i HaVe To ReStArT mY pOtAtOeS!!1!1!

[welcomedhappiness]

Farewell online privacy

[tikalgirl]

What happened?

[welcomedhappiness]

Trump happened.

[pizzaalle]

just get a VPN?

[earth-ruins]

You can’t just tell people to ‘get a VPN (Virtual Private Network)’. Buying a VPN is like buying a house. It’s very very important. Having no VPN or having a ‘wrong’ one can seriously damage your life. Especially for Americans because their privacy laws are garbage. I am going to try explain why you should get a VPN but bare with me, I am from Germany and my English is far from perfect. 

Let’s start with a simple test. Click this link here: https://whatismyipaddress.com/ It will tell your IP adres, your ISP (internet service provider), and your location. The location might not be very accurate, but then again, it’s just a simple website. Imagine what the government can do!

So basically, everyone can find out where you live. But there is more danger. Your ISP. Your ISP logs your every move online and they are required to keep it in case the government wants access to it (or if a 3rd party wants to buy your data (yikes). They have everything. What websites you visit. How long you stay on a website. What you download. Your search terms. European laws are more subtle on this but if you are from the US you are #@*#&, especially because Trump doesn’t support the open internet. It’s scary but maybe in the future you can’t get a job because the recruiter knows your searched on ‘how to deal with depression’ or anythings else that’s supposed to be private because it’s your f*cking right. Or you get a $100k fine because you pirated a movie 15 years ago. You need a VPN. You’re dumb for not using one. but what does a VPN do?

A VPN encrypts all your data so if it were be intercepted no one can ‘crack the code’ and damage your privacy. 

Usually being online goes like this (simplified): Your computer —-> ISP (—–> keeps data —–> sells it)

But with a VPN it goes like: Your computer —–> VPN (encrypts data)—–> ISP (ISP can’t see shit)

Furthermore, a VPN hides your IP address and location by giving you another IP address located in Spain for example (you can often choose from a list and change as many times as you want).  

Now that you know why you should get a VPN and what is does it is important to educate yourself because people often choose the wrong VPN. VPN providers are also businesses and have to obey the law. If you choose a VPN provider located in the US then you are throwing your money away because the laws in the US shits on your privacy. If the US gov wants the provider to give all their logs they have to obey.  The ISP  still can’t see what you are doing online and sell your data but the US gov can interfere with your VPN provider so NEVER CHOOSE A PROVIDER LOCATED IN THE US. 

I just wanted to make that very clear so my followers don’t buy false security.

There is still more danger!  Who says your VPN provider isn’t selling your data? You need to check their logging policy. Do they keep logs? If yes, what for? For how long do they keep them? Tip: Choose a provider who doesn’t keep logs

More about law  The US is part of the Five Eyes program (the worst):  

The Five Eyes, often abbreviated as FVEY, is an intelligence alliance comprising Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries are bound by the multilateral UKUSA Agreement, a treaty for joint cooperation in signals intelligence (source)

There is also a Nine Eyes (bit better) and Fourteen Eyes Program (better).  You don’t want a VPN provider who is located in one the Five Eyes countries.  If you had to choose go for a provider located in a country that’s part of the Fourteen Eyes Program or even better, go for a country that isn’t part of any program! 

I know this is a shitty explanation and please pardon my english but now it’s time to do your own research. Take your privacy seriously. Maybe WWIII breaks out and you get killed for liking the ‘wrong’ FB-page.  

Go to this website: https://thatoneprivacysite.net/simple-vpn-comparison-chart/

Make sure that your future VPN provider both has green boxes for Privacy Jurisdiction and Privacy Logging. 

I recommend ovpn.se and trust.zone. ovpn is located in Sweden so they are part of the 14 Eyes Program and they keep minimal logs. Their business ethics, however, are alright. 

