Set up a security camera. Any time she leaves her dog's shit, print off the screen cap of the dog shitting. Then leave the shit on her doorstep with the printed out photo. Maybe also inform the neighbors too because odds are she's not going to just start picking up the shit, she's just going to move on to a neighbor who won't return it to her.
Alternative: Get a butt load of fake security cameras on amazon and point all of them at the part of the yard where the dog shits. Every tree, every fence, the mailbox, the porch, a stand alone one in the middle of the lawn. It should look like freaking fort knox. If she still does it, call the cops.
I doubt your friends ISP will notice unless hes downloading hundreds of GB to TB of stuff. My friend got a letter from his after getting tons of movies, but it was just a cease and desist letter first. I wouldn’t worry about it. Fuck how expensive text books are.
But if he wantsa good free VPN, just download ProtonVPN. It’s free and it’ll probably give him some peace of mind.
Private Internet Access - video guides at the bottom.
It's not free but it's worth it, according to my friend. $40 a year for isp anonymity.
There are "free" VPNs out there but generally if you're not paying for it then you're the product.
Pay for one. Private Internet Access is one I've used for years. It's cheap.
Just be sure to visit before doing anything dangerous.
To actually set one up a server is needed to send traffic thru, so I just pay for a vpn.
Don't torrent on a free VPN. Period. They simply aren't reliable enough.
Private Internet Access is what my friend uses, and he hasn't had any problems with it. It's $40/yr, which is one of the more reasonably priced ones out there.
http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/
Create a bootable thumbdrive with this. Follow the prompts and reset/clear a local admin password and make sure administrator account is active.
Reboot.
Login as admin and go to Device Manager. Under Accounts and Groups, add your friend's account to the local administrators group.
Have your friend logout, then log back in as them.
They are now in the local admin group. Do whatever you want.
The bonus part on all of this is at a minimum your friend has a thumb drive that they can store their resume so on when they get fired for doing this, they have a nice portable and digital copy while on the hunt for another job.
I wish your friend good luck.
TL;DR: Here is how you do it. You WILL get fired for this.
This is rather technical explanation how pornhub bypasses add blockers: Pornhub Bypasses Ad Blockers With WebSockets
Super simple explanation: Some parts of the site detect your blocking ads, hence you still see the message on the page. However due to some clever trickery the ads are still shown.
uBlock origin blocks most ads and will still allow you to watch videos
Not directly, no. The only way they could find out is if there was another exploit like what happened before (assuming Tor has no other back doors or encryption troubles). Just make sure your friend enables NoScript (so javascript is disabled) and never installs any plugins. To be extra safe, use a bootable distro such as Tails (https://tails.boum.org/) which has no chance at leaving behind any traces of what your friend was doing on Tor.
Tor is as secure as you make it, pretty much. If you use your real name or any other identifying information on a hidden service or login to any pre-existing clearnet accounts, you put yourself at risk.
Have fun, and don't let your friend do anything too illegal
Forget excel, check out OpenOffice. Its free, you can donate, it has Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Paint, all the things for FREE legally. If you use it and you like it please consider a donation. It can open all M$ files too.
It's rather easy. Even in the file properties in Windows there is an option to remove it:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/3-ways-to-remove-exif-metadata-from-photos-and-why-you-might-want-to/
Imgur removes all exif data when you upload an image, but I'm sure the webserver has at least an access log of what IP pushed the file up.
Don't shave with a razor, get a really good trimmer and use that first, then razor if you want it as smooth as possible.. follow regular shaving procedures for the area
I reccomend something like this Andis Experience BTX-T Professional Cord/Cordless T-Blade Trimmer with 6 Attachment Combs (The Exclusive Brand by Andis) Model# 22985/BTF https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004PW89DE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_zbMBBbJ0D92ZW
Not the best idea for your friend to do this, even if he/she didn't get caught by the bank.
Is there really no way for your friend to make $18 by Feb 3? Pretty sure they can use some of their downtime to do busywork for Amazon' mechanical turk?
