#i hate how victim blamey this sounds. but like...yall are just vomiting your own info. just giving it up.

[bleuberrygliscor]

i hate being somewhat safety-savvy when it comes to the internet. Some people really out here thinking that ‘privacy; is real and your information is not always in jeopardy all the time. when it is. If someone really wanted to steal your identity, they would. if someone really wants to stalk you, they will. Im not excusing this shitty behaviour but at the same time you posted several pictures of your home and car and are using your name...on a public site. Im so sick of seeing people get upset about their information being shared and spread so heres a quick guide to not vomiting your information online:

1.do not give out your real name! - the only people who should see your government name is people irl. Yes this includes any and all dead names you have, It takes time for places to update names, dead names are viable search words too. yes this means first or last. do not.

2. do not give away your home address - like no shit right? right. Do not use your own address for things like amazon wishlists or commissions if you do not violently trust the person. If youre a minor do not give out your home address at all. ever. never ever. Got commissions? send that shit by email or have an adult you trust have the package delivered to them, and they’ll get it to you. PO boxes are expensive, i know.

3. stop listing asl in your descriptions - (age / sex / location). Honestly you shouldnt really have any of this on your blog at all. Age may be used to lure in predatory asshats, dropping it will dissuade them from even approaching you, as they will assume youre an adult and keep that shit moving. Putting your orientation is fine, adding youre trans/bi/pan/ace is whatever, it does no harm to you, other than attracting x-phobic assholes but thats gonna happen regardless. Location is a big problem. see 2. placing pronouns are fine and are actually helpful. keep doing that.

4. stop listing your ‘if youre x- then get out’- youre inviting that behavior by stating you dont like it, while also giving them legitimacy.... just ignore it and move on.

5. think about what you post before you post it- would you say it to a stranger? not just in morality, but security too. Would you tell a stranger you just got a new appartment? probably yeah. Would you tell them that youre apartment building is 123 captain Crunch st, 1st floor, no.01? nah. you can share, just dont overshare.

honestly i just want yall to be safe. i want yall to not have to worry about stupid things like doxxing and stalking. They’ve long since stopped teaching internet safety rules it seems, so i want yall to keep that shit safe....i dont want yall hurt or worse...

#rem rants #internet safety #jsyk....none of your info is private. #its not hard to find people. white pages exists. youre not safe. you never really were #BUT most malicious assholes are lazy. they pick the lowest hanging fruit to turn a profit. dont be that fruit. #i hate how victim blamey this sounds. but like...yall are just vomiting your own info. just giving it up. #please stop doing that. yall protect your discord links harder than your birth names #your legal names are just floating around and youre fine with it? some of you do use aliases. and im proud of u #i just. dont want bad shit to happen to you. please be more careful. use fake names. believably fake.