How to Protect Yourself From Fascists & Weirdos Part 2

03/23/23 • 37 min

It's Part 2 of our 5 Part look into how to protect yourself from Fascists and Weirdos on the Internet!

Rosie shares three critical tips we won't be able to cover in greater detail in the time we have left.

These tips include: How to set up a personal firewall for your network, Pig Butchering Scms, and Revenge Porn.

BJ then interviews Tall Poppy CEO Leigh Honeywell. Leigh was a tremendous wealth of knowledge and tips. So make sure you listen to what she has to say.

This Week's Privacy Tips

1. Get a pfSense Firewall installed. Follow these directions.

If you're just getting started with firewalls, we found this video was very good for beginners.

2. Watch out for Pig Butchering Scams.

Long story short - Strangers will find all sorts of crazy ways to strike up a conversation with you, and then ask you to invest in crypto. DON'T FALL FOR IT. Don't return unsolicited messages, and never invest in crypto ... Unless you talk to someone who is very knowledgeable in the space first. Like, a real expert. Not the pretend ones on Twitter.

3. Familiarize yourself with Revenge Porn Laws in your State.

*Note: We refer to it in this episode as "Revenge Porn", since that's how it's listed on Carrie's website. However, you should know this is better referred to as "non-consensual intimate images" as well.

These are resources we highly recommend for women and others who are being harassed on the Internet:
1. https://onlineviolenceresponsehub.org/resources

2. https://glitchcharity.co.uk/

3. http://www.crashoverridenetwork.com/

4. https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/malign-creativity-how-gender-sex-and-lies-are-weaponized-against-women-online
(Source: "How to be a Woman on the Internet" written by our show's upcoming guest, Nina Jankowicz.)

Our Guest Is ...

Leigh Honeywell is the CEO of Tall Poppy and a former Tech Fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union. Previously, Leigh was a Security Program Manager at Microsoft.

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BJ Mendelson and Amanda King are the authors of the upcoming book, "How to Protect Yourself From Fascists and Weirdos." They are designing an online video-ba...

It's Part 2 of our 5 Part look into how to protect yourself from Fascists and Weirdos on the Internet!

Rosie shares three critical tips we won't be able to cover in greater detail in the time we have left.

These tips include: How to set up a personal firewall for your network, Pig Butchering Scms, and Revenge Porn.

BJ then interviews Tall Poppy CEO Leigh Honeywell. Leigh was a tremendous wealth of knowledge and tips. So make sure you listen to what she has to say.

This Week's Privacy Tips

1. Get a pfSense Firewall installed. Follow these directions.

If you're just getting started with firewalls, we found this video was very good for beginners.

2. Watch out for Pig Butchering Scams.

3. Familiarize yourself with Revenge Porn Laws in your State.

These are resources we highly recommend for women and others who are being harassed on the Internet:
1. https://onlineviolenceresponsehub.org/resources

2. https://glitchcharity.co.uk/

3. http://www.crashoverridenetwork.com/

Our Guest Is ...

Leigh Honeywell is the CEO of Tall Poppy and a former Tech Fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union. Previously, Leigh was a Security Program Manager at Microsoft.

Support Stupid Sexy Privacy:

Visit Our Sponsor: DuckDuckGo
*Affiliate Link: 1Password.com
*Affiliate Link: Delete Me
*Affiliate Link: Marshall Rosenberg's book, Non-Violent Communication
Get Your Privacy Notebook: Get your Leuchtturm1917 Official Bullet Journal here.
BJ’s First Privacy Book: Audible**

We recommend listening to our friends at Smashing Security for more news and tips concerning how to maintain your privacy and security after this miniseries concludes.

*You don’t need to use the affiliate links above. They don’t cost you anything extra. But. If you do use these links, it’ll kick a couple of dollars our way to help support this project.

Reserve Your Seat For Our Privacy Course

BJ Mendelson and Amanda King are the authors of the upcoming book, "How to Protect Yourself From Fascists and Weirdos." They are designing an online video-ba...

Previous Episode

How to Protect Yourself From Fascists & Weirdos Part 1

We're almost at the end of this mini-series! In our final segment, BJ and Rosie explore how to protect yourself from fascists and weirdos. In Part one of our five-part investigation, Rosie offers tips on how you can protect yourself from stalkers. It's a serious topic, so we're going to skip the jokes and get right to the advice:

This Week's Privacy Tip

There are A LOT of tips this week, so we're just going to go with a list if you don't mind:

1. Do not respond to stalkers. No matter how much they threaten or try to manipulate you, cut them off.

2. Page Vault is expensive; however, you can use it to create a digital log of all of your stalker's behavior that's admissible in court. So if the situation is serious and you have the funds? Give it a try.