It won't be easy money but they can definitely make $20 in a few nights to take care of their bill the right way.
I suppose then it would depend on the type of harddrive (magnetic storage or SSD) along with the tech-savvy and equipment of the intruder in question.
A gunshot will turn the magnetic storage drive unreadable in the non damaged parts to any means of trying to replace the magnetic disks in a working hard drive chassis (something that can be done by a decently skilled computer tech if they are careful enough), but that is not to say that someone with access to a computer forensics lab (with the skills to use it) can't, at least partially, recreate some of the contents on the drive using other methods of reading the stored information on the undamaged portions of the disks.
SSDs on the other hand I guess would become completely destroyed by the shot, but I'm not familiar enough with how the SSD stores information to say for sure if it can't be recreated. Maybe someone with a better grip on how SSD's handles data could pitch in with a better answer.
If your friend want's to truly nuke the information on the drive, I think something like dban might work, but even that is not guaranteed.
1.) download bittorrent or an equivalent. The legality here is like how, officially, you're only supposed to use bongs for tobacco. Officially, you're only supposed to share files that you have appropriate licensing for.
2.) download a .torrent file from somewhere. Magnet sites, as they are called, are also technically allowed a lot of places, since they're not hosting the files, just acting as signposts to guide people to other people who have the file. In the places they're not allowed, it just so happens that the servers are hosted in places where those laws don't apply. careful, though. Laws still apply to the end user.
3.) add the .torrent file to your torrent client. in bittorrent, navigate to 'file>add torrent'. The .torrent file doesn't actually contain the movie/book/etc that you're trying to download, it merely serves as a sort of ID that says 'Hey, guys! I'm looking for a file, does anyone have ______?'
4.) once the file has been added, you have become part of a network of peers. At this point, if you don't have the appropriate license, you've begun breaking the law. If the downloading hasn't begun, right click on it and make it start.
5.) You should see a number labeled 'Seeds/Peers'. this tells you how many people have the file you're looking for and are willing to share parts of it with you.
6.) now, just wait for the download to complete. depending on how many seeders there are, it might take a while.
7.) once you've finished downloading the file, don't forget to seed so other people can get it.
First off, buy some torn jeans and add rivet spikes all down the legs. You'll need sunglasses, and a mac, any mac will do, the older the better though.
Then put on your outfit, sit down and grab the software from: http://www.nethack.org/v343/ports/download-mac.html
In no time you will be furiously typing codes into a cryptic ascii hacking window and looking stylish while doing so.
I just use a paid VPN, I'm on a college campus so I need to protect myself from losing internet access as well as legal issues. Private Internet Access is pretty reasonable and I use it whenever I torrent at school or do shady stuff.
http://scholar.google.com/ search for the title. One of the links is invariably a PDF that someone else shared on their blog. Or from the original researchers themselves.
If that doesn't work ask the appropriate reddit forum.
(This problem is also a good way to get your work or school to spring for access)
http://wp.pinger.com/text-free/
I know someone who used this once Yik Yak started requiring phone numbers. I asked them, and they said their account was still active, but couldn't be sure that it would work for new accounts.
Start with this list and whatever threats you're trying to protect yourself from
PIA is pretty good, but they are based in the US, so you can't be sure their servers are not compromised. However, they're pretty reliable, cheap, and are compatible with like any OS or mobile OS you'd use. Mullvad is pretty good as well, they're not US based but they're still in the 14 eyes, but accept BTC and have apps for most every OS. A lot of it comes down to your risk profile (what you're looking to do and whom you want to hide it from).
Your friend should use a VPN such as Private Internet Access if she is concerned about getting caught. Using a VPN means that any internet activity will only trace back to the VPN and not to your friend.
Without a VPN most likely all that will happen if she doesn't is her ISP will forward an E-mail from some company HBO hired to track torrent downloaders.
There are some other VPN providers that offer free or cheap trail periods if your friend is too cheap to pay for an entire month.
