August 2024: National Public Data breach leaks 2.7 billion record, including social security numbers. Here are my top suggestions for this breach: 1. Freeze your credit - www.usa.gov/credit-freeze 2. Change your passwords, randomize them for each service 3. Consider email aliases to deal with future data breaches
As someone who painstakingly tried to get my data scrubbed from services I no longer used, I can confirm that companies really don’t want to delete it and will go to great lengths to make it a complicated and tedious process for you.
This is what upsets me about the modern internet, every single website I visit requires an account that requests personal data. I think I'll start growing beans instead.
@@rejectconvenienceits also just sad how much we depend on this crap internet too.I wanna migrate to moving to neocities but how am I supposed to get art comms if i dont wanna engage with social media l?😖
@@GL887 This is a great question and I can't say I have a reasonable answer - sharing art is already very difficult, even with social media. Maybe try finding a fun local gallery in your city? I know there are some in my area that love working with smaller artists.
@@rejectconvenience Thx for suggestion !I'll just try to build a platfor via social media ad then create a website just for comms,irl tasks take more effort for art for me!
Totally agree. You wouldn’t believe it, but my worst experience was with the Catholic Church. When I got the data from them, I realized why they didn’t want to share it-they knew so much about my life, they could have written a resume.
Friendly reminder that you DO NOT have to give accurate data if it's not for a legal or government service. Make up fake names, fake birthdays, addresses, all of that. Additionally, if you can, look into credit card masking if you shop online! It works just like email aliases, but for a payment card. That way, even if your fake card number is stolen, it's a lot easier to cancel it and get a new "card" instead of the alternative headache. And, as always, be mindful of what you share where. Great video, very informative! :)
I've done cash + refillable gift cards to deal with privacy with credit card info, but yes, those services are a fantastic way to do it too! Also my name is Bill Pepsi and I was born on the fourth of july
One thing is that people shouldn't do is go "oh they already have my data, it doesn't matter if they have more of it". Data is valuable based on how new it is, and the older it is, the less valuable it is. Great video btw
I really hope there’s a day where we look back and think of this era of internet privacy in the same way we think about how much lead used to be in everything. Videos like this help us get closer to that! Thanks for all the amazing work, this is phenomenal 🙌🏻
Honestly the fact 20% of people DO read privacy policies surprised me more than the fact that 60% usually don’t. I think that’s probably pretty telling that I don’t take them seriously enough. I’m absolutely going to start using the find in page tip! I don’t know why it never occurred to me. (Also this is a great video. I have a lot of respect for anyone who a. consistently credits their sources and b. understands a subject well enough they can explain it simply without implying that they’re superior because they understand it)
Bro that video clip on social engineering was fucking crazy. Definitely got me to take it seriously. Also I think it's funny you can see the moment she starts acting and he realizes she's gonna get his info.
Ever since meta scraped all of its Instagram users’ data and image for their gen ai, I’ve taken extra precautions to not allow my art onto mainstream social media and cloud storages I don’t fully trust. Since my PC and iPad aren’t running on the same operating system, I was previously using google drive to transfer my comic pages from my iPad to my PC. The usual process was this: download image from art app to drive>download image from drive to PC>upload image from PC to comic website. Now knowing how much google scrapes from their apps, I’ve started going out of my way to only use the cloud files from my art app directly to my PC. This process takes longer since my files tend to be larger and I have to update the file to the latest version on my PC, but it’s worth it to know my art isn’t being scraped for Gen ai. Now my process is more like this: finish image on ipad>update image in art app on ipad>update image in art app on PC>download image from art app to PC>upload image from PC to comic website. This avoids any external 3rd party scraping.
Great content. I went to school for cybersecurity and its fustrating to see my field focus so little on protecting the data of consumers/individuals.. I guess because theres no money in that. Hope to see more videos like this.
