#phone privacy

[jessiarts]

Hey, PSA:

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

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

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

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

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

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

[supergamehive]

#PhonePrivacy #PrivacySettings #MobilePrivacy #DataProtection #PersonalData #PrivacyConcerns #TrackingPrevention

[dukeofthomas]

Here's my controversial opinion; if you're trying to write Bruce as a non-abusive, good parent, you should also write him respecting his kids' privacy, boundaries, and not stalking&surveying them.

[cairafea]

i think the fast travel in this game is very cool 👍

[ask-the-insane-chaos-hotel]

🚨🚨For parents looking through their child’s phone 🚨🚨

hello, you might be wondering, why is this on their feed/liked/reblogged?

well, that’s probably for you. I just have a few questions for you, dear parents. Why are you on your child’s phone? I understand that this is a 17+ app (on the iPhone App Store), but you are going through a phone your child is currently owning and using. You GAVE the child the phone you BOUGHT for them, and you are looking through it like it’s your own. I understand that you might be concerned about what your child might be on, but looking through their phone is an evasion of privacy, and it’ll make your child not trust you.

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I understand that in todays world, everything is held at a certain level, a level your child might be trying to reach, but school, stress, ADHD, anxiety, depression, certain thoughts, and family troubles could be holding them down so much, that they have to look for things on the phone that might not be good for them, but this is a new age, and age where kids will know how to use things, communicate, and be safe, and if they don’t, they have the whole community and the friends they have made along the way here to help them.

Tumblr is all fun and games when you set it up correctly, you get the fandoms you love and the fandoms you hate off of the feed, and when you fit right into the pure chaos and chaotic reblogs, and if someone texts them something weird? They can help with that by turning on a setting that forces people to follow their account to message you, and it’s always bots that message, or weird-ass people who ask them questions. If they aren’t as a certain age, some blogs will be blocked for their safety, and if they feel uncomfortable with a post or a person, they can block the post (report if it’s that bad), and block the person. And if they feel down, there’s always the fandoms they love that can help them feel better; and if that doesn’t work, they can have fun with the friends and mutuals they have made along the way of starting Tumblr.

Now, I understand if you feel left out of the picture because your child isn’t being open with you, but it could be because they are scared. They could be scared or afraid that they have gone too deep into a rabbit hole, and they won’t be trusted by you anymore and that you’ll hit them or they’ll just get hurt physically or emotionally/mentally. when this is how your child feels, it could be because of your parenting, are you treating them correctly? Are you accepting anything the child wants to go to or get (if you decline, try and say why because they might feel rejected completely)

In todays world, if your not a certain person or you don’t act a certain way, you’ll be left behind and laughed at. You may be thinking that your child is being funny when they tell you about how they feel, but it could be hurting the child mentally. I’m describing what my parents are like currently, and I’ve had some certain thoughts, some that I hate having.. and I- we, THE WHOLE TUMBLR COMMUNITY just don’t want your child being harmed. Cause trust me, if we hear about a child being rejected or harmed and it gets spread, we will get angry, and we will literally start up a donation or a lawsuit against the parents (ok maybe not the lawsuit, but it kinda feels like the tumblr community would do that).

and for people on Tumblr,

PLEASE, REBLOG TO SPREAD AWARENESS FOR KIDS PRIVACY ON DEVICES!

Thanks for reading this :)

[odinsblog]

So here is the long and short of it:

Google used (uses) geofencing data, location data that undeniably shows where you and your phone have been.

Google sells this data to data brokers and advertisers, whether you like it or not. And yeah, it wouldn’t surprise me if Apple also did/does this, but if they do, Tim Cook has done a yeoman’s job of keeping it secret.

Google also hands out your location data to police departments (and governmental agencies led by conservative, anti-abortion Republicans, but I’m sure that’s unimportant, right?).

Now—and here’s the crux of the matter—just as the government was using Google’s location data to prosecute January 6th rioters, Google has had a sudden change of heart and will effectively limit their ability to remotely store your GPS information on their servers (which means it will mostly only be available locally on your Android phone’s hard drive, thus making it significantly harder - not completely impossible - for Google to give the police access to bulk location data, even if presented with a search warrant).

The bottom line is, it was always wrong for Google to collect and then sell their “reverse location search data” to advertisers, data miners, the police and the government. The germane question is, why now? Why has Google suddenly found Jesus, so to speak, and decided that customers privacy rights are sacrosanct, just as the U.S. government is using that data to prosecute Trump sycophants who wanted to overthrow the election?