Trustzone is located in the Seychelles. No country can interfere and their privacy jurisdiction is the best you can get. The US want your data but needs to get it from Trustzone? The Seychelles will simply give them the finger and wave them goodbye. However, this makes this provider very appealing for people who torrent and criminals because they keep no logs (and that is how it shoud be) Also,  there are almost no marketing efforts so this provider is one the cheapest)

Also, often providers such as ExpressVPN are being called ‘The Best’ on websites about VPNs but know that this is just marketing which also makes those provider more expensive (and they too shit on your privacy)

This must be the worst article you have ever read but please, please take your privacy very seriously.

EDIT: I got many people asking me which provider I use. For those who want to know, I use Trust Zone. They offer a free 3-day trial with no strings attached. But still do your own research! 

[writing-prompt-s]

I am also with Trustzone but I think you forgot to explain one of it’s most important features. It protects you when you are using someone else’s Wi-Fi. If you are at Starbucks and you use their Wi-Fi your privacy is at risk. Anyone with ill intentions could steal your information. Especially if you are using an unsecured Wi-Fi hotspot. With a VPN your data gets encrypted so no one can steal it. 

[rabbittiddy]

Wait, what’s going, on? Did trump destroy internet privacy with a bill or something? Where’s the news? Oh wait, why am I getting visions of Alex Jones and selling water purifiers?

[thecrystalfems]

He hasn’t yet but he says he wants to. And if he is serious about it it would be really easy to do. Since all our data is already recorded, as the person above explained.

[coltrer]

Trump wants more surveillance of Muslim Americans. This in a country where internet privacy is already close to non-existent. 

Trust.Zone has a free trial. Use it. 

btw this post only has 11k notes? That’s quite disappointing for something this important. 

Don’t reblog this post to save a life. Reblog this to protect an entire family!

[imthedoctor12]

@earth-ruins @writing-prompt-s Should I get trustzone for my mobile device?

[writing-prompt-s]

If you use public Wi-Fi, then yes. Which VPN you use is up to you, amigo. Take @earth-ruins advice. Do your own research first. 

[writing-prompt-s]

@elvesfromthedeep​ just brought the current situation in the US to my attention (March 30, 2017). 

Sources

Anger as US internet privacy law scrapped 

Congress just voted to let internet providers sell your browsing history 

To all my friends in the US, please read this entire post. Making everyone aware of VPNs is going to be my mission. Your privacy matters. Please reblog this post.

[greeneyespurpleheart]

Don’t tell me you just wanted to scroll past this. Stop looking at pictures of cats for a moment, okay? Don’t you realize how important this is? This is dangerous! ‘America, the best FREE country in the world’ my ass.

With this new law your ISP can sell your Internet history which could include passwords, usernames, religion, credit card numbers, race and much more to the highest bidder. So here is what I want you to do. You are going to read the whole thing and before you think ’this is so important. Let me reblog this real quick and go back to admiring cats again-’ NO! Don’t reblog this. Take action first. Then reblog. Sign up for a free trial! Trust.Zone offers one (here). Yes. It might be difficult to set up a VPN for some people. But is that going to stop you from protecting yourself and your family? 30 minutes. 30 minutes is all that it takes. 5 if you know how to install software. The problem with some of you is that you see ‘difficult’ as something negative. I want you to see difficult differently. I need you to push through this stuff. You are going to protect yourself. There is nothing negative about that. VPNs are fun and costsaving too! A VPN bypasses geographical restrictions so you can access websites you normally can’t or you could start Netflix’s one month free trial over and over again- forever. And it’s legal! (unless you use it to buy weapons etc.,) Don’t tell yourself that you are too tired and that you will do this tomorrow. Because that isn’t going to happen and you know it. You have to do this right now. You only have to click on it. Don’t let this/shit/life just happen to you. Take yourself seriously. Get a VPN.

Privacy is not a privilege, it’s a fundamental human right

[tthatonefangirl-deactivated2019]

Ok sorry that it’s so freaking long and also sorry for the language, but this is extremely important. Please reblog!