I reached out to lots of cybersecurity folks while researching everything to make sure I was telling it accurately, so I'm happy to hear that doing that was a good idea! - I'd love to make more content like this, helping consumers understand what they're getting into is super important to me.
how is this channel not exploding by now??? more than ever privacy is a continuing concern in this era of changing policies, esp with X's new policies and the rise of AI. thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
holy my god how does this video only have 4.2k views? this is invaluable information that needs to be spread, thank you for doing the internet a service.
It flatlined at around 3k views a long time ago haha I'm glad the other privacy video is bringing attention back to this one, cause I put a ton of research into this one
I’ll definitely be sharing this with a lot of people in my life. I worked in tech as well and I’ve been trying to educate them, especially the older ones, but it’s a lot! Thank you for doing all that research and work putting it together!
@17:30 I used to use that episode for my PCI class during employee orientations. It's been years, but it was from one of the big news sites. They were covering DefCon (2018??). It was a great piece to scare employees into taking password security seriously.
I am usually the kind of person that thinks, "I don't really care what data companies take from me. I know some companies already have that data and are selling it, so why would I care if I let another company sell my data?" Simply, I don't care if apps or sites take my data because I don't think it matters in the grand scheme of things. However, this video is the only source that has ever made me question that belief. I certainly won't stop using services Just because of them using my data, but I will certainly be more aware of it. Also, your contact is very good.
I had a very similar mindset for most of my technical career, and just being mindful about these things makes a big difference I think. I'm glad you liked the video! :)
@@rejectconvenience I kind of hold a similar opinion to OP-- honestly the AI wave has got me really rethinking using instagram though. BUT GOOGLE READS MY EMAILS. I don't send anything super private but there are a lot of files and that is freaky-- anyways I'm curious, how did being mindful make a difference for you?
PLEASE use a password manager! The most common way for people's accounts to get "hacked" is that they used the same password (or similar passwords--yes, they can check for that) in multiple places, or they used a password that was too short. It's hinted at in the video, but the three biggest benefits of password managers are: 1) You'll never forget a password ever again, because you no longer need to memorize them. 2) You'll never need to "choose a new password" again, because the password manager will generate new random passwords for you. 3) Those passwords are encrypted and stored securely, so even if a data breach happens you have time to change your passwords before anything bad actually happens. Once you get used to using one you'll never want to go back. It is so nice to never worry about forgetting a password ever again!
Hey man, i just want to say that ive been a lot more offline since watching some of your videos and others like it. Your dumbphone video inspired me, and while i cant use a dumbphone bdcause i need a few apps for work, ive been getting really into ipod tech. Keep it up!
Hey, thanks for the kind words :) I'm glad you've been exploring things that work for you, and spending more time offline is honestly such a treat. I saw a video recently that said "Offline is the new luxury" and I love that idea. Keep advocating for your well-being and have a good one!
Unrelated, but i love your unique backgrounds. I like how they change throughout the video, it makes it very appealing and interesting to watch. Also, awesome information conveyed, I will be using this info and your advice. Thank you!!!!
A good rule of thumb when it comes to text messages or e-mails from your bank (or similar) is to _ignore the text/e-mail_ (don't open it and _definitely_ don't reply) and go directly to the bank/whatever directly on a different device. Check if the information is true for yourself. You can even take the extra step of calling the bank (or similar) directly. When you find out it's false, block the number. You can report the number as well, but I've found nothing ever comes from reports: not to the FCC, the FBI, or your local PD. When you can spoof phone numbers indefinitely, it makes it difficult to track down the individuals responsible, especially when they can be outside the US / your home country.