SN: I think the whole green bubble vs. blue bubble argument is a stupid made up problem by whiny people who don’t have enough real problems in life (if you disagree then please go make your own post), and Idgaf if you’re an Android or an iPhone user. If you’re happy with your phone, that’s all that matters — but our privacy rights constantly being violated isn’t trivial, that’s actually very important. And Google suddenly deciding that now is the best time for them to end their practice of ratting people out seems highly sus.

👉🏿 https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/11/25/the-maga-tourist-geofence-and-the-violent-confederate-flag-toting-geofence/

👉🏿 https://www.forbes.com/sites/cyrusfarivar/2023/12/14/google-just-killed-geofence-warrants-police-location-data/

[localcryptideli]

Soooo instagram gave me a pop up this morning that since now the EU made it illegal to harvest personal data to sell to third party without the explicit user's consent, one can either tell them they can harvest and sell your personal data or pay a subscription to use their apps.

Like this is not even about ads, they are still allowed to show ads to users. They just can't harvest and sell personal data without consent anymore, and are throwing a fuss about it

Bite bite kill kill

[teddybasmanov]

You know how it is.

[justaz]

me: i hate cliches. theyre so predictable and overdone. i just want something new-

every fic ever: character A confidently/impulsively kisses character B who freezes under their touch causing character A to panic and begin to pull back just as character B remembers themself and kisses back with a passion

me, born to ascend, forced to act casual by societal norms:

[dr-well-adjusted]

Ignoring the STUPID BITCH in the back rate the look

I- I uhm... He is- uh

PAH!

you made the poor man flustered, im just too hot

OOC: I personally don't find Hugh/House attractive but holy shit he's hot in this photo

[martyrbat]

wasnt going to put it in the tags of that person's post but i fully believe clark kent will have the angriest hatefuck of his life with santa claus btw

[poems-of-the-anentomologist]

suffocating 

I’m doing the dishes again

Staring into the water

At that boy

How can I call myself a girl when the face that stares back

Is just another random boy

You’d see playing on a subrban corner

My name isn’t my name

People don’t call me by my name

I’ve been cut off

From everyone

If I died tonight

Nobody would notice

Just another kid

Just another teen suicide

It’s better than the alternative

To suffocate in this form

Would be preferable

To living in a world where nobody sees me

It’s better than the alternative

[supercalime]

Honest question, why do yall care? I mean, if it’s real, good for them but like, this feels so gross. I’ve seen how fans treat them like characters, they deserve all the privacy they can get, relationship or not

[nando161mando]

de-google your phone

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5LhMn6RjQ_/

[nobodysprobablysimplethoughts]

I am constantly torn between sharing myself, my art, my thoughts on the internet and between going completely offline, dumb phone, no apps, hermit style.

i am craving the community of likeminded people that social media has started to offer me but with gigantic companies, ai, no privacy and also no chance to be discovered or actually connected it feels useless to try to share.

i wish the internet was different. i know there are good aspects about it but i think the whole industry is getting more flat and uninteresting because it becomes increasingly difficult to find real peole with stories and things that interest me.

and that whole crisis is besides what social media is doing to my brain. i have been online for over 13 years now, i have been using instagram for 8, tiktok for 3. and i can FEEL the difference every single of these social media apps has been having on my brain.

now i have been off social media for 3 weeks, except work related stuff i had to post/communicate the last two days. my brain has never felt happier (even though i had a little depresso episode) than while not being bombarded with content all the time. the last two days interacting online have been exhausting.

and not to say that i have been completely offline in these 3 weeks. as you can see i scream into the void on here and check my notifs for 15 minutes and reblog some stuff but then I GET OUTTA HERE and i love that. i have been watching youtube and it feels like all those years ago when i started watching videos on there: it feels new and like i actually benefit from what i am seeing. it doesn't send me into a spiral.

the problem with all of this is this: everyone is using xyz because everyone is using xyz. everyone is using whatsapp instead of more secure messaging apps because everyone ELSE is already using it. how can you stop being online if everyone else is always online? deleting instagram makes me lose contacts, snapchat that one friend...?

it's a dilemma that i feel like i cannot work throug atm. i am conflicted and feel like retreating from the world would benefit me while it also feels like an unhealthy response. what is your take on this?