about these dreams.

These dreams he has… start to bleed into reality… (the spicy good ones not the killing ones) 

Guns

Vail hates guns. That’s the truth. He hates using them and he hates that he needs to use them sometimes. 

Maybe his parents were killed by one, and a gang, so he first became part of the scheme to avenge his parents?

But either way, whenever he doesn’t need them, he will not use them.

Lei also hates guns but it is the only way she can protect herself, being physically weak otherwise.

She is good with them though, it’s so easy to aim and pull the trigger. Concerningly easy → cold bitch Lei let’s go.

Of the doctor ladies she’s killed the most. I think maybe Ceres has killed more than Elise directly though :3 

Maybe their mutual dislike in guns is revealed in the story and this brings them closer

Lei: Why didn’t you use your fucking gun? You almost died!

Vail: … I…

Vail: I hate using them. Sorry. 

Lei: … 

Lei: (sighing) That makes two of us. 

Flash saving Lei :3 

This might happen very early in the story — one of the first events, which is why they discover she’s being targeted. 

Lei is walking in the sketchy alleyways and she notices someone is following her, so she begins to run and they also run after her. There are possible gunshots that she manages to dodge. She also shoots back and manages to land 1 shot on her pursuer, which is why she escapes from the situation. 

Coincidentally, Flash pulls up and tells her to jump in so they escape the situation.

This high stress situation → getting saved by Flash → makes her very grateful to Flash and she finds herself trusting him more quickly/easily than she should.

Although, she doesn’t seem to be aware of this being the reason why, as Flash seems to have high emotional/social intelligence

She does find that he seems to always say things that SHE likes to hear, but she feels like he’s not like this with others, which reassures her a little. 

He also gives her rides sometimes when he’s not on jobs from Lexi. He even opens the door for her when he does so like a gentleman. 

She ends up talking to him more than she anticipates because he makes the situation seem comfortable. 

Liam being scrutinized as the newbie 

Liam gets recruited because his goal is similar to Lexi’s goal — to get rid of the scum of the city (Maybe?) — him to make the city a better place for his brother, Lexi just because she is a hero (main protag energy). 

Other than Zoey, the rest of them were not so keen about Liam at first and there was a bit of a distrust for him.

Zoey and Liam might be childhood friends in this because their homie energy is too strong. 

He also quickly hit off with Tiger + Elik — probably didn’t get along with them at first, but after doing a few jobs with them… they found out they got along quite well, especially him and Tiger. 

Rose might have been one of the people who distrusted Liam the most at first, but warmed up to him eventually when they slowly found out about each other.

Keeper probably started out neutral with him but like tsundere, he does end up having a place within her circle. 

Maric, Vail, and Flash were pretty neutral about him. I imagine most of them would still be neutral about him, but more accepting of them. 

As the newbie, he was first to be accused/suspected of being the mole, but Rose, Elik, and Vail probably all took turns tailing him and found his sneaking around was him trying to stalk his bro

Maric as the red herring

He is the second suspect after Liam is “cleared” of his suspect status. 

Personality wise he’s a little rash → jump into action type. I also think he’s the type to follow instructions / not think too much because he’s just the muscle. Other people with bigger brains can do the thinking. 

But the fact he follows instructions well makes him more sus maybe? 

Maybe sometimes he even messes up a little, which makes him a prime suspect.

I have no idea why he was cleared of being the suspect but they just find out he’s kinda just a guy. And then they’re like why did we even suspect him… he’s the most normal jock type person ever.

Protection

For like the first month-two months nothing really happens when Vail is bodyguarding Lei so they lessen the amount of that so he can work on other things Lexi needs him to do. 

One time she’s walking alone and she actually does get attacked. She manages to take down her pursuer but also gets injured in the process — luckily just a sprained ankle (from running in heels LOL) 

When they inspect the pursuer’s dead body, they do find an insignia of a rival gang/ tattoo on him — Rats maybe? XD 

She does stop wearing heels as frequently after and opts for lace-up boots.

He finds her at the clinic later where she is doing her own treatment. 

Vail: Sorry… 

Lei: It wasn’t your fault. We got too comfortable since they didn’t make any moves. 

She sighs, taking off the ice pack from her ankle and binding it to reduce the swelling: I guess you’ll be stuck with me a little longer. 

Vail: …

Lei: Well, don’t get too excited there. 

Vail: Don’t worry, I’ll protect you next time. So it won’t happen again.

Lei laughs a little: That is definitely supposed to be your job. I’ll be looking forward to it then~

He’s just keeping his eyes on the treasure

Since he often walks behind her and slightly to the side of her, when he’s not paying attention to his surroundings, he’s watching her from behind. 

Lei: You could stare at my ass and legs less often, you know. 

Vail, surprised: How did you know that? 

Lei: … Well I didn’t but now I definitely do. 

Vail: … 

(She’s always wearing like short dresses and skirts — sometimes with stockings, sometimes her legs are bare — anyways there is a reason he is looking) 

Lei: What do you like better?

Vail: What?

Lei: Stockings or bare legs? 

Vail: Stockings  (because it’s more fun to imagine taking them off :3 and it looks less cold) 

Lei: No hesitation… Alright. 

And then starting the next day she starts to wear stockings/ tights more. Vail doesn’t ask but she explains it like

Lei: Since you’re guarding me, I thought that I should give you some motivation, y’know. You can look — you just can’t touch. 

Liam in this world

In this AU, similar to canon, Liam would do anything to make sure his younger bro Alba has a good future so after their parents’ death, he turned to crime to make a living for Alba. 

Possibly went to jail a few times for pettier crimes. Eventually starts doing organized crime as a grunt/hitman. 

Alba eventually found out about Liam’s criminal activities and cut Liam out (same as the canon LOL) but Liam is okay with this more so because he wants Alba to live the best life he can, untainted and pure as he is. 

Liam still kinda stalks Alba creepily though, whenever he can or hires someone to do it/ gets someone from the gang to do it (maybe Rose or Elik? — whoever is willing)

Tiger + Elik 

The twins, for as long as they knew, only had each other in life. So it makes sense that after all these twenty-something years, they still stick together as much as possible.

Part of the story for them in this AU is to learn that yes, they will always be important to each other, but also learning that they can be independent of each other

Liam gets close to both of the twins in different ways! 

Elik cuz they’re both big bros. And they’re bros. And maybe more than just bros XD 

Tiger because they just have similar ideologies and their personalities mesh well together so they’re very close friends! Liam also becomes her big bro (cute vibes only)

the twins are still very girlboss in this AU so they are like some of the #1 in Lexi’s group. (obviously). 

Rose + Ceres

In this AU, Rose and Ceres grew up together and their parents were really bad so Rose took Ceres and escaped as soon as he could (maybe he was 18 and Ceres 10) 

Rose had to turn to crime to ensure he could raise Ceres. But he would do anything for his precious younger sister…

They’re quite close in this AU but Ceres feels guilty that her brother went to such lengths so that she could grow up… and Rose feels guilty he got Ceres involved in this mess.

At some point Ceres almost got taken which made Rose have a bad time and break down but it’s okay she was okay in the end and Rose trained her in shooting after so she could protect herself

She doesn’t like using guns but she’ll do anything to ease her bro’s burden

Ceres does feel like a little trapped bird in a cage sometimes though… it suffocates her a little. 

Ceres + Elise + Lei 

After prison (?) Lei had to turn to doing underground doctoring which was pretty dangerous since she was a lone young woman. Elise heard about her and asked if she wanted to work with her (and Ceres)

Of course there is no reason not to accept so Lei did and thus they opened their own little underground clinic, mostly catering to the organized crime groups.

Lei got particularly close to Ceres because they were close in age and they spend the most time together in the clinic. Ceres because she’s not that allowed to leave and Lei because she’s cooking drugs. 

Sometimes Lei would joke with Ceres that she could be her older sis (instead of Rose LOL) 

Ceres: My older sister? Like… my sister in law?

Lei: ABSOLUTELY NOT. 

Lei makes a disgusted face: I love you, Ceres, but I would not marry Rose for you. I’m sorry. 

Ceres: A-ah… o-okay… 

Lei: We don’t have to be sisters by law. After all, when has the law ever done something good for us? 

Lei: Instead… we can be sisters by oath (smiles)

Ceres smiles back: Okay… sisters by oath.

Sometimes Lei helps Ceres sneak out… because if Ceres is with her she’ll be safe right? :) Lei will protect her.

An intended promise

Lei: You know, I don’t think it would be too bad, if the three of us stuck together for the rest of our lives.

Ceres: Y-yeah? You think?

Lei nods: The prospects aren’t high, but… 

Ceres: Pro-promise?

Lei: Well as long as I don’t croak early and the two of you don’t get married, yes I promise.

Ceres: D-don’t say that! We will all be fine…

Lei: …

Lei: Yeah…. 

(in her thoughts) Hopefully… 

Since the red dragons all carry red dragon tattoos/ insignias… I think it would be cute if the doctor gals also have their own little symbol they carry. I have not decided what this symbol is, but probably a bird like a dove (Elise is an eagle, Lei a swan, and Ceres in this AU is a bird in a cafe. Doves are supposed to represent peace). It’s probably a little keychain though. 

Elise hangs it on her stethoscope

Ceres on car keys (when she is allowed to go out LOL)

Lei’s is on her keys to the clinic. 

It would be a shame… if anything happened to anyone in this group. They are very tight-knit and all of them play very important parts in the running of their little underground clinic… 

Big Bro squad

Liam, Rose, Elik. They hang out a lot and do missions a lot together XD they can all relate that they are big bros who would do anything for their younger sibs…

POSSIBLY AN OT3??? Age gap between Rose and the other 2 is concerning but let’s handwave this for funsies. Maybe they are just FWB who knows this is a spicy dark AU so anything goes.  

THEY CAN ALSO JUST BE SUPER GOOD FRIENDS. Not everything has to be a ship. I said. Me LOL. But no, I just want them to be a squad for sure. 

Ceres gets kidnapped by one of the rival gangs.

Against Lexi’s wishes, they (Rose, Lei, Vail) go on a rescue mission to get her back.

They might also convince Liam + Elik/Tiger for this rescue mission due to big bro squad camaraderie. 

It’s very dramatic and epic — stealth mission after all to break in and get the girl

Rose actually doesn’t miss many shots this time and he snipes a bunch of people. He first takes out some guards at a distance before the others go in. 

Liam goes in guns/sword ablazing —what is stealth? He tanks again.

Elik is very calculated about the way he approaches this. He doesn’t need to stealth though cuz everyone will die as soon as he steps in #girlboss 

Vail stealths… it’s in his kit to ambush people from the shadows. 

Lei is also just shooting cuz she does not have stealth. She even wears pants for this mission. (She only wears pants when she’s serious LMAO) 

They get Ceres, who is in a little room on her own, knocked out (sedative), tied up to a chair, and gagged. She is otherwise okay.

It is concerningly easy to get to Ceres once they kill everyone and the way back seems unusually clear… 

As if it were a trap :3 Or a set up for something :3 

Lexi shakes her head at them when they return… saying there will be repercussions for their actions…

After this rescue mission, Vail and Lei grow a little bit closer. They start to talk more over the few months and sometimes also borderline flirt. This flirting is in Lei's personality though — she’s used to sucking up a little.

Jacket

Vail, putting his jacket on her again because she’s cold: Why do you never bring a jacket?

Lei: It wouldn’t go well with my outfit. Besides, why bring my own jacket when you’ll give me yours~ 

She’s right though LOL he will give her his jacket.