I can’t help but feel like it’s too late for my generation. We were online since we were kids. Our information has probably been out there for a decade. Ever since I read that everyone’s social security numbers got leaked I’ve found it hard to care
@@moonyeast Brave on mobile will block ads - it's a little clunkier, but it works. Also I suggest Firefox on the laptop, as Chrome is starting to remove adblockers.
wow, i had no idea about all of that stuff with ring. i don’t have one personally, but i know so many people who do. ill definitely keep this in mind next time they recommend that i get one 😅
I was suspicious of them before, but the more I looked into them, the worse they got. I didn't even get into the whole thing where they give police access to any of these cameras without a warrant. It was just too much to add to this video, so I stuck to the more direct impact stuff. I really really do not like that company lol
I say it's a heck of a lot better than using Google Chrome's built in password manager plus gmail. It has some shortfalls from a feature standpoint, but I still very much advocate that anything is better than nothing, and Apple is pretty well known for end-to-end encryption and privacy and such, so I trust it. I even have suggested it to some of my friends and family who use Apple devices - it's built in, so there's no excuse to not be more secure :)
I mean I haven't seen any more of the "Wii Watchers" (if you will) since then, so maybe it broke sometime after that? Though, it's more likely that there are just not a lot of people even trying to watch my videos in the first place on a Wii specifically lol
Lately I've been using my contact email with my own domain more (usually using a + and then like a service name in front of my email username to put in the email fields) than my personal email to sign up for services. Edit: I just found out that the email service I use for my contact email has an alias feature to create up to 30 aliases. I should make use of that...
i think that report at 17:37 might be from either 60 minutes canada or insider report. it looks very familiar . if not from those they definitely used a porition of it a few years back when talking about the importance of regularly reaching out to phone providers to make sure only you had been calling them. i'd be happy to look into it for you , see if i can locate the clip on the archives for these two new reports cause the additional tips they have may still hold up to some capacity as well. they also did a report recently on the growth of AI voice snatching which is - a very weird topic but boils down to trying to simplify your language when answering unknown calls /calls without a display i.d . discussing the importance of not saying your full name, never saying the word "yes "as a direct statement ect.
You're reading my mind! My upcoming video is actually on these AI voice scams, it's wild stuff. Also thank you for the insight, I really appreciate it! If you do find the source, I'll add it to the description with credit to you for finding it 🙂
@@XxCorvette1xX It is, it's going to follow the cookie video, which I'm aiming to have uploaded within the next 2 weeks. The AI video is already under way, so that'll be uploaded (hopefully) a couple weeks after. Animation takes a while haha
@ nice ! I just found your channel last night and am really looking forward to both those videos. I appreciate the work that goes into researching and animating these and subbed so I don’t miss them when they release !
19:00 That's true, but not feasible. To break the encryption of a secure scheme without the key, you'd need the combined power of all computers on earth running for longer than the universe has existed. Quantum computers break some schemes, but apparently, elliptic-curve cryptography is safe for now. We can only hope that LastPass used a widely used encryption scheme and implementation.
Fair enough, but the point still stands that the breach was not ideal. Though, they made it pretty clear to customers to change all passwords, so ideally it doesn't matter, but we know that's not perfect because people aren't.
@@rejectconvenience You are totally right, the breach is not ideal. And people probably did not use a secure password for their vault either, for those the vault will be decrypted by someone. And not all users are aware of the breach, so they will probably not change their passwords. Totally agree.
i genuinely want to do the email alias thing but at this point its too late ive signed up to all this sruff and i cant ask every single company to transfer my data to a new account nor do i think they would be able to
It took me about a full year of doing it service by service, but it is well worth it. When the data breach happened with the Internet Archive, I was able to simply turn off that email, no worries at all for me! It is absolutely time consuming, but it is SO worth it when everything is all said and done.