Heh! Actually IT dingdong. And when I come across things that are just really well done, I do like to share them.
While I am at it, let me please point people to the best unattended installer package I have ever used when reinstalling client machines: Ninite
In my experience, the suicide hotline is there to:
calm you down
get your name and address
call the local police
I'm sure they would talk to you if you called, but there are also a lot of other places for supportive talks.
/r/mmfb (make me feel better) is good if you just need to talk about an experience or are feeling down.
/r/needafriend is more for longterm friendships, but their sidebar has a ton of related subs.
I've used https://blahtherapy.com which is online chat, /r/mmfb recommends https://www.7cups.com/ but I don't have experience with them.
If you need to talk now calling one of the hotlines is probably the best, but there are also a lot of other options.
If your friend has access to the account and email and wants to get everything in one fell swoop go to https://www.facebook.com/settings.
From here, at the bottom of the list of settings click the link that says "Download a copy of your Facebook data."
Unfortunately this will send a notification to the email address, but it's the quickest way to download everything. Otherwise your friend will just have to pick and choose and download individual photos, but there will be no notification.
I guess there are some apps that can do it as well but most of them require connecting to the Facebook profile which will require a password. Again, if your friend has that they can try any of these:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-tools-for-backing-up-and-downloading-your-facebook-photos/
rgr that. Just wanted to help out too.
And I will also take a moment to endorse a VPN service that I have been using for 150 days now and have been very happy with: <em>Nord VPN.</em>
The service has been rock solid, and the yearly subscription price point of $36.00USD was MORE than reasonable.
I'm speaking from experience, my university internet last year was really fast but things like Steam didn't work because ports were blocked. I put my Plex server on port 443, and Hotspot Shield worked for general VPN use so I used that. For reference for ports that might be unblocked, this pdf
The positioning of your link made me think it was about why I shouldn't use Tor. I looked for the closest Tor-related thing, which was Torguard. I skimmed the paragraph, saw stuff about packet filtering and proxies, and realized there was no way I would be able to figure that out.
Your friend should start by installing Tor Browser, it's safer than other 'commercial browsers' because it hooks up to a secured VPN.
Then your friend should start reading A LOT on the matter, but it actually depends a lot on what he tries to hack, the number one failure point on a system is generally the user of the system, so if you can guess or ask the friend of that friend the middle name of his mama it's already a lot of work done
Hell no dude/dudette! Go buy a programming book or get your ass to http://www.codecademy.com/ Most freshman entering university are 18 or older, and that's usually the first time they see real coding!
project Gutenberg has books in the public domain available for free. You won't find asoiaf there though. Some libraries have programs that allow you to rent e-books, check yours and see if they offer that. Your only other options are to torrent or buy them
Use any of the mentioned ways to download ebooks of any format, and use Calibre to convert it to .epub (or any other format). Then you're not limited to only searching for uploads in .epub.
Get Adguard. You'll have to turn on "install 3rd party apps" in security settings. The free version will block ads in browsers, and if you pay for a lifetime membership (one-time fee) it'll block in all apps. If you go that route, be prepared to spend some time turning off blocking for some apps which will break if blocked (Hulu, some of the Google or chat apps, for example).
Well considering the discovery of the ability of microwaves to cook things came from Active Radar research, I think it stands to reason. Although I don't know what kind of range it would have...
From https://prezi.com/h1akf66-3-ah/the-microwave-was-discovered-in-1864-by-james-clerk-maxwell/
>In 1947, the microwave oven was accidentally made Percy Spencer, an engineer who was working at a radiation laboratory. One day, while Percy was working on an active radar set he noticed the candy bar he had in his pocket melted. Percy wasn’t the first to notice something like this with radars, but he was the first to investigate it. He and some other workers from the laboratory began trying to heat other food objects to see if a similar heating effect would happen. They first heated popcorn kernels, which became the world’s first microwaved popcorn. They then decided to try to heat an egg. The result was that the egg exploding in the face of one of his co-workers.