Collar

I just think this would be hot. There's no particular reason why Vail ended up with a collar from Lei. It’s a very simple choker — like a stretchy durable piece of durable fabric with a silver clasp… TRUST ME BRO 

Someone may have called Vail Lexi’s dog or Lei’s dog or just a dog in general

Lei: Don’t listen to that drivel. You aren’t anyone’s dog. 

Vail: Well… essentially I am your guard dog right now.

Lei: Bodyguard. You’re a bodyguard.

Vail: I dunno, sometimes I think dogs are better than people…

Lei: … You’re not wrong about that… but… 

Lei: What, you want a collar, too?

Vail: If it’s a gift from you. 

around here is where Lei starts to suspect something is wrong. 

She still gives him the collar though :3 cuz it’s sexy.

Lei: Since you asked so nicely, here. 

Lei: It’s really simple though, so you can throw it away if you want. 

For some reason, Vail is exceptionally touched by such a small tiny action. 

Vail: I won’t. 

And then he puts it on right away. He only takes it off when he’s showering, and cleans it immediately if it ever gets bloodied. 

Name 

In the beginning, he simply called her “Doc”. 

But at some point during the bodyguarding (close to like 4 months and almost every day too?) this changed.

Lei: You know, you don’t have to keep calling me “Doc”. I’m not your doctor right now.

Vail: Yeah? What do you want to be called?

Lei: Just call me Lei, at least we are alone. 

Since it is her request, who is he to refuse? 

Jealousy

canon Vail doesn’t get jealous but this AU’s Vail… is a spicy meatball also for legitimate plot reasons. 

Specifically, this event takes place where after Lei treats a patient, they’re extra touchy with her, which she shuts down quickly, but the patient is generally being a sleaze? 

Lei asks Vail to show the patient out the door and he does, but as soon as he and the patient are in the alleyway, he kills the patient in cold blood.

He doesn’t even realize —  he’s doing this subconsciously — until the blood is on his sword and hands.

He just realizes after that, he didn’t like how the person was treating her… and in cold anger he decided that such a person was not needed in the world.

He has to get rid of the body first before returning

When he comes back a little later, Lei notices the blood on him and after confirming it’s not his injuries… she realizes he’s just killed someone.

Lei: Who was it? That you killed? 

Vail: …

Vail: The guy just now. 

Lei: Why? Was he from a rival gang?

Vail: … He touched you. 

This is more evidence that allows Lei to realize something is wrong with Vail. 

She used to feel safe with him… but now, she just feels dread… and fear. 

“More Addictive than Any Drug”

Lei is not blind, she notices him looking at her mouth, so she says, mostly as a joke. 

Lei: You want to kiss me so bad it makes you look stupid.

Vail: And what if I do?

Lei raises her eyebrow, clearly not expecting him to admit it. With a smirk, she beckons him forward with a finger. 

He obliges, and once he’s right in front of her, she pins him to the wall, presses her knee between his legs and then leans in to kiss him, hard. 

“Fuck” he thinks. Because her kisses are more addictive than any drugs he’s taken before. And he suffers withdrawal symptoms every time. 

His fantasy (dreams) and reality blurs a little when it comes to this. But a dream is no longer enough… 

I don’t know where this scene fits in the plot but it’s spicy so it has to happen. Also that previous point is important. :3 

“First Time”

Things get spicy real fast… not sure why this happened but I need it for plot reasons… plot reasons XD 

Maybe they just gave into the desire — what is self control when there’s always a chance you’re going to die the next day? 

The other option is she got drunk somehow (maybe the stress of the situation) and called him up LOL cuz she has a diff personality when she’s drunk. 

Canon Vail would not do anything to her while she’s drunk/ under the influence, but this AU’s Vail has a reason why he’d give in… 

It's Vail's first time so it’s still spicy in that regard because Lei is still leading. 

Spicy things happen and he finally gets to touch the legs and thighs he sometimes looks at. 

He whispers the words "I love you" before he passes out which makes Lei freeze up and realize she’s made a huge mistake. 

If she’s drunk this is what causes her to have a moment of being not drunk → cold water to her face

Spicy scene: Morning after 

He wakes up alone the morning after and finds no notes left for him or anything — no trace of what happened last night. He goes to find her, but when he goes to her workplace, he finds Liam standing outside the door. 

Vail: What are you doing here?

Liam: I’m Doc’s bodyguard.

Vail, frowning: No, I’M her bodyguard. 

Liam: Not as of this morning. Ask Lexi for details. 

Vail, bristiling with anger: Are you fucking with me right now? 

The door opens and it is Lei who has her hands on her hips. For once she’s wearing pants: You two are making a ruckus while I’m trying to do my work. 

Vail: Why the fuck is Liam your bodyguard now?

She seems to hesitate for a little bit but she exchanges nods with Liam and finally invites Vail to come inside the room where she’s working on drugs.

Vail: Lei-

Lei: Doc. Call me Doc. 

Lei: … Last night was a mistake, Vail. 

Vail is deeply hurt by these words: What do you mean a mistake? 

Lei: … A temporary lapse in judgment. We were simply giving into our animalistic desires. 

Vail: Animalistic desires? I said I love you.

Lei: … Love doesn’t exist for people like us, Vail. I’m sure you didn’t mean it. You just got caught up in the moment. 

Vail: What if I mean it? 

Lei: You don’t.

Vail: How would you know that? 

Lei: … 

Lei: … Well, either way, you definitely can’t be my bodyguard anymore. 

Vail: Why not?

Lei hisses: It’s for your own sake. This is supposed to be a job for you — you can’t just bring your personal feelings into it. 

Vail: Then what was last night supposed to mean? 

Lei: … You’re right, I’m sorry. If I had known it was your first time I wouldn’t have played around with you.

Vail: … Is that all? Just that you wanted to “play around” a little? 

Lei: …Yeah. That’s all. 

He is silent, the hurt stinging, so he says nothing. They both stay in this tense silence for a long time — the clock continues to tick tick tick on the wall and it is the only noise for a few long minutes. 

Lei, more gently: You can love anyone you want, Vail. It just can’t be me. 

“I don’t want anyone else” Vail thinks, “I want you.” But he doesn’t say this. He cannot, because he knows she would shut him down even further. He simply clenches his fists. 

“Alright.” He says instead. What else can he do? 

Lei seems to smile at him, but it doesn’t quite reach her eyes. 

Lei: I need to do my work now, and I’m sure Lexi has tasks for you to do. Let Ceres or Elise know if you want any drugs on the way out though. 

His voice is empty when he says his second “alright". And it takes every fibre of effort in his being to walk away, but he manages to leave. 

He doesn’t see how when she turns away, her hands are shaking as they grip the glassware she’s working with. 

Withdrawal symptoms 

Time passes. They do their jobs separately. 

Everytime he gets injured (and he seems to get more injured during this time, especially because he gets distracted a lot and keeps thinking about her), he goes to their clinic hoping to even just get a small glimpse of Lei but it’s always Ceres and Elise who treat him. 

Ceres treats him silently and rarely, only for minor injuries (first aid lower than Elise + Lei)

Elise is usually the one who treats him, and usually tells him Lei is 1) not here, 2) busy, 3) seeing another patient. 

Elise usually doesn't say much but once she tells him that he needs to stop coming here to try to see Lei because she has been firm she won't see him. 

He asks why.

Elise: Lei… she thinks it's best for you if you can forget about her as quickly as possible.

Vail: I'm trying but it's not working.

Elise: Hmm… clearly. But she is right, whatever you’re feeling… it isn’t as you think it is.

Vail: Why does everyone keep telling me what I should feel? 

Elise: … 

Elise: Our advice comes with experience. Of course I cannot control what you feel, but, just err on the side of caution when it comes to these things. 

Elise: After all… this world is cruel to those who show weakness.

Vail: I'm strong, I can protect her.

Elise: Maybe you are. But you haven't considered that if you’re the one showing weakness… she might be the one to get hurt.

Elise no longer elaborates as the treatment has ended. On the way out she does say something else

Elise: If you really do care about her… it’s best to stay away. 

Vail still doesn’t understand but just generally feels bad as he continues to stay away. There’s a constant sort of small pit in his stomach as he’s separated from her and even though spending time away should make it fade — it doesn’t… 

It is also heavily hinted during this period that the sedative he gets from her has trace amounts of the yandere/obsession drug in it (but if you see previous parts, this has been foreshadowed). This is why he is extra obsessive / why he developed feelings so fast. He is not aware of this at the time and Lei began to suspect it later. 

Elise has also been told by Lei of the issue and now she is seeing it in action.

Re-meeting

Liam gets busy / assigned to do stuff with Tiger + Elik (in terms of trying to crack down whom exactly are the rival gangs trying to take them down) so Vail is reassigned to be Lei’s bodyguard

It has been ~2-3 months and the first re-meeting starts off a bit tense… 

From Vail’s POV he is immensely excited though — as though it’s a natural body response from him and he cannot explain why. 

Imagine like a dog wagging his tail — but he tries his best to hide this. 

Lei is like: Oh good, you seem to be well. 

Vail, in pain is like: Yeah I got over it. Don’t worry about it/ about me. 

He is lying, but he got better at hiding it… he used to not lie at all… but he has to now. 

Because in his eyes, being just a bodyguard is better than being nothing at all… 

Lei: … Good. I’m glad to hear it. 

She thinks MAYBE the drug is wearing off and she’s relieved but she’ll still work on the “cure” if she can. 

She later finds out the drug has not worn off. 

She does get attacked eventually by a group of people durin this time. 

Vail does his bodyguard duties all cool and he gets injured in the fight, so he gets treatment by her ASAP.

He goes unconscious from blood loss but when he wakes up, he finds himself lying in a bed and she’s like there with him, asleep on the floor beside the bed.

For extra spiciness she might be holding his hand, which she planned to retract before he woke up but she fell asleep from the hard work of making sure he didn’t die. 

He’s like “don’t play around with my feelings like this” but he takes the hand that’s holding his and kisses it.

She doesn’t wake up. 

Because of fatigue, he does end up being able to fall asleep and when he wakes up the second time, she is gone, like she was never there to begin with. 

Tiger finally breaks into the systems of the rival gangs and they figure out the main gangs that are after them. Lexi + Keeper + Rose and some of the higher ups decide it’s time to get rid of them because they’ve been a pain in the assforever → final battle/ big confrontation time. 

They’ve been doing plot stuff in the BG but I’m not actually that well-versed with mafia AUs so just know the plot is going on in the BG but… the action is NOT the focus of this story :3 it’s just the setting for something else I want to convey. 

“Dinner” 

She’s changing his bandages for the last time before the final battle — he’s basically healed enough to fight and there is no choice. 

Vail: If I live, let’s go out for dinner. 

Lei: … That’s a death flag. You shouldn’t say those things.

Vail: We deal with death flags all the time. I’ll be fine. 

(his thoughts) And as long as you’re alright… then that is what matters. 

She is silent for a long time. Because he can’t see her expression right now since her face is downturned, he has no idea what her face looks like. Is it angry like it has been before? Is it disgusted? Is it sad? He will never know. 

Lei: … Maybe. (she finally answers very quietly. She is still looking down and shadows obscure her face.)

Vail: Maybe?

Lei: I didn’t outright say no.

Vail: If that’s the case then it just might be enough to get me through this. 

She doesn’t reply. (She is too scared that she will say her true feelings if she opens her mouth, so she keeps it shut). 

There’s a super epic final battle with Lexi’s group vs some other gangs. Lexi’s group wins of course with no casualties — although there were some close ones.

almost deaths: Keeper, Zoey, Rose, Maric, Tiger

The rival gangs found the hideout that Keeper + Tiger were in doing comms work and hacking work, but they manage to escape. Maric was probably the one with them, and so also got caught in the crossfire. They then join the main battle, Flash brings them. 