@@rejectconvenience i feel it would be possible if it werent for the fact on alot of services i have progress. for games i have game progress, for mediafire and meganz id need to download all stored files on there, delete account, reupload the files, then update now broken links ive made to said content that i had uploaded to those platforms, and for any other notable platform, for online marketplaces id need to recreate all my listings, and the list goes on. ive wanted to stop using my personal email address for awhile because theres probably better services than gmail out there, and my parents named my email, after me. i cant just change my personal email because of all the accounts tied to it i reckon with services like online stores that im not selling on, or other random trivial services that nothing of significance would be deleted if i shut down the account, i could randomize emails for. considering all i just said theres so much going on i dont really know where id start, especially with services i have progress on that would be difficult or not possible to migrate. also, how does turning off the email work? does the account get deleted or is the email made to make the account somehow changed
Great question - I use StartMail, so I can toggle each alias on and off, or fully delete the email generated. ProtonMail allows for aliases, but you can only delete them. The advantage to being able to turn the on or off is when you don't want to get emails from a service, but you still want to use it - it allows you to bypass all the annoying settings in every service regarding notifications. I just choose when I want the emails, say for a verification code, or something like that. It's certainly a challenge to move everything, but they way I did it was every time I used a service (that was easy to deal with), I'd just do it as a part of logging in to it. Some things, like this entire UA-cam channel, took SUBSTANTIALLY more effort, as it was originally tied to my personal gmail account, so I had to make a new account, make the channel a brand account, and then transfer ownership, but it took like 2 months alone to get all the Google stuff sorted out. It takes time, it really requires a lot of work, but man, I love it now that I'm on the other side.
@5:00 I'm about to dox myself... I am 33.4.6 1.1% of people who watches your stuff on a AppleTV er TVOS as it said. Since I am giving so much info away I could also tell you that I am on the latest TVOS version (17.4 I think?) and I am on the Apple TV 4th Gen, aka the Apple TV HD. lol (Yes I came to my laptop to comment this, but still xD.)
28:45 if your aim was to help people understand then you could've used a minute to describe why All you do here is delegitimizing something for obtuse reasons
Just to help me understand how I can improve in the future, what did you feel was rough about that part? I really do love this kind of feedback, it's the only way I'll be able to continue improving :)
@rejectconvenience well what is it in Gmail that makes their masking of emails not sufficient wouldve been enough for me. Imagine hearing "xyz has a feature for this too, but its shit so let's skip it" because thats how i percieved it and it stood out precisely because the rest was so good in conveying your gripes
That is totally fair, I hear ya. I do agree that the Gmail masking is better than nothing, but I also don't love Gmail as a platform, what with the scanning of emails and such for advertising. That said, I think there's a lot of really solid nuance here, and back when I made this video, I wasn't as great at identifying things like that. I really do appreciate your insight, and I'll keep working to account for things like this :) also sorry for the delay, I didn't get notified that you responded.
August 2024: National Public Data breach leaks 2.7 billion record, including social security numbers. Here are my top suggestions for this breach:
1. Freeze your credit - www.usa.gov/credit-freeze
2. Change your passwords, randomize them for each service
3. Consider email aliases to deal with future data breaches
As someone who painstakingly tried to get my data scrubbed from services I no longer used, I can confirm that companies really don’t want to delete it and will go to great lengths to make it a complicated and tedious process for you.
This is what upsets me about the modern internet, every single website I visit requires an account that requests personal data. I think I'll start growing beans instead.
@@rejectconvenienceits also just sad how much we depend on this crap internet too.I wanna migrate to moving to neocities but how am I supposed to get art comms if i dont wanna engage with social media l?😖
@@GL887 This is a great question and I can't say I have a reasonable answer - sharing art is already very difficult, even with social media. Maybe try finding a fun local gallery in your city? I know there are some in my area that love working with smaller artists.
@@rejectconvenience Thx for suggestion
!I'll just try to build a platfor via social media ad then create a website just for comms,irl tasks take more effort for art for me!
Totally agree. You wouldn’t believe it, but my worst experience was with the Catholic Church. When I got the data from them, I realized why they didn’t want to share it-they knew so much about my life, they could have written a resume.
Friendly reminder that you DO NOT have to give accurate data if it's not for a legal or government service. Make up fake names, fake birthdays, addresses, all of that. Additionally, if you can, look into credit card masking if you shop online! It works just like email aliases, but for a payment card. That way, even if your fake card number is stolen, it's a lot easier to cancel it and get a new "card" instead of the alternative headache. And, as always, be mindful of what you share where. Great video, very informative! :)
I've done cash + refillable gift cards to deal with privacy with credit card info, but yes, those services are a fantastic way to do it too! Also my name is Bill Pepsi and I was born on the fourth of july
This is one of the reasons I don't store credit card data
One thing is that people shouldn't do is go "oh they already have my data, it doesn't matter if they have more of it". Data is valuable based on how new it is, and the older it is, the less valuable it is. Great video btw
I started rejecting cookies and reading privacy policies a bit 3 years ago, however I did not know all of that. Thank you.