>The company Percy was working for, Raytheon, then took rights on October 8, 1945 for a microwave cooking oven, eventually named the Radarange. the first produced microwave oven was about 6 feet tall and weighed around 750 pounds. The price tag on these ovens was about $5000 a piece. It wasn’t until 1967 that the first microwave oven that was both somewhat affordable ($495) and reasonably sized (counter-top model) became available.
>Microwaves were first predicted by James Clerk Maxwell in 1864 by the use of his equations. Later during 1888 Heinrich Hertz proved the existence of microwaves by building a device that produced and detected microwave radiation.
You can literally buy tubs of caffeine on amazon.
Roughly a thousand people a year get sued, so it isn't a huge number, but it does happen. Some ISPs have deals with bigger copyright owners for a "6 strike" system, where they can get up to six notices before they get cut off and their info handed over. This helps limit things because most people stop or get smart before their 6th. Now you can rack them up quick. I have seen where people got 5 notices in one day, because they were unlucky enough to hit that many monirored torrents in an evening.
If the roommate insists on continuing, then I recommend a VPN provider that doesn't retain logs. I recommend Private Internet Access, as they have good speeds and don't log.
/u/tryhard609 If you're interested, please drop me a DM and I can hook up with a short account for research purposes.
/u/pokemaster131 I hope your account was all sorted in the end and everything was as you left it. I've known many people with the same issue and I've heard some horrible stories about all gear being sold and being left naked in the streets of Stormwind by several old guildies!
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Your friend should look into using a VPN. I have heard that ExpressVPN is pretty easy to use and that though you have to pay to use it it doesn't cost much and you can even access overseas content on Netflix with it.
I recommend a VPN like Hotspot Shield. You can get a discount by using the code LINUS
While I'm all for using Tor, if we are shooting for complete anonymity, the use of extensions on the browser is suggested not to be done. That information is found here: https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq.html.en
To quote the relevant section :
" The Tor Browser is free software, so there is nothing preventing you from modifying it any way you like. However, we do not recommend installing any additional Firefox add-ons with Tor Browser. Add-ons can break your anonymity in a number of ways, including browser fingerprinting and bypassing proxy settings.
Some people have suggested we include ad-blocking software or anti-tracking software with the Tor Browser. Right now, we do not think that's such a good idea. Tor Browser aims to provide sufficient privacy that additional add-ons to stop ads and trackers are not necessary. Using add-ons like these may cause some sites to break, which we don't want to do. Additionally, maintaining a list of "bad" sites that should be black-listed provides another opportunity to uniquely fingerprint users".
I'd also argue there is little reason to scan each and every video from pornhub for viruses, but though I trust the site, I can't say that there isn't a risk. I know I've yet to hear of anyone getting a virus from the site.
For free audiobooks:
https://librivox.org/
There, books that are in the public domain are read onto recording by volunteers, so everything is free. You can listen by streaming, or download files to your device. They also have an app for mobile devices.
Besides audiobooks, the also have a bunch of recorded college classes, and archived radio shows.
It looks like a lot were scraped from the Exploit.In database and these individuals are targeted specifically in some cases. Anyone can check if their email or password has appeared in a breach by checking Have I Been Pwned.
I would recommend installing Plex Media Server. Basically, you install it and point it to the folder where you have all the movies.
Make sure that your device is on the same network as your computer. The rest depends on what device you want to stream it to. If you have a PS3, for example, you have to enable media server discovery (I think that's what it's called) in your PS3's settings and you should see a Plex server pop up under the Video section in your XMB.
All of these are terrible, terrible answers.
If you have physical access to the computer, it's yours. edit To add, this is for Windows based OS
Offline Windows Password & Registry Editor
Download this, burn to a CD or bootable USB drive and boot to it. Read the instructions but it's incredibly easy to unlock and blank out the local Administrator's password (or any other user's) and then boot back into Windows.