They are injured so Elise/Lei/Ceres patch them up… well as best as they can cuz this is semi-realistic and there are no magical regen stims. 

Maric is the most injured, he unfortunately cannot participate in the battle after but he did his job of guarding their squishy girlies so y’know give him some applause please. 

Then both Keeper and Tiger go in guns ablazing as well — when I’m talking epic I’m saying gunshots explosions everywhere LOL 

Keeper steals one of Zoey’s shotguns and uses that. 

Zoey and Rose almost get taken out by a bomb / explosion/ cave in but somehow Liam saves them (just like in the canon universe) 

Lexi is of course on the frontlines with the other DPSes — Elik, Zoey, Liam, Vail. They are all girlbossing their way through this. 

Ceres even goes out and shoots some people — I imagine she takes down someone who almost killed Rose. Sibling bond uwu

Elise is in the corner providing medical care. Lei and Ceres are with her — although Lei is shooting at people who come too close XD. 

“Support? Yeah I support the enemy’s right to die” — Lei, probably.

Lei probably ends up fighting a lot/ not standing in the corner in the end cuz she is capable of that. 

Everyone lives :3 well except for the gangs they decimate. They uh destroy a lot of gangs one by one… it’s only the remnants that are really in the final battle, trying to get revenge on their fallen brethren. Lexi’s group has been slowly whittling the forces of the scummiest over time. 

They celebrate after with drinks + dinner party 

People who drink: Lexi, Rose, Elik, Tiger, Liam, Zoey, Vail

People who do not drink/ drank nonalcoholic beverages: Maric (he’s in the hospital bed LOL) , Flash, Ceres, Keeper, Lei, Elise (she’s watching over Maric LOL) 

Lei leaves early to “go sleep” but she’s really going to work on developing a cure for the Bessenheit symptoms and Vail notices and tells her he’ll walk her home. 

She’s like “You don’t have to guard me anymore.” (thinking the gang situation is resolved)

He’s like “I want to, though.”

Again, she is silent and feeling hella guilty.

During this time he asks her about dinner again and she’s like “... I will think about it carefully. But I also have something that I might need to tell you so please give me a few days.” 

This sounds more hopeful than he was expecting so he’s like “Alright. I will wait.”

And so she gets dropped off at her workplace?, but they don’t notice there is a car following them with someone watching very carefully… 

The “End”

They think because they uncovered and eliminated the groups that were after Lexi’s group they’re safe now. 

A few days pass uneventfully and some of their guards lower, although strangely, they never discovered the mole.

Lei still hasn’t responded to Vail’s dinner request. She is too afraid and she knows that his feelings are all but lies, so she doesn’t want to complicate it, but she’s thinking of telling him why / informing him of the likely contaminant in his sedatives. She’s already stopped giving him those sedatives but knows the effects are still lingering based on his reactions toward her… 

She’s considering telling him why she cannot accept the dinner request after she goes to black market that day.

Lei gets into the familiar car of the gang’s getaway driver, Flash… she had asked him prior to take her to black market so she could get the materials for a drug she’s trying to figure out what is wrong with Vail’s sedative.

He opens the backseat door for her, which he has done for her before so it is not unusual and she’s busy thinking about what to do with the Black market.

But instead of going to the driver’s seat, he overpowers her with his strength and injects her with a sedative she had given to him days prior… 

Specifically he sometimes does deliveries for her + maybe for the gang in general, so it was not unusual for him to have access to the materials she was using… 

It is also possible he simply managed to steal one, but I think it’s spicier if he simply got Lei to trust him enough to believe his word that Lexi or someone else needs 1 dose of the sedative. 

She thinks: Fuck, the mole was Flash all along… I shouldn’t have trusted him… 

And she goes unconscious… 

When she wakes up, she finds herself in an unfamiliar location — a dirty and abandoned barn, likely far away from the city. She is tied up and cannot move, Flash looks at her with surprise. Her gun is in his hands, pointed at her head.

Flash: Thought that sedative was supposed to knock out a grown man for 12 hours. 

Lei: It should. But I built up a resistance to it. I like to be prepared.

Here it is revealed she also needs sleeping pills in this AU. Cuz trauma. 

Flash: I’m surprised you’re not screaming your lungs out. I didn’t gag you. 

Lei: What’s the point in that? No one will come save me.

Flash: Oh, you’d be surprised.

Lei: …

Lei: Well, what? Is this where you’re going to monologue like a villain? 

Flash: A villain? 

Flash: Believe me when I say, I didn’t want to do this. 

Lei: Whether you wanted to or not, it doesn’t change that you did. Intentions mean nothing in this world, only actions matter. 

Flash: That’s true. But I am sorry. It wasn’t supposed to be you. It could have been anyone else. But I’m out of time and my hands are tied.

Lei: Say whatever you want to make yourself feel better. But it doesn’t change what happened.

She tries to struggle a little more in the ties, but she truly doesn’t have the strength to escape. And she’s tired, and she’s cold. She wasn’t lying when she said no one will come to save her. 

Lei (tired voice): Why don’t you get it over with?

Flash: Maybe I’m just trying to buy you some time.

Lei: (scoffs) Buy me some time? Or maybe you’re just having fun trying to torture your prey before her death? 

Lei (sigh): Just kill me already…

Flash: You really that eager to die? 

Lei: Don't really have a choice here, do I? 

Flash: Maybe, not. But what about those you’ll leave behind? Don’t you think about them at all? 

Lei: … 

Lei: That’s not my responsibility. 

Flash: Maybe, but what might they think? Elise? Ceres? 

Flash: … Vail? 

Lei: … 

Lei: They shouldn’t think anything of it at all. We are all not strangers to death. They will be fine. 

Lei: Please… just get it over with, Flash. 

She finally hears the safety click OFF and wonders how long Flash has been keeping her here for, without just shooting her while she was unconscious. He could have even done so in the car, or could have dropped her body off a cliff. Maybe he was not lying in saying he tried to buy some time for her, or maybe he was just getting off to torturing her a little before her death. That is something she will never know.

As she closes her eyes and braces herself for the gunshot that will finally end it all, she wonders how much of her words she’s just said to Flash are lies and how much is the truth. 

She hears the ringing gunshot

But she feels nothing. 

There’s a crashing noise of wood breaking and when she opens her eyes, she sees Vail crashing through the barn door, eyes blazing. He is holding a gun in his hands as well — the very weapon he hates. 

They exchange fire for a while, but Flash is fast and dexterous and Vail is not adept with his gun. Vail also manages to dodge the gunshots Flash fires at him. 

But unfortunately, Flash manages to land a shot at Lei who is still tied up and hits something in her abdomen. 

Through the red mist of pain, she sees Flash mouth the words “I’m sorry” and he promptly runs away.

You can see the internal conflict where Vail starts to run after Flash, but he sees the amount of blood pouring out of Lei and goes over to her instead.

He holds her in her arms but she’s bleeding too much… A doctor cannot administer first aid on herself, and he’s essentially useless as she’s quickly bleeding out. Even if Elise were here herself, the wound is in such a vital area it would only really be a miracle that would allow her to live. 

Lei: Why… did you come?

Vail: To save you. 

Lei: Sorry… you wasted… your time. 

Vail: Don’t say that I’ll get you to Elise and you’ll be alright… you’ll be alright. 

Lei: Not enough time. 

Vail: Save your strength. You just need to hold on a little longer. 

Lei laughs bitterly but it turns to hacking coughs and she coughs up blood.

Lei: That dinner… I wanted…

Vail: You can tell me later. We have to get you out of here. 

Lei: I wanted… to say…yes.

Vail: Don’t say these things… why did you- 

Lei: But… your feelings… it’s all… a lie… I'm sorry.

Lei: Vail… Forget me… and.. goodbye…

And thus her green eyes flutter shut and they do not open again. She lets out the softest and shakiest sigh — her last breath, and no more air enters or escapes her lips. Like a candle extinguished out by the tiniest breath, the life in her has been snuffed out. This bud has wilted before it had the chance to bloom.

Vail: Lei?

There is no reply. Only the sounds of his own harsh breathing.

Still holding her in his arms, he bends his head over and tries to listen for a heartbeat. There is none.

Alone in the barn, holding the body of the woman he loved, Vail bends his head over and cries. 

He could not protect her. 

He could not save her.

 “The Truth”

He brings the body back so Elise and Ceres and the others can see, holding it like it is something precious. 

Before they burn (?) the body, he gently brushes her hair from her face. If it weren’t for the blood, it would look like she’s sleeping. 

Ceres is heavily distraught and unstable over this so they have to sedate her over this. She straight up breaks down when she sees the body.

Elise seems unaffected on the outside but she breaks down when she's alone later. 

Elise: I see. 

and that is all that you get from her. 

Later (maybe a few days later?) Elise shows Vail certain pages from Lei that were in her lab notebook. They state:

"The sedative I have been giving Vail seems to have trace amounts of another drug. Elise suspects it has been contaminated with Bessenheit or related family of drugs. Likely, raw materials have been contaminated with it, possibly from Chemical Y because it is a liquid reagent that may have Bessenheit dissolved into it. Further investigation is required.” 

There are many drawings of what appear to be metabolic pathways of how drugs affect human systems, lots of complicated diagrams of the brain, thyroid, etc. and very neat handwriting. There are also various chemical names and recipes listed. 

There is a list of objectives written on the side:

Determine the contaminant → likely Bessenheit 

Determine the source of contamination → likely raw materials? Check out Black Market? 

Determine a possible solution to reverse the lingering effects of the drug → possibly xxx hormone pathway + xyz metabolic pathway + chemical X 

Tell Vail about the situation when prior objectives are mostly complete.

A sticky note says: Go to Black market — Flash — xx pm. It is dated for the day she died.

Elise tells him about a drug her and Lei’s former company was developing that causes the taker of the drug to develop an obsession with the giver of the drug… = Bessenheit 

Elise also tells him since he’s only been getting trace amounts, it should not affect him as much as it did the other test subjects, but clearly, he suffers from some symptoms. 

She explains she and Lei started suspecting that he was under the influence of this drug around 3-4 months ago, hence why they had him stay away from her until they could find a solution to it but… unfortunately they were still working on it when Lei died. 

She does not explicitly tell him Lei was looking into this that day she died, but he can see from the sticky note that was definitely the case. 

So how much of his feelings were real and how many were from the drug? There is no clear distinction between them — it is muddled and murky… 

Lei died believing that his feelings were all a lie fed to him by the drug. That is why she could not accept them, because she believed they were not real. 

She died believing that she ruined something for him when she was trying to help him (with the sedative). She died believing that it was all her fault… 

She told him to forget her because she wants him to no longer be affected by the drug. She wants him to live his own truth, untainted by all the lies. 

He will never be able to accomplish her dying wish to forget about her… Is that due to the drug or did it simply enhance his true feelings? 

They will never find out this truth… because she no longer exists in this world.

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CyberGhost VPN revela seu relatório de transparência para o primeiro trimestre de 2024

O CyberGhost, uma das melhores VPNs do mercado, acaba de publicar seu relatório de transparência para o primeiro trimestre de 2024, dando continuidade à sua tradição de transparência para com seus usuários. Esse relatório tem sido aguardado com ansiedade por muitos usuários da Internet que buscam entender como seus dados são tratados e protegidos em um contexto de vigilância e legislação em constante mudança. Ao detalhar as solicitações legais e as ações tomadas em resposta, a CyberGhost enfatiza seu compromisso de manter a confidencialidade e a integridade dos dados dos usuários em uma estrutura legal cada vez mais exigente.

