I have several users. including one I use for banking. I got pulled by some corrupt policemen in Mexico and at gunpoint they made me unlock my phone. I didn't want to delete my phone cause I know that would make them mad. when they where scrolling through my default user they though it was strange that I had nothing on it. so they kept on searching and I thought I was safe but they noticed there are multiple users. So they got me. \ it would be great that there was a way to hide other users within settings or something, because at gunpoint its better to comply. \ Another option would be to add pin that when entered instead of wiping the phone. it logs you in to a "under pressure user" similar to guest user, but using the name of the user you entered. If you want to take it to the next level each user could have a unique under duress profile so if they log in into my social media tab they would find social media apps and accounts I really don't use. or they log into my secure mail user they would actually find the proton mail logged in but with a different account. Bad actors would be actually fooled even under duress.
I have several users. including one I use for banking. I got pulled by some corrupt policemen in Mexico and at gunpoint they made me unlock my phone. I didn't want to delete my phone cause I know t...
Ok, in a few minutes we get to go and play, ie clear the snow off the deck and stairs. While I'm out there I might straighten up the shed a bit too… Pay no attention to the fact that its -8°C feels like -13
Love or hate his(?) style, Lerra does do some great pics and stories, and I particularly love this one, what happens when you decide to make an AI your dom?
And honestly something I should've done a while ago.
Just got my Tello sim, sure, my phone can use an e-sim, but just do a search for problems with those. Yeah, I think I'll stick to my physical sims thank you very much. Any how, what comes now is that once my old phone is charged, I'm going to move my Verizon sim back to that one, and put the Tello in my current phone and port Vik's / @Vik-Thor / Lirleni Hankeshe number to it. I'll prolly have to update my phone number with all my gig apps, maybe tweak a few other things here and there, but we should be up and running by the end of the weekend (Monday), just in time for work.
Honestly I should've done this a while ago, I've had his number sitting at Verizon paying... I'm not sure how much a month, in case I want to recover his phone. Frankly I don't think I'm going to be able to recover it, I can get his iCloud through the courts, and we're going with that as we have some other matters that will require the courts for any how, so might as well save the money. Plus according to Verizon I only use around 12G of data for work, so we'll see how well a prepaid works, unlimited data only because its like $2-3 more than a 15G plan. If it doesn't work, I can just swap the SIMs around, and try again maybe with someone else down the road.
I don't think switching from Verizon will really save me that much, the package deal I have going is saving me on Internet and streaming, and I'll prolly lose both of those if'n I leave, so that'll likely eat up any savings I have, but still, I hate spending money unnecessarily. Oh, and there is a prepaid version of the 5G home internet, so that might be a cheap alternative, that just leaves the streaming service, and... Ehhh, not sure I need it. Besides, 🏴☠️ is always an option.
So, in a couple hours, assuming I'm not napping (tired from clearing the driveway), we'll start the process and see how many things break.
@Vik-Thor / Lirleni Hankeshe Well, so far so good, I'll give this to Tellos, the porting process is easy and amazingly fast, the successful port email came only seconds after the porting start email.
This cartoon is by Jenn Manley Lee and I. TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. PANEL 1 Two anchors on a TV news show are talking. MALE ANCHOR: Breaking news – The sale of this …
@Muse I think it sorta snuck up on people, I remember the true independent stations slowly disappearing whether it was a syndication group or becoming part of a smaller network like UPN which I don't think most people noticed until it was too late.
The Trump administration is planning to use artificial intelligence to write federal transportation regulations.
I'm sure things will work out fine. Right? Right?
'Most of what goes into the preambles of DOT regulatory documents is just “word salad,” one staffer recalled the presenter saying. Google Gemini can do word salad.' propublica.org/article/trump-a…
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
So on my third try of selling Vik's comic collection, and this one might happen, yay. That'll make some room, and once @RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist chooses any books he wants, that'll start going, and we'll get some space.
Its a little frustrating how much stuff there is to clear, but there's a story there. We had some low points in Phoenix, I'm undoubtedly somewhat to blame for that, I've never been great at sticking to a job, and I tend to create chaos. That said, I would work more if'n I could, sell off anything I could, I mean I really have never been attached to things, people, etc, particularly things since my bankruptcy, resulting in a house where maybe 20% of the stuff here is mine. Yeah, really, and that was before his mom passed, and he pulled in a lot of her stuff. Need to get someone from the family to come get a lot of this stuff, between just photos, quilts and her birds, I'll prolly have enough to fill a minivan
With that in mind, lots to sell here, and a great desire, a very great desire, to down size. Still considering the future, both location, likely Illinois, though there's a slim chance of Maryland, and likely building a house, maybe a tiny home, I mean I already know I don't need more than 900 sq ft, and could do as little as 600. An estate sale isn't really an option, companies like that really expect volume and/or stuff people want to buy... A few collectibles, no antiques, and Ikea furniture at best isn't really their thing. So, we'll be at the first three flea markets at Sunset Hills community center, those are... March, April and May I think, I've already paid for my spaces, but I do need to touch base as I haven't received an info packet or anything like that, but it might be too soon, we'll see.