If you don't have access to the BIOS, and the machine is set to boot to HDD first, then you'll need to remove the BIOS password (usually a jumper on the motherboard), and then that will clear the BIOS password. This varies by manufacturer. On Dell Optiplexs for example, it's a jumper on the board labelled 'PWD' just take off the jumper and it clears the PW.
StickyKeys method does work, but you need administrator access to accomplish it - even in SafeMode generally. You also need to know the appropriate commands to create a new Admin user account and/or reset passwords. It's not nearly as straightforward as the reset disk I listed.
The disk will work on Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 2003, 2008, 2008 R2, and I haven't tried 2012 but got a feeling it'll work.
Note that you do risk corrupting the user's profile (not the end of the world) but if you reset the password for someone's account they use then they may lose their data.
This situation makes me think of Pushbullet as a good solution as she could send and receive text messages from her computer.
Although, this is assuming she has permissions to install extensions on her web browser and has a smart phone. Hoping this helps but those caveats could easily be a deal breaker.
My friend has gotten 3 cease and desist letters over the years, always for downloading blockbuster movies that we're still in theaters or very close to it. He never had a problem with ebooks. Since getting Private Internet Access's VPN a few (5?) years ago, he hasn't gotten any more letters.
It may be possible to configure your computer to allow NO traffic in or out unless the VPN is connected. Some VPN clients (e.g. this one, for VyprVPN can do this for you, but it ought to be possible to do in general with many operating systems.
No, he'd just need an account with a VPN provider.
I'm using VyprVPN, which gives me the fringe benefit of being able to watch other countries' Netflix, work around regional YouTube blocks, evade ISPs with traffic-shaping policies, and generally hide my tracks from the world. There are many other providers, and I'm sure your friend can find the one that's right for him, but the one thing I can say about VyprVPN is that they provide an app that's really easy to use. Any idiot could manage it.
I have used Torguard for VPN.
When it is on sale, it is like $30 for a year, and you can have up to 5 connections.
Find a couple of friends to spilt the cost and hit the internet from the Netherlands where nobody knows who you are.
I use BTGuard to watch netflix options only available in other countries and order UFC events that are only available in other countries, or are much cheaper ($23 in singapore instead of $55).
I don't use it for torrent but I have friends who like it.
Yes. You are literally downloaded the torrent at the time you are watching the movie. Trackers are going to see it. Use a vpn. I recommend Private Internet Access. $40 a year and you don't have to worry about torrenting. Worth the piece of mind.
Yeah, sounds pretty counter-intuitive when I said it... Do it there in the land of freedom and dreams. But yeah, VPN services (Spotflux, Hotspot Shield, etc...) usually does the job of fixing the DNS for you too. It should do the trick.
Yes, stay connected while downloading/seeding.
The thing is Hotspot Shield Throttles the torrent speeds so much you might as well NOT do it.
Have your friend drop some money on a private VPN.
A decent free VPN is VPNBook.
With regards to jkerman The issue with getting on private trackers is your friend needs two things.
If your friend knows someone on a private tracker like broadcastthenet, go for it, just make sure he knows that he needs to keep a high seed ratio. It is an extra layer of security.
YFSK that life is full of risks: for us as individuals, for anyone in our families, for any of our friends. These risks include an infinity of terrible things that can happen during conception, during pregnancy, during childhood and during adulthood. Tell her that while we can be mindful of the potential catastrophes that can befall us and our loved ones, we shouldn't allow our fear of these things to prevent us from fulfilling our goals, whether we aspire to cross the street (and face the risk of being hit by a bus, notwithstanding the pleasures awaiting us on the other side) or start a family (and face the risk of any number of misfortunes, notwithstanding the spectacular pleasure and fulfillment associated with bringing a new and unique being into the world, regardless of its abilities or limitations).
See also A Guide to the Good Life, by Bill Irvine.
tl/dr: feel the fear and do it anyway
It's...complicated. But the short version is that in some places, yes, they can look in your personal bags but cannot touch the items (as long as notice is posted that they may do this) or check your receipt. However, they can also detain you if they have probable cause to believe that you stole something while on their property (in the store). But the criteria for this is astronomically high.