Solicitações legais feitas a provedores de VPN: o que significam?

O que é conhecido como solicitações legais para uma VPN refere-se a solicitações que governos, agências reguladoras ou órgãos judiciais fazem a um provedor de VPN para obter informações sobre seus usuários. Essas solicitações podem incluir detalhes das identidades dos usuários, atividades on-line ou históricos de conexão. As empresas de VPN, como a CyberGhost, documentam essas solicitações em seus relatórios de transparência para informar os usuários sobre a frequência e a natureza das solicitações governamentais ou legais que recebem. Você pode ver o relatório completo da CyberGhost aqui.

Conteúdo do relatório da CyberGhost

Aumento nas solicitações legais O CyberGhost VPN registrou um aumento de 9% nas solicitações legais, revelando uma crescente vigilância das atividades on-line. O detalhamento inclui reclamações DMCA, sinalizadores de atividades maliciosas e solicitações da polícia. O número de solicitações totalizou 369.580. Reclamações de DMCA: 34.179 em janeiro, 35.919 em fevereiro e 46.873 em março Atividade maliciosa: 34.368 em janeiro, 139.252 em fevereiro e 78.985 em março Solicitações da polícia: apenas 4 em janeiro Ponto de vista sobre solicitações de DMCA Uma análise das reclamações de DMCA mostra uma ligeira queda, sugerindo variações sazonais na distribuição de conteúdo protegido por direitos autorais. A maioria dessas reclamações está relacionada a infrações de compartilhamento de arquivos via torrent. Alertas de atividades maliciosas Os alertas de atividades maliciosas constituem a maioria das solicitações, indicando um aumento nos ataques cibernéticos relatados em fevereiro de 2024. Esses alertas de atividade mencionados nos relatórios de transparência podem incluir casos em que os hackers usam serviços de VPN como o CyberGhost para mascarar sua identidade durante ataques cibernéticos. Esses alertas geralmente são emitidos por organizações ou indivíduos que detectam atividades suspeitas de endereços IP associados ao serviço de VPN. Interação com autoridades policiais O relatório observa um volume muito baixo de solicitações de aplicação da lei, destacando a política rigorosa de não retenção de registros do CyberGhost, que limita a retenção de dados.

Números do primeiro trimestre do CyberGhost Bug bounty

Criado há um ano, o programa Bug bounty da CyberGhost levou a inúmeras colaborações com pesquisadores de segurança cibernética de todo o mundo. Eles podem relatar vulnerabilidades legalmente. Durante o primeiro trimestre de 2024, a empresa com o pequeno fantasma recebeu 81 envios, 43 dos quais eram exclusivos. No total, 9 dos envios exclusivos recebidos eram válidos. Os 34 problemas restantes relatados eram falsos positivos, informativos ou inválidos.

A resposta do CyberGhost a essas solicitações

O CyberGhost é uma VPN sem registros. Esse serviço tem o firme compromisso de proteger a confidencialidade de seus usuários por meio do uso de servidores que operam exclusivamente em RAM. Essa tecnologia garante que todos os dados sejam apagados regularmente, tornando extremamente difícil monitorar ou fazer backup das atividades on-line. Read the full article

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Configurações do Popcorn Time com VPN

O Popcorn Time é uma plataforma popular para assistir filmes e programas de TV gratuitamente, mas é importante considerar a proteção de sua privacidade ao usar este serviço. Uma maneira eficaz de aumentar a segurança e anonimato ao usar o Popcorn Time é configurar uma VPN (Rede Privada Virtual).

Uma VPN criptografa sua conexão com a internet, o que significa que suas atividades on-line, incluindo o uso do Popcorn Time, serão protegidas de hackers, provedores de serviços de internet e outros terceiros. Além disso, uma VPN permite acessar conteúdo que pode estar indisponível em sua região, aumentando assim suas opções de entretenimento.

Para configurar o Popcorn Time com uma VPN, você primeiro precisa escolher um provedor de VPN confiável. Depois de se inscrever em um serviço de VPN, baixe e instale o aplicativo em seu dispositivo. Em seguida, inicie o aplicativo e conecte-se a um servidor VPN de sua escolha. Uma vez que a conexão esteja estabelecida, abra o Popcorn Time e desfrute de seus filmes e programas de TV favoritos com segurança e anonimato aprimorados.

É crucial lembrar que o uso de serviços de streaming de conteúdo protegido por direitos autorais sem permissão é ilegal em muitos países. Portanto, ao usar o Popcorn Time com uma VPN, certifique-se de não violar as leis de direitos autorais de sua jurisdição. Ao seguir essas orientações e configurar corretamente sua VPN, você pode desfrutar de uma experiência mais segura e privada ao assistir ao Popcorn Time.

Melhores VPNs para usar com Popcorn Time

As melhores VPNs para usar com o Popcorn Time são aquelas que oferecem segurança, privacidade e velocidade de conexão. O uso de uma VPN com o Popcorn Time é essencial, pois ajuda a proteger sua identidade e garantir que você possa transmitir filmes e programas de TV de forma segura e anônima.

Existem várias opções de VPNs no mercado que são ideais para uso com o Popcorn Time. Alguns dos principais fatores a serem considerados ao escolher uma VPN para usar com o Popcorn Time incluem políticas de registro zero, velocidade de conexão rápida, criptografia forte e servidores em várias localizações.

Alguns dos provedores de VPN mais populares para usar com o Popcorn Time incluem ExpressVPN, NordVPN, CyberGhost e Surfshark. Esses provedores têm sido consistentemente elogiados por sua segurança sólida, velocidades de conexão rápidas e facilidade de uso.

Ao usar uma VPN com o Popcorn Time, lembre-se sempre de verificar se a VPN escolhida permite o compartilhamento de arquivos P2P, já que o Popcorn Time funciona por meio desse tipo de compartilhamento. Além disso, certifique-se de que a VPN escolhida não mantém registros de suas atividades online, garantindo assim sua privacidade.

Em resumo, as VPNs são essenciais para garantir uma experiência segura e anônima ao usar o Popcorn Time. Escolha uma VPN confiável, configure-a corretamente e aproveite seus filmes e programas de TV favoritos com tranquilidade.

Segurança ao assistir Popcorn Time com VPN

Ao assistir conteúdo no Popcorn Time, é essencial priorizar a segurança e privacidade dos dados pessoais. Uma forma eficaz de proteger-se é utilizando uma Rede Virtual Privada (VPN, do inglês Virtual Private Network) durante a transmissão de filmes e séries.

Quando se usa o Popcorn Time sem uma VPN, o endereço IP do usuário pode ficar exposto, o que torna mais fácil para terceiros rastrearem sua atividade online. Com uma VPN, a conexão é criptografada e o endereço IP real do usuário é mascarado, garantindo anonimato e privacidade.

Além disso, ao acessar plataformas de streaming através de fontes não oficiais, como é o caso do Popcorn Time, há o risco de baixar conteúdo protegido por direitos autorais sem permissão. Com o uso da VPN, a conexão segura ajuda a evitar possíveis violações de direitos autorais e protege o usuário de possíveis repercussões legais.

No entanto, é importante escolher uma VPN confiável e respeitável, que não comprometa a velocidade da conexão ou armazene registros das atividades online. Deve-se também considerar a localização dos servidores da VPN, a política de privacidade da empresa e a facilidade de uso da plataforma.

Em resumo, ao utilizar o Popcorn Time com uma VPN, é possível desfrutar de todo o conteúdo disponível de forma segura, protegendo a privacidade e evitando possíveis problemas legais. Investir na segurança da sua conexão é fundamental para uma experiência de streaming tranquila e sem preocupações.

Como proteger sua privacidade no Popcorn Time

Para muitos amantes de filmes e séries, o Popcorn Time se tornou uma opção popular para assistir conteúdos online de forma gratuita. No entanto, ao utilizar essa plataforma, é importante estar ciente dos riscos à privacidade que podem estar envolvidos. Aqui estão algumas dicas sobre como proteger sua privacidade ao usar o Popcorn Time.

Uma das maneiras mais eficazes de proteger sua privacidade ao usar o Popcorn Time é por meio de uma VPN. Uma VPN, ou Rede Virtual Privada, cria uma camada adicional de segurança ao criptografar sua conexão com a internet, tornando mais difícil para terceiros monitorarem suas atividades online, incluindo o que você está assistindo no Popcorn Time.

Além disso, é importante ficar atento aos sites e servidores de onde você está baixando ou transmitindo conteúdo. Opte por fontes confiáveis e evite clicar em links suspeitos que possam comprometer a segurança de seus dados.

Outra medida importante é manter seu software atualizado. Certifique-se de que tanto o Popcorn Time quanto seu sistema operacional estejam sempre com as últimas atualizações instaladas, pois isso ajuda a corrigir potenciais brechas de segurança que possam ser exploradas por invasores.

Ao seguir essas dicas e estar atento às melhores práticas de segurança cibernética, você pode desfrutar do Popcorn Time com mais segurança e tranquilidade, protegendo assim sua privacidade online. Lembre-se, é essencial priorizar a proteção dos seus dados pessoais em todas as suas atividades online.

Passos para garantir anonimato ao usar Popcorn Time

Popcorn Time é uma plataforma popular de streaming de conteúdo que oferece uma grande variedade de filmes, séries de TV e programas de entretenimento. No entanto, ao utilizar este serviço, é importante que os utilizadores protejam a sua privacidade e garantam o seu anonimato.

Existem várias medidas que podem ser tomadas para garantir o anonimato ao utilizar o Popcorn Time. A primeira e mais importante dica é o uso de uma VPN, ou Rede Privada Virtual. Uma VPN irá criptografar a sua ligação à Internet e ocultar o seu endereço IP, tornando muito mais difícil para terceiros rastrearem a sua atividade online.

Além disso, é importante ter um antivírus e um firewall ativos no seu dispositivo para proteger contra possíveis ameaças de malware e hackers. Certifique-se também de que o Popcorn Time está sempre atualizado para usufruir das últimas correções de segurança.

Evite partilhar informações pessoais enquanto estiver a utilizar o Popcorn Time, e tenha cuidado com links suspeitos ou conteúdos piratas que possam comprometer a sua segurança online.

Seguindo estes passos simples, os utilizadores podem desfrutar do vasto catálogo de conteúdo do Popcorn Time de forma segura e anónima. Lembre-se sempre de proteger a sua privacidade ao utilizar serviços de streaming online e estar consciente dos potenciais riscos associados à pirataria de conteúdo.

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Segurança ao utilizar qBittorrent

Ao utilizar o qBittorrent, uma plataforma de compartilhamento de arquivos ponto a ponto, é essencial tomar precauções para garantir a segurança dos seus dados e proteger a sua privacidade. Seguir algumas práticas básicas pode ajudar a minimizar os riscos envolvidos no uso desse tipo de serviço.

Em primeiro lugar, é fundamental manter o seu software atualizado. Certifique-se de que está a utilizar a versão mais recente do qBittorrent, uma vez que as atualizações frequentes muitas vezes incluem correções de segurança importantes.

Além disso, recomenda-se utilizar uma VPN ao utilizar o qBittorrent. Uma rede privada virtual pode ajudar a criptografar a sua conexão com a internet e ocultar o seu endereço IP, tornando mais difícil para terceiros monitorarem as suas atividades online.

Evite fazer o download de torrents de fontes desconhecidas ou suspeitas. Opte por sites de confiança e verifique sempre os comentários e avaliações de outros usuários antes de baixar um arquivo.

