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Matt Damon said:
Here's an idea: if there's anything so outrageously incriminating or embarrassing on your computer that you're truly concerned about it being found after you die, maybe don't fucking do that thing in the first place.
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This feels like "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear".

I think there are many in my life who simply wouldn't understand this particular online persona of mine or why I would willingly associate with thought criminals such as yourselves. They just aren't of the right generation or backgrounds to understand this forum.

Accordingly, I have a password safe that my immediate family will find instructions on how to get to, and I have another with a load of accounts that will just stop posting one day. Nobody gets to know all of you anyway, isn't it nice to have secrets?
 
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IamnottheNSA said:
Also, to anyone reading this - keep in mind that when a government intelligence agency has a vested interest in you, your life is in the hands of people that are willing to torture and murder you and people close to you (and will probably enjoy doing it), and the laws of the country you're in don't protect you anymore. No encryption will save you here.
This is probably why @AltisticRight freaked the fuck out to such an extent.
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To continiue this topic (since the thread seems suitable), if you live in a shithole you should use foreign services only. Theoretically, they could apply a request to disclose your data to foreign court but in most cases shitholes receive a GTFO. A bright example - never use Yandex, mail, VK, or anything with .ru on its end if you are physically in Russia. They will give you over and do it with gusto.

Another shit that freaks me out is Face-ID or fingerprint. Anyone could separate your bloody finger from your body or just make you look at your camera. Just don't be lazy and get passwords goddamit. The rule of a thumb - is something is comfortable, it's also secure at all.
 
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Matt Damon said:
It's more like "don't do things on the Internet that would make your beloved family members hate you forever."

Seems like pretty good life advice to me.
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"Hate", lol, how hyperbolic, you really are a sped.

Everybody has a thousand things they are embarrassed for not just online but also in real life that they rather not have to explain, specially while you put your family in a situation of duress that we all will do to them at some point.

You would understand if you weren't a penniless neet. Maybe when you are older.
 
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Telemeter said:
"Hate", lol, how hyperbolic, you really are a sped.

Everybody has a thousand things they are embarrassed for not just online but also in real life that they rather not have to explain, specially while you put your family in a situation of duress that we all will do to them at some point.

You would understand if you weren't a penniless neet. Maybe when you are older.
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My money is on him being a Fed
 
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biggacracka said:
I'm not waddling through 16 pages so I don't know if it was said but I must say, don't use the same speech patterns, idioms, etc. that you use in your day to day life when shitposting online. This is literally how Uncle Ted got caught.
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On the one hand, this will be the hardest for most people. On the other, they'd have to already be onto you or as someone else mentioned, have someone you know rat you out.

Still I guess that's one lining to my not having anyone to shit talk with irl. Makes it that much harder for me to use the lingo or even broach the topics.
 
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You obviously own no data worth anything and have no one you care for more than yourself, so disregard my post, LOL.
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any data worth anything (bank accounts and other financial stuff) exists in physical form, or is on company/work computers, not tied to personal internet stuff.

like, i genuinely can't think about what piece of personal computer data would be so vital and important to your family that you can't just let it die with you. maybe crypto wallets and their keys? that's about all i can think of here.
 
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DumbDude43 said:
any data worth anything (bank accounts and other financial stuff) exists in physical form, or is on company/work computers, not tied to personal internet stuff.

like, i genuinely can't think about what piece of personal computer data would be so vital and important to your family that you can't just let it die with you. maybe crypto wallets and their keys? that's about all i can think of here.
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You are right, that I'd all there is, LOL.
 
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DumbDude43 said:
like, i genuinely can't think about what piece of personal computer data would be so vital and important to your family that you can't just let it die with you. maybe crypto wallets and their keys? that's about all i can think of here.
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If you're not handing down your Steam account as your legacy to future generations, where the hell are your priorities?
 
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DumbDude43 said:
the people who know how to do it 'the right way' are aware how much preparation and effort goes into doing everything properly, which discourages them from taking on a project like that
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Which is my point. It's easy to say "she should've done ___" from a user, but in reality it's not as straightforward as people might think. And it's also worth considering she isn't in charge of the most delicate information either. I just think some people are blowing it out of proportion.
 
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Which is my point. It's easy to say "she should've done ___" from a user, but in reality it's not as straightforward as people might think. And it's also worth considering she isn't in charge of the most delicate information either. I just think some people are blowing it out of proportion.
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I know boomers who know not to run sketchy shit someone sent them. It's not that hard not to completely fuck up and run some random shit you don't even know what it is.
 
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Matt Damon said:
It's more like "don't do things on the Internet that would make your beloved family members hate you forever."

Seems like pretty good life advice to me.
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A good rule is to ask yourself is if what you wrote is something you'd be fine sharing with your immediate family and close friends. My record here is 100% clean in that regard.

If you have neither, well I guess that rule doesn't matter. Do what thou wilt.
 
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A good rule is to ask yourself is if what you wrote is something you'd be fine sharing with your immediate family and close friends.
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I agree, but even if you don't quite reach that lofty goal, the other dude was effectively implying that you compartmentalize things that would tarnish your legacy among your close associates from beyond the grave.

I have to imagine that would necessitate some pretty shocking shit, well beyond someone finding out that you said the nigger word on the Internet.
 
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Matt Damon said:
I agree, but even if you don't quite reach that lofty goal, the other dude was effectively implying that you compartmentalize things that would tarnish your legacy among your close associates from beyond the grave.

I have to imagine that would necessitate some pretty shocking shit, well beyond someone finding out that you said the nigger word on the Internet.
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Good point, nobody is going to care if you said nigger, kike, chink, spic, wop chink or gook on the Internet and they certainly won't give a shit about an anti-troon stance...what kind of shit are you hiding that you need to conceal it that much?

I could give you all remote access to my computer right this moment and it'd be completely clean. I'd appreciate not clearing out my retirement accounts but to quote KingCobraJFS it is what it is.
 
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