A loss prevention officer basically has to see the suspect pick up an item and conceal it (if they're just concealing an item, then it could've been their own item they brought in the store with them), carry it throughout the store and not put it down, intentionally pass by cash registers, and then attempt to leave. Side note: this is part of the reason why you'll see stores with two sets of doors. If someone leaves the first door, it can count as "attempting to leave" while still having a second door keeping them inside the store.
At that point, stores have a lot of leeway in preventing you from leaving the store, including using physical force. They can't beat the shit out of you, but they can restrain you. However, most stores choose not to because...I mean, fucking listen to how that sounds. Someone steals a Snickers so they can put you in a headlock? Not a good look even for America. So most stores prefer to take a more hands-off approach. Don't tackle people. Don't lay hands on them if you don't have to. Most thieves will capitulate if you corner them and let them know that you have them on camera anyway. So just be vigilant, but don't be threatening.
Oh and usually when someone steals, the police get involved real quick. So "detain" in this context is largely code for "keep you here until the cops can deal with you."
Unfortunately many of these sites operate under illegally distributing their content (MHA is only licensed in america through Funimation and Crunchyroll for streaming as far as i know) and also that unfortunately means that they fall back to any ad agency that will pay them to keep their site up. If you really want to avoid the ads, Get an adblocker, or on mobile, use a web browser that has a built-in ad blocker or has support for extensions (I know firefox for android allows you to install an ad blocker extension)
Otherwise, your best way to legitimately access this content without the iffy ads is to pay for a Crunchyoll subscription.
Ok, just read your edit and this is 100% your roommates fault. You took every reasonable precaution to secure your stuff before going out of town and they undermined your efforts and caused the broken cable.
I would figure out a way to secure your room. I know you said your door doesn't close, that can sometimes be fixed with a bit of youtube and simple tools. You could also install something like this https://smile.amazon.com/Degree-Padlock-Stainless-Locking-Sliding/dp/B07YCZCJPK
Things like that should be able to be useable even with a door that doesn't close fully. There's other options as well.
Sounds like your roommate is not the most emotionally mature and that's like not their fault. It could be very difficult to get her to see your side of things so you might just need to chalk this up to an expense in learning how to life with her.
Most headphones can have the cord replaces and shouldn't be too difficult, but yeah, it sucks that you have to pay for other people's negligence.
If your friend needs total privacy, like if they're a mob boss or something, your friend should use tox routed over tor. If your friend is just sending nudes though then even facebook messenger is private enough, no-one's seeking out their doughy, hairy naked body except the people they're sending it to, and unless the images are unsolicited someone finding out that they sent nudes should affect their view of your friend about as much as finding out that they have genitals.
> It's old-school coding where you just type the code into Notepad and then run it through a DOS compiler.
Fucking hell, dude! That's like digging a well with a spoon! I know that you're already familiar with the tools, but this can be way easier.
Here. This is free and supports almost everything.
At the least, they claim they don't.
https://www.23andme.com/law-enforcement-guide/
Supposedly they have denied all 5 requests they have received from law enforcement.
Whether they actually secretly give up the info, or if the Government obtains it from their database without them even knowing... until there is something implicating that this happens, we can only consider it a conspiracy theory.
T-Mobile MyTouch 3G specs for anyone curious.
I wonder why that thing didn't have a headphone jack. It makes a little sense now, but that phone really has no excuse.
If the emails are sent via Craigslist's remailers, then Craigslist should have some information about the person, at least for a few days. I'd reach out to their abuse team. Not sure how responsive or effective they are, but https://www.craigslist.org/about/help/abuse seems to be the right link.
If they send you the information directly, the email headers might have some information about any remailer or mail service they're using. You might be able to follow up with that service to get, e.g., IP address. This might help get you one step closer.
Of course, they could always be using TOR with an anonymous remailer, in which case you might be shit out of luck for any info.