Por fim, esteja ciente das leis de direitos autorais vigentes no seu país. O compartilhamento de conteúdo protegido por direitos autorais sem autorização pode resultar em consequências legais. Certifique-se de estar em conformidade com as legislações locais ao utilizar o qBittorrent.

Ao adotar essas medidas de segurança ao utilizar o qBittorrent, você estará protegendo a si mesmo e aos seus dados, desfrutando de uma experiência mais segura e tranquila ao compartilhar arquivos online.

Riscos de baixar torrents sem VPN

Quando se trata de baixar torrents, é importante estar ciente dos riscos envolvidos, principalmente se você não estiver usando uma rede privada virtual (VPN). Baixar torrents sem VPN pode expor você a uma série de perigos, que vão desde questões legais até ameaças à segurança cibernética.

Uma das principais preocupações ao baixar torrents sem VPN é a questão da privacidade. Sem uma VPN, seu endereço IP fica visível para todos na rede, o que significa que sua atividade de download de torrents pode ser rastreada por terceiros, incluindo seu provedor de serviços de internet e agências de aplicação da lei. Isso pode resultar em penalidades legais severas, como notificações de violação de direitos autorais e multas.

Além disso, baixar torrents sem VPN também o expõe a possíveis ameaças à segurança cibernética. Os arquivos de torrent podem conter malware, que pode infectar seu dispositivo e comprometer seus dados pessoais e financeiros. Sem uma VPN para criptografar sua conexão, você está mais vulnerável a ataques de hackers e tentativas de phishing.

Portanto, para garantir sua privacidade e segurança ao baixar torrents, é altamente recomendável usar uma VPN. Uma VPN criptografa sua conexão com a internet e mascara seu endereço IP, mantendo suas atividades on-line anônimas e protegidas. Ao investir em uma VPN confiável, você pode desfrutar da conveniência de baixar torrents com tranquilidade, sabendo que sua privacidade e segurança estão em boas mãos.

Alternativas para proteger a privacidade ao usar qBittorrent

Ao usar qBittorrent, uma das principais preocupações dos usuários é a proteção da sua privacidade. Felizmente, existem várias alternativas que podem ser adotadas para garantir um maior nível de segurança ao utilizar esse cliente de torrent.

Uma das opções mais eficazes é a utilização de uma VPN (Virtual Private Network). Essa ferramenta permite ocultar o endereço IP do usuário, dificultando a identificação e rastreamento das atividades online. Dessa forma, torna-se muito mais difícil para terceiros monitorarem o tráfego de dados e identificarem as atividades realizadas no qBittorrent.

Outra alternativa importante é a configuração correta do cliente de torrent. É fundamental ajustar as opções de anonimato e privacidade disponíveis no qBittorrent, como a encriptação do tráfego de dados, a limitação da largura de banda utilizada e a desativação do compartilhamento de arquivos (seeding) após o download ser concluído.

Além disso, é essencial estar atento às fontes e aos arquivos que estão sendo baixados. Optar por sites e trackers confiáveis e evitar conteúdos suspeitos pode reduzir significativamente os riscos de segurança ao utilizar o qBittorrent.

Em resumo, a proteção da privacidade ao utilizar o qBittorrent é uma questão fundamental para os usuários que desejam manter-se seguros enquanto compartilham e baixam arquivos. Utilizando ferramentas como VPNs, configurando corretamente o cliente de torrent e sendo criterioso com as fontes de conteúdo, é possível desfrutar da experiência do qBittorrent de forma mais segura e protegida.

VPN e a segurança ao baixar arquivos via qBittorrent

Um dos principais pontos a considerar ao baixar arquivos via qBittorrent é a segurança, especialmente quando se trata da proteção da sua privacidade e dados pessoais. Nesse contexto, o uso de uma Rede Privada Virtual (VPN) pode desempenhar um papel crucial na garantia de uma experiência segura ao baixar arquivos por meio desse protocolo de compartilhamento de arquivos.

Uma VPN cria uma conexão criptografada entre o seu dispositivo e o servidor VPN, proporcionando anonimato e protegendo os seus dados de possíveis invasores. Ao se conectar a um servidor VPN antes de iniciar o download de arquivos via qBittorrent, você mascara o seu endereço IP real e impede que terceiros rastreiem suas atividades online.

Além disso, uma VPN também pode ajudar a contornar restrições geográficas impostas por certos provedores de Internet ou governos, permitindo um acesso mais livre e privado à internet.

No entanto, é essencial escolher uma VPN confiável e respeitável, que ofereça políticas claras de privacidade e não registre as suas atividades online. Opte por serviços que ofereçam altos níveis de segurança, como criptografia AES de 256 bits e políticas rigorosas de ausência de registros.

Ao combinar o uso de uma VPN com boas práticas de segurança cibernética, como manter seu software sempre atualizado e evitar clicar em links suspeitos, você pode desfrutar de uma experiência mais segura ao baixar arquivos via qBittorrent, mantendo a sua privacidade e dados protegidos contra possíveis ameaças online.

Como garantir anonimato durante downloads no qBittorrent

Ao baixar arquivos através do qBittorrent, muitos usuários buscam manter seu anonimato durante o processo, protegendo sua privacidade e evitando possíveis consequências legais. Para garantir maior segurança e privacidade, existem algumas medidas que podem ser tomadas.

A primeira dica é utilizar uma conexão VPN ao baixar arquivos torrent. Uma VPN encripta seus dados e esconde seu endereço IP real, dificultando que terceiros rastreiem suas atividades online. É importante escolher um provedor de VPN confiável e que não mantenha registros de atividades.

Além disso, é recomendável configurar corretamente as opções de privacidade no próprio qBittorrent. É possível ativar o protocolo de criptografia, que ajuda a impedir que seu provedor de internet monitore sua atividade de torrent. Também é aconselhável desativar a função de compartilhamento de arquivos após o download ser concluído.

Outra dica importante é verificar as configurações do firewall e do antivírus do seu computador, garantindo que não estejam bloqueando ou monitorando as atividades do qBittorrent. É fundamental manter todos os softwares atualizados para garantir a segurança durante o processo de download.

Seguindo essas dicas simples, é possível aumentar significativamente seu nível de anonimato durante os downloads no qBittorrent, protegendo assim sua privacidade e evitando possíveis riscos. Lembre-se sempre de respeitar as leis de direitos autorais e utilizar a tecnologia de forma responsável.

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LGPD: impulso necessário para a segurança dos consumidores no varejo

Acesse em https://aredacao.com.br/noticias/197935/lgpd-impulso-necessario-para-a-seguranca-dos-consumidores-no-varejo

José Abrão

Goiânia – A crescente digitalização do varejo trouxe inúmeras vantagens para consumidores e empresas, permitindo uma experiência de compra mais eficiente e personalizada. No entanto, essa revolução tecnológica também trouxe consigo preocupações relacionadas à segurança e à privacidade dos dados dos clientes, dos colaboradores e das próprias empresas. É nesse contexto que a Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD) desempenha um papel vital para o setor varejista.

A LGPD estabelece diretrizes rigorosas para a coleta, armazenamento e processamento de dados pessoais. No varejo, isso se traduz na necessidade de as empresas obterem consentimento claro dos consumidores para o uso de seus dados, bem como na obrigatoriedade de garantir a segurança dessas informações. Uma das principais implicações da LGPD para o varejo é a ênfase na transparência. As empresas são agora obrigadas a informar de maneira clara e acessível como os dados dos clientes serão usados. Isso não apenas reforça a confiança dos consumidores, mas também permite que eles tenham mais controle sobre suas informações pessoais.

A importância da LGPD para o setor varejista é evidente na crescente conscientização dos consumidores sobre a proteção de dados. É o que explica Thaís Taveira, advogada especializada no assunto. “O consumidor está cada vez mais consciente, e aqueles que compram on-line querem ter a privacidade e segurança dos seus dados garantidos. Vender um produto na internet demanda um relacionamento com o cliente e implica na captação de muitos dados, como onde mora, idade, sexo, tendências de consumo”, pontua. Aqueles que têm uma loja on-line, independente do nicho, precisam se adequar a essas regras, garantindo a segurança dos dados de clientes e dos próprios colaboradores.

Advogada Thaís Taveira (Foto: divulgação)

“Empresas de pequeno porte têm um processo de adequação mais simples, mas também precisarão fazer adequações. O que não se pode fazer é ignorar a existência dessa lei e deixar de tomar as medidas que ela impõe”, completa Thaís. A não adequação pode custar caro ao empresário: multas, invasões de hackers e bloqueio do banco de dados são alguns exemplos do que pode acontecer. “Mas, na minha visão, o dano reputacional advindo de um vazamento de dado é a pior das consequências, pois uma vez que a imagem da empresa é abalada, especialmente na era do cancelamento digital em que vivemos, a empresa corre o risco de perder a confiança do consumidor”, arremata a advogada.

Por isso é tão importante que comerciantes e lojistas se resguardem: o prazo para a adequação terminou em agosto de 2023, mas a adaptação é sempre constante. A LGPD incentiva o aprimoramento das práticas de segurança de dados no varejo. As empresas estão investindo em tecnologias e processos que protegem os dados do cliente contra ameaças cibernéticas, reduzindo assim o risco de violações de dados. Leia mais  LGPD: empresas precisam se adequar à proteção de dados para evitar sanções

Na prática

Quem se mantém atualizado colhe os resultados. É o que garante  Aníbal Bento, diretor administrativo do Fujioka. “Nós já estávamos trabalhando desde o início, fazendo todo o trabalho de limpeza, de cuidado, não solicitando os dados que não eram necessários e contratamos uma consultoria para nos orientar na parte técnica e também na parte jurídica. No mundo atual não tem como trabalhar sem dados, mas queríamos desde o princípio não ir de encontro com a lei. A ideia é estar sempre melhorando”, explica. 

Com quase 60 anos de história, a empresa onde Aníbal Bento trabalha já lidava com dados sensíveis desde antes da LGPD e bem antes da revolução digital. “Nós lidamos com fotografia, já tínhamos cuidado há muitos anos, porque lidamos com a imagem das pessoas. Depois de um tempo, aquilo era eliminado para que não tenha a possibilidade de ter um vazamento”, ressalta o gestor. 

Aníbal Bento, diretor administrativo do Fujioka (Foto: divulgação)

Além de reforçar o sistema, foram tomadas medidas junto aos colaboradores e aos gestores para garantir a preservação das informações, como a criação de um comitê de segurança e o engajamento direto dos recursos humanos por meio de treinamentos, endomarketing e outras práticas. “Mesmo passado esse tempo todo, ainda estamos aprendendo. É uma mudança cultural, mas entendemos que já avançamos bastante”, completa Bento.

Desafio

“Para o empresário, essas novidades são sempre complicadas: ele já está preocupado tentando sobreviver e, então, tem que lidar com grandes mudanças”, conta Eberth Motta, presidente da CDL Jovem e responsável pelo e-commerce da Óticas Brasil, empresa familiar com 60 anos de trajetória. “Aqui somos uma empresa um pouco maior, já tínhamos uma equipe de TI, então até que foi uma adaptação mais natural”, relata.

O gestor avalia que o setor varejista enfrenta desafios maiores na hora de se adequar devido à sensibilidade dos dados com que lida. “O e-commerce tem uma situação muito séria porque tem os dados completos de venda das pessoas. Se essa pessoa utilizou comigo um dado de pagamento, esse dado não pode ser compartilhado. Eu preciso sistematizar processos para garantir essa confidencialidade”, aponta Motta. Porém, ele avalia que uma vez que o responsável pela empresa é orientado, o caminho e as ferramentas para a adequação são mais simples do que aparentam. “Para o site, você precisa criar uma política de privacidade, e felizmente já existem diversos textos base, simples e objetivos disponíveis na internet, precisando apenas ser adaptado à realidade e ao negócio dele”.