3. Get a Do Not Contact Order. If someone is stalking you, this is one of the first legal lines of defense you can use.

4. Set up a PO BOX at least two towns over from where you actually live. Use an Amazon Locker to receive all your deliveries.

5. Get a stranger-danger phone.

6. Use the @ Duck email and these apps.

7. Make sure your friends and family block your stalker and do not tag you in their posts.

8. If you live in California, take advantage of the Safe at Home program to keep your mailing address unlisted.

9. Remove all EXIF data from your photos if you're going to upload any. (If not, set your social media accounts to private.)

10. If you own any domain names, make sure you are using Private Registry to keep your information offline.

11. Learn your IP address. Go to Google and search, "What is my ip address?". Then look at all of the places you log into and see if that's the only IP address that appears. If not, immediately change your passwords.

12. Experien

13. Report all instances of online stalking to the FBI. Do not take any stalking lightly. If you are worried, file a report.

14. Call Experian, Equifax, and Transunion to request a Fraud Alert on your credit Reports:
Experian (888) 397-3742
Equifax (888) 766-0008
TransUnion (877) 322-8228
15. See below!
Our Guest Is ...

Dr. Nicole Prause is a neuroscientist and statistician at UCLA. She has previously researched the myths and lies of the anti-porn movement and is the founder of Liberos, an organization that looks to identify the general health benefits of sexual stimulation.

Dr. Nicole has a terrific suggestion to share as well. If you don't know who is stalking and harassing you, you can take them to small claims court. Doing so will reveal the identity of the stalker.

Support Stupid Sexy Privacy:

Visit Our Sponsor: DuckDuckGo
*Affiliate Link: 1Password.com
*Affiliate Link: Delete Me
*Affiliate Link: Marshall Rosenberg's book, Non-Violent Communication
Get Your Privacy Notebook: Get your Leuchtturm1917 Official Bullet Journal here.
BJ’s First Privacy Book: Audible**

We recommend listening to our friends at Smashing Security for more news and tips concerning how to maintain your privacy and security after this miniseries concludes.

*You don’t need to use the affiliate links above. They don’t cost you anything extra. But. If you do use these links, it’ll kick a couple of dollars our way to help support this project.

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Bonus Episode: Here's The Real Problem With Generative AI

We're taking a short break here at Stupid Sexy Privacy. We'll return Thursday, May 4th, with our final four episodes.

But we didn't want to leave you empty-handed.

Today, Amanda King (co-author of "How to Protect Your From Fascists & Weirdos") talks with Professor Uri Gal. Uri is a professor of Business Information Systems at The University of Sydney.

In this bonus episode, Amanda talks with Professor Gal about the real challenges and ethical issues surrounding the use of Generative AI (or as we call them, Exploitative AI) software.

It's not your job you need to worry about. Generative AI produces C-level work, at best, and almost all of that work is stolen/plagiarized from other people's work without their permission or consent. The real threat is what happens when you flood the entire Internet with BS, to the point where people can't tell up from down anymore and don't trust each other.

That's an Avengers-level problem, and one we need to solve immediately since ... You know, the Avengers aren't real. But the threat of Generative AI is.

Support Stupid Sexy Privacy:

Visit Our Sponsor: DuckDuckGo
*Affiliate Link: 1Password.com
*Affiliate Link: Delete Me
*Affiliate Link: Marshall Rosenberg's book, Non-Violent Communication
Get Your Privacy Notebook: Get your Leuchtturm1917 Official Bullet Journal here.
BJ’s First Privacy Book: Audible**

We recommend listening to our friends at Smashing Security for more news and tips concerning how to maintain your privacy and security after this miniseries concludes.

*You don’t need to use the affiliate links above. They don’t cost you anything extra. But. If you do use these links, it’ll kick a couple of dollars our way to help support this project.

Reserve Your Seat For Our Privacy Course

BJ Mendelson and Amanda King are the authors of the upcoming book, "How to Protect Yourself From Fascists and Weirdos." They are designing an online video-based course around the topics discussed in the book and on this show. So, if you want more information on how to protect yourself from fascists and weirdos, complete with step-by-step details and tutorials, we recommend reserving a seat for the course.

All you need to do is email us at [email protected] with "Privacy Course" in the subject line.

We'll make sure to let you know when this on-demand course becomes available for purchase.

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