Your friend is likelihood safe, must of the rogue ads work as redirect pages that show multiple ads to increase profit or put you in Crypto mining page that stress your PC/Phone CPU.
If your friend was using PC and accidentally downloaded a random file from the ad page, i suggest scanning their PC with AdwCleaner to check if they got ADware installed.
A broad outline for your friend would be as follows
-Start by using Tor for all searches, probably from a bootable usb stick at the public library
-Research the news for deaths of missionary families in Africa with kids who were born the same gender at and at roughly the same time as the replacee (Christian missionaries are basically nomads anyway and live off the US grid for years at a time in hostile overseas countries)
-Once he/she has a suitable subject, go to the town of birth (might require some light travel) and get a birth certificate from the town hall , Best way to do this is to hire a lawyer to do it for him (Breaking Bad Saul style lawyers don't ask questions for work, they just do it, get paid, move on, best kind)
-Run a credit check on your new identity, see if the death has actually been recorded in the USA or if this identity has already been co-opted by someone else and is in use (toss and repeat if it is)
-If the ID is clear, setup far away from the birth place of the donor and begin again, anyone asks why your friend doesn't have ID other than a birth certificate, just tell him to say he has been overseas as a Christian missionary
Does your friend have find my iPhone set up? I'm not familiar with it and it might be enabled by default.
If the phone is connected to a network you should be able to use that website to remote wipe it.
In order to confirm it worked I recommend asking the kid that bought it.
What a VPN does is it tunnels your connection through one of their servers. This means that the IP that is visible for the site that is used will be the IP of the VPN. Thus the site will not be able to track your IP, but will only be able to see the VPN's IP. Law enforcement could try to force a VPN to give them your actual IP, but VPN's like NordVPN won't be able to do that because they don't log the IP of the user. This basically means it is impossible (or at least not worth it) to track you down. As for what server to use, I'd just go with the country you live in because the farther away you are from the VPN's server the slower your connection will be. I also said not to use a free VPN, which I said because they don't care about your privacy and they will log your IP and give it to law enforcement if they're asked to. They will most likely also try to sell your data.
I liked this book, which not only goes over different types of rage, it talks about ways to change. It’s a first step, not a complete course of action. You can change and have a better, more enjoyable life, but it takes time and effort (and often, outside help).
Rage: A Step-by-Step Guide to Overcoming Explosive Anger
I think your friend should have said something, but know--from experience--that it is very hard to do that. Especially when caught unaware and by surprise and even more so when in a group and you're the only one who is speaking up and aren't sure what to say. Calling out racism effectively is something that takes practice and skill and knowledge. Sadly, in our country, your friend (and you!) will have plenty of opportunity to practice in real life situations going forward, so don't let your friend beat themselves up for not having said anything this time. Just be ready and willing to say something next time.
If your friend is interested in being better prepared the next time they hear something racist and want to point it out, reading So You Want To Talk About Race is an EXCELLENT place to start. Another good and helpful read is How to be an Anti-Racist.
Yes. I have a second router to simplify VPN. Configure the VPN service on the router and then anything that connects to it automatically uses the VPN.
I use this one but there are a bunch of others that do it. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FB45SI4
I've used two different VPN services over the past few years and both worked fine.
Not the guy you been talking to, but your mental health should be your #1 priority right now. 1 hour a week or even 1 hour a month would help a lot. They even have sessions you can do online through your phone or computer webcam.
You mentioned you have a problem with procrastination. Well try to set up realistic goals for yourself each day or week. If you can improve yourself even a tiny bit week by week, that's progress.
Here are some example goals (you will want to change them to your own personal needs, these are just examples)
In the next 7 days:
1) Do two exercises (15 minute jog, 30 minute walk, 7 minute workout etc
2) Look up and reach out to 1 therapist if they have an opening that meets your schedule
3) Tidy up your room
Aside from that looks like other people have added some good sources to look into which I recommend following. I'll add a book that I think is very helpful
https://www.amazon.com/Self-Compassion-Proven-Power-Being-Yourself/dp/0061733520
If you can modify the can then get one of those old can openers with the pointy end. When the time starts pop the top of the claw like normal and then use that to put a vent on the far side of the top from the normal opening.
