Tag: safety

Wide Impact: Highly Effective Gmail Phishing Technique Being Exploited

infiniteviking:

suricattus:

Signal boosting the hell out of this.  Because awareness is the best defense against hackers, thieves and assholes (and asshole thieving hackers).

Important for anyone on gmail!

Details:

  • You get an email from a familiar address
  • It has an attachment which also looks familiar and trustworthy, because that person has sent it to you before
  • You try to open the attachment and are shunted to a very realistic gmail login screen to “log back in”
  • If you do, your account is compromised.

To verify the incorrect login screen, check the url (shown above). The green lock symbol does not appear, and the actual url has spaces after it and extends way, way out into a string of more text.

Basically, if you’re logged in and click on something and are prompted to log in again, don’t do it.

Wide Impact: Highly Effective Gmail Phishing Technique Being Exploited

deadcatwithaflamethrower:

angelqueen04:

geobrarian:

Hey, so did you know that librarians tend to run liberal?

And that they’re really against censorship?

And that nearly all libraries have policies that prohibit people from harassing others inside?

And that nearly all libraries have free wifi and desktop computers that erase history when you’re done using them?

And that librarians are totally chill with you hanging out all day? (provided you don’t spill things on the books)

And that libraries often have huge offerings of dvds which you can watch on your laptop in the library?

And that libraries tend to have lots of resources for folks who find themselves in distress?

What I’m saying is, if shit hits the fan, go to the library, you’re welcome here.

Abso-fucking-lutely!

Yes. This. Absolutely THIS.

This is for naturalized U.S. citizens: get proof of citizenship NOW. (Liberals, advice for you, too).

cardozzza:

msavignon:

I’ve already tweeted about this but here’s a longer post for all naturalized citizens especially those who have been visibly marked a “other” and aren’t part of the “again” when Trump says that he’s making America great “again.” 

(All of you sad white liberals can suck it up, buttercups, because some of us have some real work to do to prove that we belong here before President-elect Trump is sworn in. The stuff that applies to you is at the end.) 

Trump took the support of white suburban women, those are also the types of women who want to adopt foreign children like they’re some kind of charitable, exotic vase. This does not mean they will necessarily ensure citizenship for their adopted children. For foreign adoptees who were 18 by 2000, you are not covered under the current Child Citizenship Act (2000). If you do not have proof of naturalization and even though you were raised here your entire life, you can be deported: 

  • “Korean American Adoptee Faces Unjust Deportation” (Angry Asian Man, 10/27/2016) 
  • “A South Korean Man Adopted By Americans Prepares for Deportation” (NYT 11/1/2016)

This brings me to the point of my post: naturalized citizens, get proof of citizenship while Obama is still president. Naturalized citizens can use two documents to prove their citizenship: a U.S. passport and a Certificate of Naturalization (N-550, N-750). 

U.S. Passport info: 

Now, onto the Certificate of Naturalization: 

The Certificate of U.S. Naturalization (form N-550 or N-570) is a document issued by United States government as proof of a person having obtained U.S. citizenship through naturalization (a legal process of obtaining a new nationality). The Certificate of U.S. Naturalization has been issued since October 1, 1991 by the USCIS, and on or before September 30, 1991 by Federal Courts and particular State Courts. The United States Certificate of Naturalization is proof of an individual’s U.S. citizenship through naturalization. Only naturalized United States citizens can apply for a Certificate of U.S. Naturalization. If you are not a United States citizen, you must first apply for US citizenship. 

Source: Certificate of Naturalization

If you are already a naturalized U.S. citizen and don’t have a copy of your Certificate of Naturalization, you can apply for a new one here: Application for Replacement Certificate of Naturalization.  What you should know: 

  • These were apparently issued in 1991 so the yellowed certificate of my citizenship from the 1980s on yellowing, delicate paper might not cut it. I am applying for a new certificate of naturalization but not before I scan both sides of it and find a notary to sign something that says they saw it. 
  • The fee for another copy of Certificate of Naturalization: $345
  • Trans* naturalized citizens, you can request a new Certificate of Naturalization due to a legal change in gender. Will this change under a Trump presidency? Who knows? Who wants to risk it? 

I saw a lot of white people who were SO SHOCKED and SO SURPRISED their fellow white people voted for Trump. I saw tweets about “hurting” for their friends who were women, immigrant, minority, trans, queer – and god help us if you fall into more than one of those categories. That’s not even to mention the undocumented and those on work or school visas – immigration has a lot of fucking narratives and its time you start realizing that. 

So, do you want to help? Here are two ways to start helping your immigrant friends. 

First, you can help your naturalized friends by getting their paperwork and money in order: planning, finding a translator, helping with gathering paperwork and looking over their paperwork before its submitted; lending emotional support, accompanying them to immigration services and/or other appointments. Take some of that #ImWithHer sentiments that led you to donate to Hillary’s campaign and buy “nasty women” t-shirts and give your friends cold hard cash so they have proof of citizenship either in the form of a U.S. passport or Certificate of Naturalization. 

Second, you can start writing your senator and pressuring them to support of bill S.2275 – Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2015 introduced by Sen. Am Klobuchar (D-MN) designed to prevent the kind of tragedy facing Adam Crapsner in the stories linked above: 

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to grant automatic citizenship to all qualifying children adopted by a U.S. citizen parent, regardless of the date on which the adoption was finalized.

An individual born outside of the United States who was adopted by a U.S. citizen parent shall automatically become a U.S. citizen when the following conditions have been fulfilled:

  • the individual was adopted by a U.S. citizen before the individual reached age 18,
  • the individual was physically present in the United States in the citizen parent’s legal custody pursuant to a lawful admission before the individual reached age 18,
  • the individual never acquired U.S. citizenship before the enactment of this Act, and
  • the individual was lawfully residing in the United States on the date of enactment of this Act.

An individual who meets such criteria, except for lawfully residing in the United States on the date of enactment of this Act, shall automatically become a U.S. citizen on the date on which the individual is physically present in the United States pursuant to a lawful admission.

Source: S-2275 – Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2015

I’d also like to add that it’s a good idea to at least consider having certified copies of any citizenship documents made if you can, and at least photocopies too. Try to have someone you trust hold on to a copy, someone who lives in a different household.

We know someone who has had their paper copy of their documents destroyed and were deported. Thankfully because they had American born family members who were in a position to fight for them, they were eventually able to return…with no real follow up for what they had suffered.

lenyberry:

groovian-whovian:

spinningrims:

i’m seeing a lot of people reblogging suicide hotlines and this is just a reminder that this is a suicide help line that works like a text-based instant messenger for people who may need to talk to someone but have trouble/are uncomfortable making phone calls

Never don’t reblog this.
There are so many people who have such bad anxiety about phone calls.
This can save so many lives

Also helpful if someone is in a situation they may not feel like talking out loud about their problems is a viable option (for instance if they live with a douchecanoe who would mock them for seeking help)