I always knew what was cookies but I didn't thought it was a big deal until watched this vid
I really hope there’s a day where we look back and think of this era of internet privacy in the same way we think about how much lead used to be in everything. Videos like this help us get closer to that! Thanks for all the amazing work, this is phenomenal 🙌🏻
Honestly the fact 20% of people DO read privacy policies surprised me more than the fact that 60% usually don’t. I think that’s probably pretty telling that I don’t take them seriously enough.
I’m absolutely going to start using the find in page tip! I don’t know why it never occurred to me.
(Also this is a great video. I have a lot of respect for anyone who a. consistently credits their sources and b. understands a subject well enough they can explain it simply without implying that they’re superior because they understand it)
That’s an amazing point, I hadn’t thought of it the other way haha. I’m glad you found the video helpful and I appreciate the kind words!
Bro that video clip on social engineering was fucking crazy. Definitely got me to take it seriously.
Also I think it's funny you can see the moment she starts acting and he realizes she's gonna get his info.
Ever since meta scraped all of its Instagram users’ data and image for their gen ai, I’ve taken extra precautions to not allow my art onto mainstream social media and cloud storages I don’t fully trust.
Since my PC and iPad aren’t running on the same operating system, I was previously using google drive to transfer my comic pages from my iPad to my PC. The usual process was this: download image from art app to drive>download image from drive to PC>upload image from PC to comic website.
Now knowing how much google scrapes from their apps, I’ve started going out of my way to only use the cloud files from my art app directly to my PC. This process takes longer since my files tend to be larger and I have to update the file to the latest version on my PC, but it’s worth it to know my art isn’t being scraped for Gen ai. Now my process is more like this: finish image on ipad>update image in art app on ipad>update image in art app on PC>download image from art app to PC>upload image from PC to comic website. This avoids any external 3rd party scraping.
It's all "secure" until it's not, very scary stuff. Thank you for the video!
“If your data exists in a database, it’s not your data”
Great content. I went to school for cybersecurity and its fustrating to see my field focus so little on protecting the data of consumers/individuals.. I guess because theres no money in that. Hope to see more videos like this.
I reached out to lots of cybersecurity folks while researching everything to make sure I was telling it accurately, so I'm happy to hear that doing that was a good idea! - I'd love to make more content like this, helping consumers understand what they're getting into is super important to me.
how is this channel not exploding by now??? more than ever privacy is a continuing concern in this era of changing policies, esp with X's new policies and the rise of AI. thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Believe you me, it feels like my channel is exploding right now :) the support has been wonderful.
holy my god how does this video only have 4.2k views? this is invaluable information that needs to be spread, thank you for doing the internet a service.
It flatlined at around 3k views a long time ago haha I'm glad the other privacy video is bringing attention back to this one, cause I put a ton of research into this one
I’ll definitely be sharing this with a lot of people in my life. I worked in tech as well and I’ve been trying to educate them, especially the older ones, but it’s a lot! Thank you for doing all that research and work putting it together!
@17:30 I used to use that episode for my PCI class during employee orientations. It's been years, but it was from one of the big news sites. They were covering DefCon (2018??). It was a great piece to scare employees into taking password security seriously.
It is a fantastic example that shows how easy it is. Thanks for the tip, I’ll see if I can find it with that extra context!
Way to give a horrible jumpscare to the poor Wii bros trapped in 2007.
They must have a solid internet connection, what with the time travel and all
i’ll send this to my friends to explain why they should care
I am usually the kind of person that thinks, "I don't really care what data companies take from me. I know some companies already have that data and are selling it, so why would I care if I let another company sell my data?"