Ele explica que, caso os pequenos e médios lojistas ainda estejam confusos com as mudanças, basta procurar a Câmara de Dirigentes Lojistas (CDL). “A CDL tem materiais que ensinam sobre LGPD, temos cursos na nossa Escola de Negócios para auxiliar esse micro e pequeno empreendedor que quer buscar essa atualização. Quem está nessa luta, porque já venceu o prazo em agosto de 2023, pode procurar a própria ANPD. Eles possuem materiais para isso”, orienta. A Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados (ANPD) é a agência nacional estabelecida para fazer a fiscalização e aplicar sanções para quem descumprir a lei.

Motta, no entanto, critica que ainda falta informação. “Quando há grandes mudanças como essa, uma crítica que eu faço é que parece que sobra fiscalização e falta orientação. Seriam necessários mais espaços proporcionados pelo governo para auxiliar as pessoas a fazerem essas adequações, que são, de fato, muito importantes”, salienta.

Eberth Motta, presidente da CDL Jovem (Foto: divulgação) 

Desrespeito

Mesmo com todas as regras postas, não é incomum que a LGPD seja descumprida de forma descarada por vendedores que fazem contato direto com o cliente por WhatsApp, e-mail ou telefone, principalmente nos setores de telefonia, farmácias e concessionárias de veículos, mesmo após a solicitação para que o contato seja interrompido.

Para além do lado técnico, também é preciso adequar pessoas. “Talvez esse seja um ponto de maior desafio para o varejo porque as empresas trabalham com muitos vendedores que têm metas e precisam vender. O pessoal fica receoso que essa adequação vai inviabilizar o contato com os clientes, mas não é assim, existem meios para fazer isso”, explica o advogado Rafael Maciel, especialista em direito digital.

“Isso gerou uma preocupação, principalmente no varejo, em relação ao envio de e-mails para os clientes, em ações direcionadas de marketing, etc. A adequação gera e fortalece uma relação de confiança com o cliente, que é o titular dos seus dados”, explica o advogado. Segundo ele, o descumprimento não é apenas contra a lei, o que pode gerar consequências para a empresa, mas também é contraprodutivo: ao insistir no telemarketing invasivo, o vendedor rompe com a confiança do cliente, o que gera antipatia pela empresa.

Para mudar isso, segundo ele, é um assunto de RH e não tecnológico. “É uma questão de conscientização. Uma rotina de aprendizagem e de gerar uma cultura para todos na empresa. Não adianta nada colocar um sistema todo robusto de proteção, mas que internamente você não tem boas práticas”.

Além disso, Maciel destaca que a adequação nunca acaba. “Você inicia um projeto de adequação e vai melhorando, porque amanhã a empresa vai ter outros funcionários que precisam ser treinados, depois  muda de software e precisa mapear se ele te atende”, destaca. A única constante é a mudança e os lojistas que queiram se aprimorar no mercado digital e não sofrer punições precisam abraçar esta nova era junto aos seus vendedores.

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Thoughts on EoD, Part 2

Gorrik is adorably fierce. I'm slightly concerned about him, though. Is it his pride that was injured? Is it the betrayal of Ankka (whom he did seem to like a lot)? Was he or was he not "tortured for information"? (I feel like that was a white lie on Gorrik's part to make himself seem braver, and I'm fairly certain that's the Commander's interpretation, too, or she'd also be fiercer. We saw what she did back in IBS....) Or is he just trying to show he won't be bullied around, that he's fiercer than that?

I mean, he's always been fierce. He fought off five cavaliers in S4 to protect Blish.

But it also might be that he's overreacting because Blish isn't around anymore to help him. He always protected Blish because Blish's weakness was that he was inside a golem, and Blish always protected Gorrik because Gorrik's weakness is the fact that he's on the autism spectrum and easily misunderstood. Gorrik now feels like he has to protect himself from that and prove he isn't going to let himself be pushed around.

I don't know. But I look forward to watching Gorrik's character develop further.

Anyway. I enjoyed looking through the Aetherblades' records, learning what they've been up to since S1. I was quite curious at how... distressed Mai Trin seemed to be after learning of Scarlet's death. We also had two new characters introduced: I forget their names already but I'm fairly sure one is an asura (the pilot, though his name doesn't sound super asuran) and the other is a Flame charr. He sounds vaguely charr-ish and the asura called him a "former slaver," so there's not much else I can think up.

I suspect this charr might be the person Gorrik, Marjory, and the Commander interrogate afterward? Not sure. It probably would have been mentioned if he was, he seemed fairly important. Also it's hilarious how clearly foreign the non-humans are. "Pointy hands"?? Really?? I swear the other races didn't get this reception in Elona. Wait 'till somebody sees a norn. I'm suddenly regretting playing this on a human character, I wonder how many insane dialogues I'm missing.

I was insanely intrigued by Ankka's last message: she won't be a rounding error. I think I like her as a character. She's well-developed. Can't wait to see how things go.

ALSO, can we please talk about how apparently our comm frequency is highly compromised given Canthan tech?? I've already done some thoughts and compiled a comprehensive reference to almost all the times the comm is referred to (aka a wiki page that I can't publish because my account is locked) and it clearly operates similarly to a radio frequency, with channels and etc. Other comm systems exist throughout Tyria and Elona, but they usually work off of radio towers and access to Taimi's network is strictly limited.

But I don't put it beyond Canthan tech to have developed comms along the same lines as Taimi (she used Rata Novan ley-line information/tech, but since it's leylines I'm perfectly willing to believe anyone could use the leylines). Taimi insists on calling Detective Rama a hacker, though. I'm not surprised, I'd take it personally too.

Taimi put a lot of work into her comms. I think that's the canon explanation of our mini-maps and how she and Gorrik can just. "mark it on your map" without even being there. Also the comm can pick up and transmit physical samples? And Blish was considering using it as a receiver for his Kralk tracker??

Like, Taimi, this is some insanely accomplished stuff. To come to a continent where it's so easily 'hacked' that Rama blows her off like that - just ouch. No wonder she takes pride in being a dragon expert, they've already stolen her comms!

Now, I would like to point out to Taimi that she's talking to a guy in the Ministry of Security. It's his job to hack stuff. It's easy for him, but don't worry, Taimi, it's probably unthinkable for most people.

Also, can I say Akane behaves... like an RL teenager? Commander is not impressed with her at all. She hasn't had to deal with these people since she killed Zhaitan and became famous.

Ah. Oh yes, "Mother." Soo-Won. I am begging you PLEASE expound on what you mean by "balance"? If your affinity is for water how could you have created beings with affinity for the other elements?

THIS DOES SOLIDIFY MY THEORY, HOWEVER - that all the Elder Dragons are associated with an element. All of them. Even Zhaitan. Even Primordus. (I'll make that a separate post.) But so far, newly-revealed canon magic lore seems to line up with my magic theory pretty nicely. Amazing!

And what WAS that? I understand Aurene and Soo-Won may have been speaking through the Mists before now, but what was THAT we were just drawn into? Off the top of my head, given all the bubbles and the weird surroundings, I'm going to say it's a mindscape of Soo-Won's, like we saw with Mordremoth, or else it's a vision, like the time Aurene drew us into seeing through her eyes to scout out Rata Primus. Of course, Aurene's given us a bazillion different sorts of visions, no two the same, so this could just be a new type. So, since Soo-Won is Aurene's great-grandmother, perhaps she has the same power to give people visions? Or at least to give Aurene visions, and Aurene can in turn share the visions with us.

I'm still stuck on how Soo-Won could have created beings aligned to the other elements when she's not? ??

To be fair I haven't done a single thing after that instance so I may be missing something.

Oooh, also, the constant references to the "Zhaitan Disaster." This is brilliant, since it gives precedence for me referring to the Mordremoth Disaster. I was already doing that but this way there's a sort of harmony there.

[beihonglin]

binbin & bangbang’s 18/4 livestream: a summary 3/3

second segment: quickfire questions!!

first impressions of each other 

the first people they met was each other!!! they sat with huang shuhao :’)

they got shookt when they got their room assignments after 

who likes to eat snacks the most?

pointing at each other 

stupid boy dropping his mic pt. 034 BIN STOP DROPPING IT

what do you buy to eat from the convenience store? 

LEMON TEA!! bangbang was the one who got bin addicted to lemon tea

recently they found another lemon tea that’s better than vita

rip bin’s fansite miss vitalemontea

bangbang: HE EATS SO MUCH 

bin: I DO I EAT SO MUCH 

apparently binnie gets ramen, rice balls, more ramen, fries, more ramen and pudding then finishes them all in one night

bangbang: but he doESNT GET FAT (angry!!)

bin: yeah after i realised that i wouldn’t get fat no matter what i ate i started just eating everything 

bangbang: I HOPE YOU GET FAT WHEN YOU’RE 40

bin: pls calm down asjhlkdj

bangbang: wait omg what if there’s a pill that lets you eat without getting fat,,,,

interviewer: uh moving on

who sleeps later? who takes care of their body better?

bangbang: we sleep at the same time but jeffrey sleeps the earliest and he takes care of his body the best

bin: oh right bb has ur body clock adjusted back?

bb: what body clock lol

apparently they sleep really late and wake up really early to the point where they look at the clock and think 3am is still pretty early 

there was also once when they slept at 630 and had to get up at 7 :(

whose rooms did you visit the most?

bin: we didn’t really go to other people’s rooms, they came to ours,,, yeah, our room was the most popular - there were times when there were 10+ people hanging out in our room

interviewer: why?

bin: because we have a lot of food lol

bangbang: also because we’re very,,,,,, kind :)

bin: :)))

bb: :))))))

interviewer: can you expose something about each other?

bin: bursts out laughing 

bin: BANGBANG SHOWERS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME 

bb: YOU TOO 

interviewer: okay but were there any awkward incidents?

bin: bangbang dances really funnily and cutely and he always comes back to dance for us

bangbang: nO I DON’T

bin: he doES do it, do the cute version of ei ei that you did

bangbang: what cuTE VERSION NO :(

interviewer: okay so do you guys compete at games?

bin: snorts

literally the cutest snort i’ve ever heard in my life bye

bin: coME ON TELL THEM 

bb (mumbling): okay i thought i was really good at this game and ruibin didn’t believe me so i challenged him but somehow every time i challenged him he won :(

binnie: i’d be sitting there after practice when i’d get a text from him saying, “hey trash, come challenge me-”

bb: i didnt say trash- 

binnie: - and i said, i really don’t want to make you lose, but then he said it was because i didn’t want to lose to him that i didn’t want to play,,, so i played with him

bin: and every time i was close to winning he’d scream at his phone, “NO!!” so i’d let him win for a bit before i killed him in three seconds 

bb: NO i thought i was better so i kept challenging him and i got angry when i lost but in the end i realised he was right,,,, 

bin: he got angry at me too!! he refused to speak to me after he lost, he said he’d never play with me again

bb: wait ur making me sound like a kid

bin: ye u r lol 

what’s your most used meme?

bin: uncle li junyi’s crossed arms pose!!

bb: bu fan’s half beast!!

bin: dong yanlei’s “your lei-zi has appeared!”!

bb: deng langyi’s sad face!

what are your future plans?