[li-ionsandtigersandbears]

Reblogging again bc this is important

[acciolin]

theory credit to violetmadness7 on insta

what if i told you that the real victim of the duel is burr? what if hamilton throwing away his shot was in reality a very selfish and manipulative action? i know, i know, you might think i’m crazy, but i’m not. this theory shows that hamilton wasn’t a saint or “cinnamon roll” historically, or at least in the duel. he got what he wanted : to die. but why would alexander have wanted to kill himself? that is something i can’t fully know, but it is possible that due to phillip’s death he would be depressive and may have lost all will to live. why do you think the duel was manipulated? there’s 3 concrete and valuable reasons of why i think this. the failed shot: some of you may know, alexander didn’t shoot at the sky, instead, he shot at burr but aimed to miss. but why? if he wanted to live why wouldn’t he have shot at the ground or the sky? he knew perfectly well that his shot would miss burr. the letter: let’s rewind, before the duel, hamilton wrote a letter telling the world about his intentions of not shooting burr, which is mentioned in “ten things, one thing.” the question again is… why?? this only proves even more that he knew he was going to die. the reason? well, if he shot at the ground, to the right or even to the sky, the witness would be able to tell perfectly. but shooting the way alexander did, they wouldn’t. they could just say he missed, but not on purpose. hamilton knew this. the pistols: i think that this is the last and confirming proof. in the duels, one of the opponents was in charge of bringing the guns, and in this case it was hamilton who brought them. but a thing burr didn’t know is that is that his adversary gave him a pistol with a trick: a hair trigger. what that means is that at the slightest pressure the gun will release. if hamilton didn’t want to die, why would he break the rules just to give an advantage to his enemy? it doesn’t make sense. extra, his glasses: hamilton didn’t need his glasses, why would he wear them to confuse burr? why did he make it this way? this is a pretty easy answer. if he killed himself, he wouldn’t be remembered in the way he wanted. dying the way he did would assure that he would be remembered as a saint, and if that wasn’t enough, he also ruined burr’s career and left him as “the demon who shot our hero.” it was the perfect opportunity to get what he wanted.

[writing-prompt-s]

You are oblivious to the fact that war has broken out, because you have filtered everything out from your news and social media containing the words star or wars until you see the movie.

[acciolin]

so last night i had a dream that i got lost in nyc at 3am. i somehow made my way to lin manuel miranda's house, so i wondered in. it was decorated like olive garden and there was an uncomfortable amount of windows. then i decided i was tired so i crawled into the kitchen sink and fell asleep. when i woke up, lin was looking down at me in the sink and asked if my phone was charged. i said no, and he pulled a charger out of nowhere and plugged a banana into it. then we went ice skating and i woke up

[acciolin]

creds to @qb.ding on instagram "I know you're asleep but I AM SO SHOOK SO BIG SO SMALL IS WITHOUT A DOUBT ABOUT HOW EVAN'S DAD LEFT BUT IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE PORTRAYED AS HIS DAD DIED WHEN HE WAS YOUNG! HEAR ME OUT! The truck is like a hearse or it could be symbolic for the angel of death. Evan asked if another truck was coming to take mommy away because he's so sad his dad died and he's scared his mom will die too and he will have no one left to love or to love him. 'Your mom isn't going anywhere. Your mom is staying right here... no matter what, I'll be here." SHE COULD BE SAYING THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS SHE WILL ALWAYS BE WITH HIM EVEN WHEN HE'S GROWN UP!! SHE WILL ALWAYS BE IN HIS HEART!! Now I'm not saying that it's actually about his dad dying because it's not cannon and it's actually stated that he left. But I'm saying for this song specifically it could be portrayed in that sort of way and I just think that's so beautiful how music and theatre work like that. It still makes you cry nonetheless, but it has a different meaning to it. It's such a beautiful song that can be portrayed in multiple different ways and that's a fantastic reminder of why I love doing theatre."

[acciolin]

"Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw If you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind." Ravenclaw Aesthetic

[acciolin]

"I'd like to say something." Neville Longbottom Aesthetic

[acciolin]

"You don't know what I'm capable of. You don't know what I've done." Draco Malfoy Aesthetic

[acciolin]

"Honestly, am I the only person who's ever bothered to read Hogwarts, A History?" Hermione Granger Aesthetic

[acciolin]

“I enjoyed the meetings too. It was like having friends.”

Luna Lovegood Aesthetic