Simply, I don't care if apps or sites take my data because I don't think it matters in the grand scheme of things.
However, this video is the only source that has ever made me question that belief. I certainly won't stop using services Just because of them using my data, but I will certainly be more aware of it.
Also, your contact is very good.
I had a very similar mindset for most of my technical career, and just being mindful about these things makes a big difference I think. I'm glad you liked the video! :)
@@rejectconvenience I kind of hold a similar opinion to OP-- honestly the AI wave has got me really rethinking using instagram though. BUT GOOGLE READS MY EMAILS. I don't send anything super private but there are a lot of files and that is freaky-- anyways I'm curious, how did being mindful make a difference for you?
PLEASE use a password manager! The most common way for people's accounts to get "hacked" is that they used the same password (or similar passwords--yes, they can check for that) in multiple places, or they used a password that was too short. It's hinted at in the video, but the three biggest benefits of password managers are:
1) You'll never forget a password ever again, because you no longer need to memorize them.
2) You'll never need to "choose a new password" again, because the password manager will generate new random passwords for you.
3) Those passwords are encrypted and stored securely, so even if a data breach happens you have time to change your passwords before anything bad actually happens.
Once you get used to using one you'll never want to go back. It is so nice to never worry about forgetting a password ever again!
Hey man, i just want to say that ive been a lot more offline since watching some of your videos and others like it. Your dumbphone video inspired me, and while i cant use a dumbphone bdcause i need a few apps for work, ive been getting really into ipod tech. Keep it up!
Hey, thanks for the kind words :) I'm glad you've been exploring things that work for you, and spending more time offline is honestly such a treat. I saw a video recently that said "Offline is the new luxury" and I love that idea. Keep advocating for your well-being and have a good one!
Unrelated, but i love your unique backgrounds. I like how they change throughout the video, it makes it very appealing and interesting to watch. Also, awesome information conveyed, I will be using this info and your advice. Thank you!!!!
A good rule of thumb when it comes to text messages or e-mails from your bank (or similar) is to _ignore the text/e-mail_ (don't open it and _definitely_ don't reply) and go directly to the bank/whatever directly on a different device. Check if the information is true for yourself. You can even take the extra step of calling the bank (or similar) directly. When you find out it's false, block the number. You can report the number as well, but I've found nothing ever comes from reports: not to the FCC, the FBI, or your local PD. When you can spoof phone numbers indefinitely, it makes it difficult to track down the individuals responsible, especially when they can be outside the US / your home country.
Fantastic advice, I very much agree.
Thank you for your video, I use the internet a lot, and still had no idea how data works.
Being informed is half the battle! :) I’m glad you found it helpful
Best password manager - pen and paper, nobody can hack notebook without stealing it
As long as you not generate your passwords by yourself, I can only agree.
I can’t help but feel like it’s too late for my generation. We were online since we were kids. Our information has probably been out there for a decade. Ever since I read that everyone’s social security numbers got leaked I’ve found it hard to care
Great vid - approachable, but very informative
Thank you! Glad you found it was helpful!
Excellent work as always Anthony.
Thanks!
thank youuuu
@4:33 - why is there an alien tentacle helping those people find a taco place?!?
Didn’t anyone tell you? Google is run by aliens trying to collect all the information and they sometimes have to show us where Taco Bell is
i got 3 betterhelp ads on this video after getting uninterrupted gaza ceasefire ads for 2 weeks
yikes! consider using an ad blocker, ads suck to watch
@ i have a chrome extension on my laptop but idk if i can get one on my phone
@@moonyeast Brave on mobile will block ads - it's a little clunkier, but it works. Also I suggest Firefox on the laptop, as Chrome is starting to remove adblockers.
This was simple to understand with short sub points and examples, thanks!
Thanks!
Thank you so much for your support!!
Great job on this video. A much needed lesson on the state of current technology. I'm sending to friends & family as a must watch!
Thanks for sharing! I'm happy to hear you found this information valuable!