bangbang: we’re gonna go to shanghai tgt! we’re gonna stay tgt to carry out some activities

binnie: i’m also acting in an upcoming show! i want to become a well-rounded artist

bin: also lol in the dorm bangbang made me act with him

#ExposeBangBangPart????

if you guys act tgt in a show, what kind of show would u want?

bangbang: us as villians!!!! 

bin: (sighs)

bangbang: who go around stealing monuments!!

bin: wait but what about spies!!! and there’d be a hacker and we’d have a swimming scene

bangbang: i’d want to have a hacker -

bin: and i’d be the one who gets to save the female lead, really handsome -

bangbang: i’d be the one who climbs the wall -

bin: - and i’d go down a zip line - 

i swear they’re 8???

interviewer: uh yall have great imagination 

final words??

bangbang: thank u 2 those who have liked me, thank u for ur support and love

binnie spinning his fingers in a circle asmdhdlaksj let bangbang live pls

bb: NO it’s bc i have a lot of things to say 

bin: no he’s like a pinball his mind is just running everywhere

but also binnie: thank u bangbang for being by my side and for making this interview so fun, it still feels like we’re on the show and bangbang and i were just conversing! i don’t feel like a celeb; i feel like i’m still a normal person, but i have a lot of people supporting my dream. thank you to all those who voted for me so that i had more chances to stand on stage. the only reason why i’m here now is bc of u and ur votes and support; it was only through ur support that we could stay in idol producer for so long. i hope that everyone can still trust in us and believe in us - we’re still growing and we hope that everyone can grow with us and accompany us to walk even further on this road. 

i love the most rambly and sincere boy in the universe bye :--(

interviewer: can you sing in cantonese?

both: yah but i need lyrics 

DUET !!!

i love binbin singing so much i love himi lvoe him i love him ilvoe him

bin tried stuffing his phone in his pocket but he deadass didnt have a pocket why is he like this 

im literally so sorry i know i said summary but this basically became a transcription of whatever they said wheezes 

UPDATE RUIBIN’S TRENDING AGAIN :’)

[bigskydreaming]

Was talking about this with someone in asks just now, but spreading the Danny love....

I’m a big fan of blending sci-fi and fantasy tropes, or even just taking a sci-fi approach to fantasy elements, so Danny being a hacker isn’t just one of the few specific things we know about his character, its also fascinating to me in its potential to be combined with the supernatural. Like, his proximity to the pack and his even-mannered temperament and willingness to stay out of the thick of things even when he knew what was going on made him a natural fit for a lot of Emissary/Druid Danny headcanons, but combine that with a hacker mindset and skillset? So many possibilities.

Look at how even when he wasn’t in the know, he found and researched the telluric currents aka ley lines Julia was using to power her magic, purely by utilizing the scientific method. What else would that kind of intellect and perspective do with a more thorough understanding of the supernatural?

Like imagine Danny being trained as a druid by Deaton or someone else, but then taking what he learned and running with it, innovating. Not just understanding that mountain ash forms a protective barrier, but wanting to know WHY it works that way. If its the power of belief that fuels the magic there, the conviction that this is one of the rules of the supernatural world and it works because all parties involved believe, KNOW it will work.....can those same principles be applied in other ways? Could he write programs that take the rules of the supernatural world, the belief of those who know those rules and that they work, and do with the push of a button what Marin and Alan do by throwing a ring of mountain ash in the air?

Imagine Hacker Druid Danny redefining magic for the digital age. Runecasting as coding. Writing spells as software. Scrying for threats via search engines or writing magical algorithms that seek out other young supernatural beings in need of help. And the flip side, writing anti-virus software that uses the magic of belief, of symbology, to protect supernatural beings not just from viruses and malware, but from discovery, supernaturally diverting online attention from them. Sending hunters who use social media to search for clues to where supernatural beings might be present or congregating on a wild goose chase of binary code that endlessly redirects them away from any social media posts or news stories that might actually alert them that a member of the pack goes to UC Davis or MIT.

Beacon Hills produced the first True Alpha in generations, a powerful banshee, was home to a 900 year old kitsune and her daughter, was the territory of the Hale pack, one of the most renowned werewolf packs. It drew supernatural beings like hellhounds and werecoyotes to it, was a focal point for so much supernatural energy it was where Julia chose to empower herself before facing the Alpha pack and the Dread Doctors conducted most of their experiments.

What better place to also produce someone capable of rewriting the rules of the supernatural for the modern age? Creating an entirely new school of magical thought and application. Imagine Hacker Druid Danny who just started digging into what was going on with his best friend and some other lacrosse teammates because he wanted to be informed, to know what was going on, to better protect himself because information is power....

And ultimately taking that information, that power, and becoming the reason the supernatural is able to remain hidden even in an era where facial-recognition software threatens to pick out the flare of shapeshifter eyes any time a werewolf gets caught running a red light. Or the originator of healing spells or rituals that future druids turn to when trying to cure someone a darach poisoned with mistletoe or wolfsbane, the way Deaton and other Emissaries turned to the nine sacred herbs some long ago druid discovered could be used to treat a variety of supernatural injuries.

So many possibilities!

[eiseryn]

New OC :3 Her name is Artemis and her decker (hacker) name is Timberwolf as the text says. She is from/lives in Mertalline, the same city Lei is from/ lives in. She has a very black/white/silver (+grey) /blue palette and her fave colour is that bright blue you see! Personality-wise she is supposed to be cheeky and somewhat flirtatious (to certain people), quite self-confident and self-assured. She uses a laser bow (?) in battle and has a loyal battle hound (robotic wolf) with her which she has named "Orion". She really likes dogs (and wolves) because of how loyal they are :)

She likes to joke around and have as much fun as possible since life otherwise would suck! She has an older sister named Athena who is a runner (codename = Coyote), who is Artemis' first "hero". Artemis has a bit of a hero complex, believing in justice (or wanting to) and perhaps she wouldn't mind being someone's hero as well :3 She looked up to a decker named Tiger who was around the same age as her but unfortunately to her knowledge, Tiger was KIA around 8 years ago...

So yeah I'll be playing her in the next Mertalline campaign which may be a while from now.... (there are other cyberpunk COC campaigns lined up + my group has a DND campaign next) but I've been thinking about her for a while already ever since I learned I can play beastmaster in cyberpunk by playing a decker with bots. So here she is, my cyberpunk beastmaster XD I really like her design a lot -- I think she's super pretty 🥺🥺🥺

I have obtained permission from the DM that Lei and Vail's kids (those designs I made) can be canon if they live in the next Mertalline campaign which is probably the one I'll play her in. Like uhm what a minute 👁👄👁 WDYM they can be canon "if they live" like what is going to happen in Mertalline 👁👄👁 (apparently something super bad HUH) Anyways please pray for us that we play as well or better in this campaign as the last campaign I really want my babygirl Lei and her man to live 😭😭😭

Funny thing though I'm writing a prelude to Artemis' backstory and Lei appears and she might be Artemis' main doc LMAO like me not wanting my OC to die but also putting her into the plot kinda like haha oops :'D (Remember when Elise became plot relevant... yeah... Imagine if they have to save Lei the way Lei had to save Elise... wouldn't that sure be something... :') )

If she kinda resembles Nova it's cuz yes she is supposed to be "cyberpunk Nova" which means she shares similar features as Nova but I inverted some things! After all, fantasy and cyberpunk feel like polar opposites XD. The main design features is hair/eye colour -- Nova has white, Artemis has black. Nova's eyes are golden so Artemis has icy silver eyes :3 Also I totally stole Nova's Arknights outfit to kinda reuse partially for her XD work smart not hard~ They're also wolf girls in a way cuz I love wolves too much to give those up and of course the whole beastmaster aspect is a thing -- both of them having male wolf companions. They also both wield bows because I love archers. I just love them.

Another non important is that I want her to be charming and persuasive (and invest in those skills) because my former best boi (he's #2 now guess who took his place XD) Flash has been revealed to be a little suspicious. I want to know more about him and romance him using Artemis XD But it might not be possible if Flash is a corpo mole or someone more powerful/sinister 😔 I SURE CAN TRY THOUGH - THIS IS WHAT MY DM SAID TOO!

[vpn-br]

O que é confidencialidade de dados?

A confidencialidade dos dados não é apenas uma preocupação comercial, mas também pessoal, uma vez que muitas dessas informações pertencem à esfera privada. Portanto, é muito importante saber o que é a confidencialidade dos dados e por que ela é essencial. À medida que os dados se tornam cada vez mais digitalizados, é muito mais fácil compartilhar informações on-line. Entretanto, embora isso nos permita conectá-lo ao mundo e economizar tempo, a coleta e a posse de dados on-line podem expô-lo a hackers, phishing e roubo de identidade. Descubra tudo o que você precisa saber sobre privacidade de dados e as medidas que você pode tomar para se proteger on-line.

O que é confidencialidade de dados?

A confidencialidade dos dados envolve a proteção de informações privadas fornecidas a agentes públicos e privados em diferentes contextos. Em geral, refere-se à capacidade de um indivíduo de determinar por si mesmo se, como e em que medida ele comunica ou compartilha suas informações confidenciais com outras pessoas. Esses dados pessoais podem incluir, entre outros, seu nome, informações financeiras, informações médicas, local de trabalho, detalhes de contato, atividades on-line ou comportamento na vida real. Com o aumento do uso da Internet, a confidencialidade dos dados tornou-se um tanto complicada. Na maioria das vezes, aplicativos on-line, plataformas de mídia social e sites coletam e armazenam seus dados para aprimorar a experiência do usuário e oferecer um serviço melhor. No entanto, isso expõe você de uma forma mais pessoal. Alguns aplicativos não usam medidas de segurança cibernética suficientes para proteger seus dados, o que significa que praticamente qualquer pessoa pode roubá-los. Outros ainda compartilham abertamente seus dados com terceiros para fins de marketing ou outros. Na maioria das vezes, eles ganham dinheiro vendendo suas informações sem o seu consentimento.

O que acontece quando há uma violação de dados?

As violações de dados afetam tanto indivíduos quanto organizações. As pessoas afetadas por esse tipo de roubo geralmente precisam alterar suas senhas com frequência, congelar seus cartões bancários e monitorar ativamente sua identidade. As empresas que não adotaram medidas para proteger seus dados podem ser responsabilizadas pelas vítimas após uma violação de dados, independentemente dos esforços que fizeram para protegê-los em primeiro lugar. Elas também serão obrigadas a informar as vítimas sobre as informações roubadas. As violações de dados também podem custar caro. De acordo com um relatório publicado pela IBM, o custo médio de uma violação é de mais de US$ 4 milhões. Além disso, o custo de uma reputação prejudicada é um problema com o qual muitas empresas têm de lidar durante anos. Algumas nunca se recuperam. Para os indivíduos, o roubo de identidade é um problema real. As informações reveladas por um vazamento de dados variam de números de previdência social a detalhes bancários. Ter esses detalhes permite que os criminosos cometam todos os tipos de fraude em seu nome. Se você for vítima de roubo de identidade, poderá ser processado e pode ser muito difícil e demorado recuperar o que foi perdido.

Qual é a diferença entre confidencialidade e segurança de dados?

Embora sejam frequentemente usados de forma intercambiável, a confidencialidade e a segurança dos dados são duas abordagens muito distintas. Muitas organizações acham que a proteção de informações privadas contra terceiros mal-intencionados está de acordo com as regras de confidencialidade de dados. Esse não é necessariamente o caso. - Confidencialidade dos dados: governança da maneira pela qual os dados são usados, coletados e compartilhados pelo proprietário com partes externas. - Segurança de dados: proteção de dados contra todas as ameaças externas e internas.  