So yeah, really clearing a lot out of here, not because I didn't love him, but because I need some space. Honestly, we were two train wrecks holding each other up, I started taking care of the finances because he just basically operated on a make and spend model, I made things work while he did what he wanted, on the other hand, I couldn't be trusted to stay at a job which didn't help, so he was the breadwinner.
I will say I'm loving this day and age, I do the type of work I like, without the constraints of a typical job, which fits my instability well. These days I basically do the same job as UPS, but using my phone, my car, and a gig app, and come and go as I please, if'n I get tired of deliveries, there's plenty of remote work out there. Or I'm thinking of getting a 3D printer and making things, find an artist so I can start a series of cryptid traffic signs, lots of ways to make money out there thanks to tech.
Gotta say that what catches my eye on this one is the QR code on her tit, its not like I haven't seen bar coded slaves in art or even occasionally in real life, but a QR is new, neat and very logical. For those not familiar with QR codes, they're what's know as two directional or 2D bar codes, and they can hold a lot more data than a normal linear bar code, in fact when they came out, it was claimed that a postage stamp sized QR code could hold the entire first paragraph of the US Constitution! Imagine, you could store all the pertinent data for a slave in a QR code or three, no database to be stolen, leaked or seized by the government, all the data you need is right there tattooed on the slave.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has expanded a recall notice for some Pillsbury brand Pizza Pops products that may be contaminated with E. coli O26.
We knew this was coming, but now the clock is running. From Privacy International:
"Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP)."
"If the proposed changes are adopted after the 60-day consultation, then millions of travellers to the U.S. will be forced to use a U.S. government mobile phone app, submit their social media from the last five years and email addresses used in the last ten years, including of family members. They’re also proposing the collection of DNA."
PI linked to and summarized a Federal Register entry describing the proposed requirements:
-All visitors must submit ‘their social media from the last 5 years’
-ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) applications will include ‘high value data fields’, ‘when feasible’ ‘telephone numbers used in the last five years’ -‘email addresses used in the last ten years’ -‘family number telephone numbers (sic) used in the last five years’ -biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris -business telephone numbers used in the last five years -business email addresses used in the last ten years.
We cannot speak for all Africans, but in various countries of Africa, we think it is fine, and we hope Europe copies USA. The reason is that we believe there is a brain drain and capital flight from Africa to the West. So this kind of thing the USA is doing will stop, or at least reduce it.
Moreover, China and South America (Brazil) plus BRICS+ countries are a better association for Africans.
In any case, even if Africans still want to study in USA universities, there is e-learning. That can be the case too for those who want European universities.
But overall, many in Africa think it is good for #Africa.
Gotta say, as I expand into Wafrn... Spread like mold? I keep finding stuff I like, from being able to bite people, after all pokes are boring, or the barking and confetti when I woot, yes, woot not toot, and other cute things, then there's the little details...
Believe strongly in alt text? Its default required in the settings, you have to go and turn it off, or your media posts won't send without having something in there.
Sharing links? Sure, it sucks that you can't see the preview until after you post, but things like GoComics which never shows a thumbnail or synopsis here on Friendica works perfectly.
I think @gabboman the wafrn dev could prolly use some help on the project, but so far, what it does have works really nicely.
So, I've started migrating the people I follow over to my Wafrn account, @Chuff , following them there and unfollowing them here... And got into the B's and realized something, Wafrn doesn't give me any way to see my followers list nor migrate it far as I know which means I have no idea who I'm following over there.
Eh heh, heh, oops.
Well, no problem, just downloaded the list here, so at least I'll be able to recover the rest of them if needed, I do expect to switch to my own hosted Wafrn in the future if'n I'm lucky, poked one hosting service abotu it already even though I'm not remotely ready to do it.
Why my own? To avoid some of the stupidities I've had to deal with on other people's instances, once got warned about not CW'd a picture of a cowtaur (cow person upper body, cow lower body), not because of sex, not because she was topless, but because you could see her udder. Yeah, that was the straw that broke my back and why I just have my own instance. Currently here I have... 5 accounts? Not sock puppets, this one, Admin, Recalls, Taurs and the newest, my porn account. Yeah, that's enough to justify my own instance.
EDIT Eww, that is one ugly and barely useful CSV file, only exports two things, user account names and whether I can see their posts or not. Following, follower or mutual status not included, nor is the profile name. Bleah.
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