Your channel is amazing thank you
wow, i had no idea about all of that stuff with ring. i don’t have one personally, but i know so many people who do. ill definitely keep this in mind next time they recommend that i get one 😅
I was suspicious of them before, but the more I looked into them, the worse they got. I didn't even get into the whole thing where they give police access to any of these cameras without a warrant. It was just too much to add to this video, so I stuck to the more direct impact stuff. I really really do not like that company lol
Wonderfully informative video as someone who cares and follows the privacy and security scene closely
Do services like incogni even work? Can you make a video specifically on them, like you did the VPN video?
Seriously SUCH a good video 🎉
Thanks! I hope you learned a thing or two!
definitely :D@@rejectconvenience
what would you say about apple’s password management and email generation service? thank you for this video, very informative.
I say it's a heck of a lot better than using Google Chrome's built in password manager plus gmail. It has some shortfalls from a feature standpoint, but I still very much advocate that anything is better than nothing, and Apple is pretty well known for end-to-end encryption and privacy and such, so I trust it. I even have suggested it to some of my friends and family who use Apple devices - it's built in, so there's no excuse to not be more secure :)
"use a password manager"
yeah, a pen and a paper notebook
Wait. People still managed to get UA-cam working on the Wii. I swear it doesn't work on mine
I mean I haven't seen any more of the "Wii Watchers" (if you will) since then, so maybe it broke sometime after that? Though, it's more likely that there are just not a lot of people even trying to watch my videos in the first place on a Wii specifically lol
Lately I've been using my contact email with my own domain more (usually using a + and then like a service name in front of my email username to put in the email fields) than my personal email to sign up for services.
Edit: I just found out that the email service I use for my contact email has an alias feature to create up to 30 aliases. I should make use of that...
Not sure if anyone's done it yet but the clip is from a documentary series called "Real Future". :)
i think that report at 17:37 might be from either 60 minutes canada or insider report. it looks very familiar . if not from those they definitely used a porition of it a few years back when talking about the importance of regularly reaching out to phone providers to make sure only you had been calling them.
i'd be happy to look into it for you , see if i can locate the clip on the archives for these two new reports cause the additional tips they have may still hold up to some capacity as well.
they also did a report recently on the growth of AI voice snatching which is - a very weird topic but boils down to trying to simplify your language when answering unknown calls /calls without a display i.d . discussing the importance of not saying your full name, never saying the word "yes "as a direct statement ect.
You're reading my mind! My upcoming video is actually on these AI voice scams, it's wild stuff. Also thank you for the insight, I really appreciate it! If you do find the source, I'll add it to the description with credit to you for finding it 🙂
@@rejectconveniencehey is that video still coming down the pipeline?
@@XxCorvette1xX It is, it's going to follow the cookie video, which I'm aiming to have uploaded within the next 2 weeks. The AI video is already under way, so that'll be uploaded (hopefully) a couple weeks after. Animation takes a while haha
@ nice !
I just found your channel last night and am really looking forward to both those videos. I appreciate the work that goes into researching and animating these and subbed so I don’t miss them when they release !
This has taught me alot about online safety. Thanks my dyde.
I'm glad you found it educational!
you might find the book "System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong, and how we can Fix It." btw I have no idea how to capitalize titles
19:00 That's true, but not feasible. To break the encryption of a secure scheme without the key, you'd need the combined power of all computers on earth running for longer than the universe has existed. Quantum computers break some schemes, but apparently, elliptic-curve cryptography is safe for now.
We can only hope that LastPass used a widely used encryption scheme and implementation.
Fair enough, but the point still stands that the breach was not ideal. Though, they made it pretty clear to customers to change all passwords, so ideally it doesn't matter, but we know that's not perfect because people aren't.
@@rejectconvenience You are totally right, the breach is not ideal. And people probably did not use a secure password for their vault either, for those the vault will be decrypted by someone. And not all users are aware of the breach, so they will probably not change their passwords. Totally agree.
