#protect passwords

[wynnyfryd]

Steve’s drunk and sad at a party and doom-swiping through Tinder when he comes across this profile:

Eddie, 21

guitarist, dm, dipshit, six time ass eating world champ 💪 🌎 my friends call me Eds, but you can call me Daddy

“What the fuck?” Steve laughs to himself. First time he’s really laughed all night, actually; this party kinda blows.

He slinks down further into the couch, takes another sip of hunch punch and tilts his phone so no one sees him swiping right on this shit. It’s obnoxious. Like, objectively. He’s just…

Bored.

And curious. Surely that bio has never actually worked for the guy, right?

Steve swipes.

It’s a match.

He snorts to himself again, sends a message before he can overthink it.

Steve: Hey, Eds. That’s kind of a bold move, isn’t it?

Message sent, he goes to back out of the app; doesn’t really expect an answer this close to midnight on a Saturday night — only losers use Tinder at this time of night, and what the fuck does that make him? — but then Eddie starts typing.

Eddie: hey, cutie :) what is?

Steve: Uhh…

Jesus. Why is he blushing? He’s not the one who wrote a wildly aggressive hookup bio. Guy might as well have sharpied DTF on his forehead.

Steve: Your bio? 🫣

Eddie: huh?

Eddie: i mean, dnd can get a little spicy on occasion but i’d hardly call it scandalous

Steve: What’s that?

Is it a sex thing? It’s probably a sex thing.

Eddie: okay, what?

Steve: What? I’m so confused lol

Eddie must be, too, because it takes him a few seconds to answer, and when he does he just says:

Eddie: hold pls

Steve holds. Takes a big gulp of his drink and winces; pretty much all vodka at the bottom.

Eddie is typing and then he isn’t, then he is again and then he’s not, and Steve frowns at his empty cup and wonders if he’s already fucked up the one interesting thing that’s happened to him all night.

Finally, finally, a new message pops up.

Eddie: ………god. DAMN it, Gareth 😤😤😤😤

[egophiliac]

well, I can't say I expected the new chapter to feature Idia (metaphorically) going to (metaphorical) hell, getting a pep talk from his (metaphorical) Phantom brother which helps him finally move on once and for all from his brother's death, and (metaphorically) overblotting again to fight his way back out of (metaphorical) hell, only to have his darkest fear (non-metaphorically) come true when his mom goes through his computer and finds all his secret files. but I am glad it did!

also this is all a flashback for the purpose of explaining to our group what the heck is going on (whether or not any of it is getting through is another matter)

[ancharan]

@dastardlywlw you found the password!! please enjoy this complimentary clown bill. this was so much fun to draw?? slgkjlskjg

i admit, i was a little nervous since you said you're an industry professional, so i hope i did it justice.

those aren't pants. they're assless chaps <3

[melyzard]

Okay, look, they talk to a Google rep in some of the video clips, but I give it a pass because this FREE course is a good baseline for personal internet safety that so many people just do not seem to have anymore. It's done in short video clip and article format (the videos average about a minute and a half). This is some super basic stuff like "What is PII and why you shouldn't put it on your twitter" and "what is a phishing scam?" Or "what is the difference between HTTP and HTTPS and why do you care?"

It's worrying to me how many people I meet or see online who just do not know even these absolute basic things, who are at constant risk of being scammed or hacked and losing everything. People who barely know how to turn their own computers on because corporations have made everything a proprietary app or exclusive hardware option that you must pay constant fees just to use. Especially young, somewhat isolated people who have never known a different world and don't realize they are being conditioned to be metaphorical prey animals in the digital landscape.

Anyway, this isn't the best internet safety course but it's free and easy to access. Gotta start somewhere.

Here's another short, easy, free online course about personal cyber security (GCFGlobal.org Introduction to Internet Safety)

Bonus videos:

(Jul 13, 2023, runtime 15:29)

"He didn't have anything to hide, he didn't do anything wrong, anything illegal, and yet he was still punished."

(Apr 20, 2023; runtime 9:24 minutes)

"At least 60% use their name or date of birth as a password, and that's something you should never do."

(March 4, 2020, runtime 11:18 minutes)

"Crossing the road safely is a basic life skill that every parent teaches their kids. I believe that cyber skills are the 21st century equivalent of road safety in the 20th century."

[fallinwoozi]

this is to the anon who left me an ask and requested that i don’t post it.

this is the only way i can respond to you while respecting your wishes as i do not want to welcome you into my messages.

we are not making fun of you specifically. we are making fun of minors because we can and because i want to be so obvious that i don’t want minors following me.

you’re very insistent on following me anyway because i support palestine and i want to ask that you don’t! my blog is just for smut, it will always be just for smut, and it will always be 18+ (maybe even 21+ soon). there are plenty of blogs that support palestine that are fine with minors following them and i am not one of them.

i’m making this post because even if i block you, i have a feeling you’ll just make a new blog and follow me again like you obviously did after i blocked you the first time.

if you have any respect for me at all, you’ll exit my inbox and exit my blog and you will not return.

p.s. maturity has lots to do with age and the fact that you think it doesn’t shows how young your mind still is

[mcytblrconfessions]

Are you implying most of the ccs see the confessions about them then? Because that’s horrifying

this is a public blog that can be found via google search and that's very popular. at least some of these confessions will get to them

[phatcatphergus]

This is Sunny’s diary btw

[ghostzzy]

oh here’s a poll i don’t think i’ve ever seen before:

[unpretty]

so the vimeo-based video sites don't have rss feeds (youtube and nebula both do), and generating an automatic web feed in inoreader doesn't work. BUT if you do manual setup of a web feed it's super easy, so i can finally stop missing when new episodes go up. i imagine it would work just as well with any other rss reader with the ability to generate web feeds/monitor site changes.

[pjharvey]

:/ blocked and reported.

[servants-hall]

From the Paramount (who owns Channel 5) press website:

[zubin-staresat-yourfave]

all of your other blogs

Zubin Sedghi is staring at @devilishparrot-art @daily-tallyhall @devilish-parrot @joehawley-joehawley-daily & @same-pic-of-andrew-everyday

[tinyfantasminha]

twst ch 7 spoilers

IDIA HAS A HENTAI FOLDER CONFIRMED ?????????????!!!1

[radarchives]

[lavenderhaze]

when it’s finally my time to leave this fandom, i’m just going to make my private fandom rant account public and let yall have it :3 then i’ll slowly fade away into the distance