Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users

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• jali67@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m a citizen so they can fuck off

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  • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m not, but I also don’t live there

    So they can still fuck off.

    Also I have free healthcare and consumer protection laws

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    • 0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They’re franchising ICE, so tread carefully.

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    • Swordless_Dante@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nice nickname there.

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    • jali67@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m jealous

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• cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  if you dont have a vpn set up and configured on your router what are you even doing

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  • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Absolutely. And remember to rotate your endpoint every once in a while

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• ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I only lurk on reddit for the porn now.

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• robocall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Are we safe here on Lemmy?

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  • lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Are we safe here on Lemmy?

    Every other post here I’ve seen is low key promoting violent revolution. So I’d imagine there’s at least one FBI agent hanging around and writing reports.

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  • Damage@feddit.it ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Everything on Lemmy is public

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    • themurphy@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Everything on the internet is public

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    • robocall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      True but who’s watching Lemmy?

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  • FinishingDutch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Assume all contacts are hostile and practice good OPSEC.

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  • whereIsTamara@lemmy.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lmfao no. Use a vpn, rotate your username, do t use personal emails.and definitely don’t get a .world account.

    Use Lemmy.org. No emails needed. Don’t forget your password.

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    • lastlybutfirstly@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m new to Lemmy. Why does Lemmy.world require an email and Lemmy.org doesn’t? I assumed all the Lemmies and Piefeds and whatnots required an email.

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    • robocall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nice tips

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    • hector@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You don’t need an email with lemmy.org? what is wrong with the .world accounts?

      How does one go about finding and installing a vpn on a computer and phone connection? Because half the vpn’s are themselves spying on users and selling the data to brokers I’ve heard, which rather defeats the purpose, especially as the government buys all data broker information.

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  • Lfrith@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No. That is just the nature of public social media. It comes down what you choose to share when it comes to risk, so the same amount as reddit.

    But, userbases who behave more like old school forums are more likely to not share personal stuff like other social media such as facebook, Instagram, tiktok, etc which have drawn people who want to publicly catalog their personal lives.

    For actual privacy that’s better left to encrypted private messaging like signal and so on. Social media isn’t the place to expect privacy.

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  • 46_and_2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    • chuckles *

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  • FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You are on a public forum, just like reddit. Anyone and everyone can read what you wrote, why would you think otherwise?

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  • baatliwala@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Federation and privacy don’t really go hand in hand

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  • yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    anyone using any public facing website to organized a protest almost deserves to fall in my eyes.

    Why hasn’t everyone downloaded signal yet?

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    • robocall@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Do you want to be my signal friend?

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• blanketswithsmallpox@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  These newsletters come out all the damn time and are relatively easy to get signed up for these Fusion Center briefs. You can generally apply if you have at least a remote level of need for them either through physical security, or cyber security.

  They’re typically based on SAR (suspicious activity reporting), so they’re essentially briefs and generally tip guides about things that might be happening in your state or area. All those tips that you send via tips.fbi.com or similar tend to make their way to your local fusion center. They get marked down for relevant current political climate stuff from multiple agencies, typically include thwarted terrorist events or online calls for action, and will usually training available.

  While most of the info in these newsletters are For Official Use Only, there’s a lot that might straight up be publicly available which can still be shared under the CUI Program. You just can’t share the entire document itself since it’s typically unclassified, but that doesn’t mean you can share it publicly. Parts of it maybe, it’ll tell you which parts you can. It’s similar to Traffic Light Protocol for any CISA stuff if you get those.

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• SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So if you do something like call for a protest you’ll need to use a foreign VPN and a burner account.

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  • Magnum@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So if you do something like call for a protest you’ll need to use a foreign VPN and a burner account.

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• Sam_Bass@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If they really want to negate “reputational risk”, they should look closer at themselves. Alas, theyll never do that

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• HurricaneLiz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m surprised anyone would be surprised by this

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m surprised only because Reddit is so full of fucking nazi dickheads. Why would DHS spy on the people that lick their boots?

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    • HurricaneLiz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Probably to find ppl like me who only posted one day about things they brag about, but which I’m referring to in a negative light. Like what happened with that military guy who just said “you don’t have to follow illegal orders.” They have new concentration camps they wanna fill after all

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    • Bazell@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      To be sure that they lick their boots.

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• Bazell@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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• tackleberry@thelemmy.club ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  To be fair, Homeland Security still has a job to do and that is protecting the homeland.

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  • orioler25@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Whose home?

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    • frostysauce@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Our home!

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  • FauxLiving@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sure, sure.

    The problem is with who gets to decide who ‘the homeland’ consists of.

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• PissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Good thing they don’t even know what Lemmy is.

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  • Manjushri@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Security by obscurity is not really a good strategy. Lemmy is small potatoes, sure. But that just means they can devote a small number of assets to effectively monitor it.

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    • smnwcj@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      And let's be real, you know they're keeping extra tabs on communists/anarchists online. I'm sure there are at least a few FBI agents pretending to be tankies to stoke arguments and nudge people into saying more extreme stuff.

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• bigmamoth@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No way the fed goes to the public platform? Who could have guess. Dont feel like you are safer here. Juste less a priority

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• lechekaflan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Huffman is a dickhead.

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    he has AI moderation to do that automatically.

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