Há alguma lei sobre confidencialidade de dados?

No Brasil, a lei para a proteção de dados pessoais é a Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (LGPD), que foi aprovada em agosto de 2018 e entrou em vigor em setembro de 2020. A LGPD é inspirada no Regulamento Geral de Proteção de Dados (GDPR) da União Europeia e tem como objetivo regulamentar o uso, a coleta, o armazenamento e o processamento de dados pessoais no Brasil.   Veja a seguir alguns pontos-chave da LGPD:   - Consentimento: A lei geralmente exige o consentimento livre, informado e específico do titular dos dados para o processamento de seus dados pessoais. - Finalidade: os dados pessoais só podem ser coletados para finalidades legítimas, específicas e explícitas, e não podem ser processados posteriormente de forma incompatível com essas finalidades. - Transparência: as organizações são obrigadas a fornecer informações claras e transparentes sobre como coletam, usam e processam dados pessoais. - Direitos dos indivíduos: o LGPD concede aos indivíduos uma série de direitos, incluindo o direito de acessar, corrigir, excluir e se opor ao processamento de seus próprios dados. - Responsabilidade: as organizações são responsáveis por proteger os dados pessoais que processam e devem implementar medidas de segurança adequadas para evitar violações de dados. - Transferências internacionais de dados: As transferências internacionais de dados pessoais são permitidas sob certas condições, especialmente se o país de destino oferecer um nível adequado de proteção de dados ou se forem implementadas salvaguardas apropriadas. - Penalidades: O LGPD prevê sanções em caso de não conformidade, incluindo multas de até 2% do faturamento anual da organização, até um limite de R$ 50 milhões.

Como podemos garantir que seus dados permaneçam privados?

Não se trata de saber se seus dados serão coletados, mas quando e como. Aqui estão algumas dicas para você começar: - Proteja todas as suas contas on-line usando senhas fortes ou usando um gerenciador de senhas; o NordPass é um dos mais recomendados no momento.   - Proteja sua navegação desativando a publicidade baseada em interesses, principalmente do Google, Facebook, Apple e X (antigo Twitter). Você pode usar um bloqueador de anúncios.   - Use software antivírus (não podemos enfatizar isso o suficiente!)   - Use uma VPN para proteger seus dados e evitar o rastreamento e a vigilância on-line.   - Fique atento a links com anexos em suas mensagens e e-mails. Os hackers são famosos por criar golpes de phishing que se parecem com comunicações legítimas de empresas de serviços públicos, bancos ou outras entidades comerciais.   - Verifique se o site em que está navegando é seguro olhando para a parte superior do navegador. O site é seguro se você vir um símbolo de cadeado ou "https" no link do URL.   - Não compartilhe muitas informações nas mídias sociais. Verifique regularmente suas configurações de privacidade para ver quem está visualizando suas publicações. Seja extremamente cuidadoso ao publicar sua localização, cidade natal, endereço, aniversário ou outras informações pessoais.

Privacidade on-line: boa demais para ser verdade?

Cada vez mais publicamos nossos dados on-line, principalmente nas mídias sociais. Também compartilhamos grandes quantidades de dados pessoais com empresas, inclusive detalhes confidenciais, como nosso histórico médico e endereço. E confiamos em aplicativos e plataformas para cuidar de nossos dados, mas nem todos o fazem. Seja por criminosos cibernéticos que acessam sistemas para roubar seus dados ou por corretores de dados que compartilham seu perfil de publicidade com milhares de terceiros, sua privacidade é atacada todos os dias. Pense cuidadosamente sobre o que você compartilha, onde e com quem. É provável que haja aplicativos em seu telefone que você não usa e que continuam a roubar suas informações. Faça uma pequena faxina. Read the full article

[dark-arts-and-crafts-universe]

Lorcan Verdigris

Full name: Lorcan [middle name redacted] Baker Verdigris

Age: 26

Gender: Male (cis)

Pronouns: He/him

Alignment: Doing his best

Sexuality: Demisexual homoromantic. Identifies as gay and ace.

Species: Human/?

Race/Ethnicity: White (Irish and ?)

Nationality: American

Hair: Black but graying already. Goddamn time magic. Usually combed back.

Eyes: Brown with glimmers of color, square-framed glasses.

Other: Likes eyeliner, stud earrings, clean-shaven.

Fashion: When alone, jeans and T-shirts. Lorcan goes through clothes quickly so doesn’t bother wearing anything nice. When he’s talking to clients, tries to look more professional; wears button-ups (often with waistcoats) and clean jeans.

Signature items: A large analog wristwatch he never takes off.

Body mods: Time-magic tattoo under his watch, childhood implants for congenital eye defect.

Magic?: Yes

Magic: Time wizard, ex-necromancer

Craft: Distressing

Occupation: Sells art/magic on Etsy

Profile: Lorcan Verdigris is not a necromancer. Anymore.

Lorcan's craft is distressing, the art of making objects appear older through varnish, dye, and the artful application of sandpaper. Naturally, this makes him a ~time wizard~, with the ability to magically advance an object's age. Time magic is volatile--side effects of Lorcan's craft include an uncontrollable aura of decay that "leaks" even when he's not actively crafting. (Also, mild radioactivity. It's not a problem. Really.) His apartment is technically much older than the building it is part of, and the spider colony that lives near the radiator appears to be experiencing accelerated evolution. There's also the slight risk he will accidentally bestow an object with sentience and a piece of his soul once it hits 100 years old. So now Lorcan has nearly two dozen furniture-children. It's been an adjustment.

Lorcan is not a particular fan of people. There’s a number of possible explanations for this, from middle child syndrome to his particularly worrisome teen necromancy phase, but the long and short is that Lorcan would rather just stay in his apartment, please and thank you. Unfortunately magic doesn’t usually give him a choice. Scathing and snarky except when he needs to be nice to a customer, he’s not going to be winning any popularity contests anytime soon.

Fam(ily): Third-oldest of four children, has a mom, dad, and an aunt-we-don't-talk-about (all magic). Two dozen children who are also furniture, appliances, or lamps. Lots of lamps.

Fam(iliar): His oldest child, a sentient lava lamp named Vulcan (Vulk for short). Vulk is sensitive to fluctuations in local magical radiation and can “plug into” nearby ley lines for a power boost.

Fun facts:

Weird DNA that lets him see gamma rays.

Such an angsty teen-hood.

Necromancers drink grape juice and roll around on Heelys for Magic Reasons. Please take these edgelords seriously.

Mom and Dad were actually pretty chill with the necromancy. It’s hard to be a rebel with an understanding family. It’s hard, and everyone understands.

Owns a magic talking sword spoken of in prophecy. The sword hates the fact that its chosen bearer is Lorcan, is never around when it would be useful, and in general is just a fucking inconvenience.

Still knows how to use a ouija board, uses it to "hack" wifi passwords. Unfortunately, the hacker spirits only take Bitcoin.

Doesn’t know he’s demisexual yet. Also does not know he very much has A Thing for supervillains.

Majored in archaeology.

Tried to make money and friends during his Wild College Rebellion by magically aging beer in his dorm room. Experience generally turned him off from beer, rebellion, friends.

The colony of spiders in his apartment may be plotting to kill him.

Has faked at least one dinosaur and ruined science for everyone.

Hates technology. It gives him headaches. Plus he’s seen Terminator, he is not going to be responsible for robots evolving into Skynet.

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A importância da segurança digital na sua empresa

A segurança digital tem sido cada vez mais buscada, principalmente, em tempos de ataques na internet de cunho cibernético, incluindo a captação de senha, roubo de dados e até de patrimônios como dinheiro. Devemos lembrar que os ataques digitais cresceram muito com a pandemia quando a população passou a utilizar mais a internet para vender e comprar itens de diferentes segmentos do mercado digital, envolvendo o uso de senhas e de cartão de crédito. De todo modo, as empresas adotam medidas e métodos para manter a segurança digital de suas atividades e dos dados de seus clientes. Outro fator que elevou a ocorrência dos ataques é o avanço da modalidade do home office, através da qual muitos funcionários de empresas e empreendedores começaram a trabalhar a partir de casa para execução de seus trabalhos profissionais. Dessa forma tem crescido a aplicação de novas políticas e iniciativas que visam proteger as máquinas e os banco de dados de profissionais, empresas e clientes na internet. O que é a segurança digital? A segurança em meios digitais visa proteger, orientar e assegurar a guarda de dados, informações e patrimônios físicos e digitais de pessoas físicas e jurídicas em processo de uso pessoal, profissional ou comercial. No ambiente virtual, tem sido cada vez mais comum a realização de compras online e de transações bancárias, incluindo não somente o uso em PC mas também em aplicativos no celular. Porém, todas as atividades digitais podem ainda abrir brechas para a as ações de riscos efetivadas por hackers e crackers que cometem crimes cibernéticos e digitais. O Brasil No ano de 2022, entre os meses de fevereiro e abril, os ataques digitais aumentaram em 334%, resultando em crimes de extorsão e vazamento de dados. Em nosso país ainda contamos com a segurança digital de dados conforme o LGPD (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais) criada no ano de 2018. O principal objetivo dessa lei é regularizar a utilização de dados pessoais para proteger a privacidade dos cidadãos e a liberdade nos ambientes cibernéticos. A importância da Segurança digital na sua empresa A inclusão da segurança digital em banco de dados, servidores e sites visa sempre preservar o acesso e armazenamento de dados, dessa forma podemos destacar como importante a preservação de informações confidenciais, consistência dos dados na aplicação de cada processo, e proteção de documentos que possam ser consultados sem interferência externa. Dentre os principais riscos, uma pessoa pode ter seus dados pessoais invadidos ou roubados, incluindo nomes, registros pessoais, número de cartões de créditos, dados de compra online e uso de parte da conexão. Outro risco é o de invasão de contas bancárias por meio de caminhos digitais, incluindo a invasão de contas de bancos digitais, o que exige maior investimento de segurança digital para resguardar as contas dos clientes contra ataques de hackers e de malwares (softwares invasores). Dessa maneira esse tipo de segurança busca proteger sites, blogs, lojas virtuais, arquivos on e off line, perfis em redes sociais e o pleno acesso aos servidores. As medidas de segurança aplicada para dispositivos digitais ajudam a proteger informações e o acesso, impedindo invasões ou roubos de dados. Cuidado com as ameaças Muitas pessoas ainda ficam em dúvidas em querer saber quais são as principais ameaças à segurança digital em relação a dados e acessos. Dentre as principais ameaças devemos ter atenção com aplicativos e softwares fakes que podem invadir computadores, sistemas computacionais e ainda realizar roubo de dados. Na lista dos principais riscos podemos destacar:   Scan - Este se refere a uma invasão que utiliza outros computadores de uma determinada rede para identificar oportunidades de ataque. Worm - Trata-se de um tipo de software que mesmo não causando danos ao PC pode transferir informações de uma máquina para outra por meio da internet. Trojans - Também referido como cavalo de troia, é um dos softwares maliciosos mais conhecidos por se disfarçar dentro da máquina ou de um servidor e conseguir excluir informações com a possibilidade de atacar outros computadores. Backdoor - Capaz de abrir caminhos para um computador possa ser acessado por hackers expondo dados confidenciais e ainda alterar determinados dados e informações. Phishing - É referente ao uso de mensagens falsas enviadas para coletar informações dos usuários a partir de um clique, gerando grande confusão nas pessoas. Spyware - Existente através de botões de download, cujo aplicativo consegue vigiar o comportamento dos usuários na internet. Como investir em segurança de dados Read the full article