Great channel bruh
29:00 I have my passwords saved on my 3DS on a DSI ware notebook. Lol
I... hmm... I don't recommend this but I can't identify why lol
Have a sub dude. Great video with lots of good information.
i genuinely want to do the email alias thing but at this point its too late ive signed up to all this sruff and i cant ask every single company to transfer my data to a new account nor do i think they would be able to
It took me about a full year of doing it service by service, but it is well worth it. When the data breach happened with the Internet Archive, I was able to simply turn off that email, no worries at all for me! It is absolutely time consuming, but it is SO worth it when everything is all said and done.
@@rejectconvenience i feel it would be possible if it werent for the fact on alot of services i have progress. for games i have game progress, for mediafire and meganz id need to download all stored files on there, delete account, reupload the files, then update now broken links ive made to said content that i had uploaded to those platforms, and for any other notable platform, for online marketplaces id need to recreate all my listings, and the list goes on.
ive wanted to stop using my personal email address for awhile because theres probably better services than gmail out there, and my parents named my email, after me. i cant just change my personal email because of all the accounts tied to it
i reckon with services like online stores that im not selling on, or other random trivial services that nothing of significance would be deleted if i shut down the account, i could randomize emails for.
considering all i just said theres so much going on i dont really know where id start, especially with services i have progress on that would be difficult or not possible to migrate.
also, how does turning off the email work? does the account get deleted or is the email made to make the account somehow changed
Great question - I use StartMail, so I can toggle each alias on and off, or fully delete the email generated. ProtonMail allows for aliases, but you can only delete them. The advantage to being able to turn the on or off is when you don't want to get emails from a service, but you still want to use it - it allows you to bypass all the annoying settings in every service regarding notifications. I just choose when I want the emails, say for a verification code, or something like that.
It's certainly a challenge to move everything, but they way I did it was every time I used a service (that was easy to deal with), I'd just do it as a part of logging in to it. Some things, like this entire UA-cam channel, took SUBSTANTIALLY more effort, as it was originally tied to my personal gmail account, so I had to make a new account, make the channel a brand account, and then transfer ownership, but it took like 2 months alone to get all the Google stuff sorted out. It takes time, it really requires a lot of work, but man, I love it now that I'm on the other side.
23andMe? More like, 23andWe 🐇☭
They sure showed us
Good shit blender bro. Keep cooking
Very good video
Thank you!
@5:00 I'm about to dox myself... I am 33.4.6 1.1% of people who watches your stuff on a AppleTV er TVOS as it said. Since I am giving so much info away I could also tell you that I am on the latest TVOS version (17.4 I think?) and I am on the Apple TV 4th Gen, aka the Apple TV HD. lol (Yes I came to my laptop to comment this, but still xD.)
Yes, more data, delicious data!
@@rejectconvenience Back off Mark Zuckerberg. 😂
Blud that your ip?
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is that a good "..." or bad "..."? 😅
@@rejectconveniencelooks like a shocked "..."
28:45 if your aim was to help people understand then you could've used a minute to describe why
All you do here is delegitimizing something for obtuse reasons
Just to help me understand how I can improve in the future, what did you feel was rough about that part? I really do love this kind of feedback, it's the only way I'll be able to continue improving :)
@rejectconvenience well what is it in Gmail that makes their masking of emails not sufficient wouldve been enough for me.
Imagine hearing "xyz has a feature for this too, but its shit so let's skip it" because thats how i percieved it and it stood out precisely because the rest was so good in conveying your gripes
That is totally fair, I hear ya. I do agree that the Gmail masking is better than nothing, but I also don't love Gmail as a platform, what with the scanning of emails and such for advertising. That said, I think there's a lot of really solid nuance here, and back when I made this video, I wasn't as great at identifying things like that. I really do appreciate your insight, and I'll keep working to account for things like this :) also sorry for the delay, I didn't get notified that you responded.
@rejectconvenience no probs, i probably would see why you dont love Gmail masking, if i knew what it is and what your gripes are 😉