This extra air vent will let it pour out smoother and much faster. Closer to shotgun speeds with very little mess.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008UTYWU2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_x1ACDbAAN36J4
Correction, if you don't mind: Private Internet Access keeps no logs whatsoever and even has public court records to back up this claim.
Therefore, it also doesn't matter where PIA is based; a government cannot coerce handover of things that don't exist in the first place.
Disclosure: I work for PIA.
Malwarebytes and BitDefender would be a good combination for taking care of viruses and malware, CCleaner for cleaning up all the folders that can be easily forgotten about, and File Assassin for 'unlocking' files that sometimes refuse to delete or move folders because of inaccurate "used by another application" errors.
And, assuming VPNs are legal in your country, Private Internet Access or a seedbox so you can torrent to your heart's content.
But there's not much wrong with general porn streaming sites, 99% of NSFW subreddits link to them, but two things to remember: if you're on mobile, then checking the comments will usually tell you if the browser can view the page without any problems, and if you're willing to take the risk then keep in mind you'll need that back button! Two, if you're using a desktop browser than Adblock, Adblock Plus and Ublock Origin are suggested to block the crap, along with Malwarebytes. :)
1)Download a p2p filesharing client like Deluge / Utorrent. Utorrent used to be shitty(they had a cryptocurrency miner), but now they're fine.
2) if you have verizon, at this point, the only thing they will send you notices for is movies, so you can just to go kickass for all your needs.
3) Any VPN should work for movies, but you might want a private tracker, or you can use a free VPN like "Betternet" or OpenVPN.
> He tries to not torrent things
Haha. Ha. I tried sooo hard to not start uTorrent, but...
The copyright holders pay companies to track the newer and attractive torrents. "Not seeding" does not help. The tracking companies connect to the torrent tracker and get a list of IPs connected to the torrent cloud. It can be expensive if caught again, even if he just needs a lawyer to make things go away. Your friend should consider paying ~10 dollars a month to a usenet provider like Newshosting (free trail available) for unlimited downloads of everything he can possibly want. Except for Game of Thrones, that needs to be streamed.
Not that I can see - Tunnelblick (OSX OpenVPN client that Mullvad provides configs for) has the option to route all traffic through OpenVPN, but that doesn't require it. On OSX (don't have my Windows box handy so I can't check, sorry), there also appears to be no built-in way of doing it with the included application firewall.
I have a FreeBSD seedbox at home (purely for legal, uncopyrighted material, and I secure my connections exclusively for reasons of principle, as my up/downloads are nobody's business, natch) and use a combination of Transmission-bt and IPFilter (IPFirewall works just as well) to drop any traffic that doesn't go through the tun0 virtual VPN interface - on workstations/laptops, you will probably have to tweak this to exclusively drop bittorrent traffic that's not routed through the VPN. I like Transmission since it has both good, simple, reliable clients on OSX/Windows, a good web interface for its UNIX CLI client, and a decent uploader for the web interface.
There are plenty of tutorials on how to do this, though. Here is an example.
A friend of mine told me that a good thing to do is get a VPN that makes it look like you are downloading from a different IP address. He said he doesn't want to sound like an advertisement but recommend that was $40 a year called Private Internet Access.
Lots! The one I can think of right now is one called Forest (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cc.forestapp). It doesn't strictly limit social media, but it does set goals and rewards for you to not use your phone for a while and stay focused on a task. I can't think of any others right now, but I remember I found a bunch when I was looking for apps to help me study. If you're on iOS I can't help you though (Android master race!)
It isn't illegal to lie to someone to get them to admit something. Cops do it all the time.
Record the phone conversation. Texas is a single party consent state. That means, if you are part of the conversation, you can record the audio without letting anyone else know. On Android, I've had good experience with ACR, and have used it quite a bit (I used it when my mortgage company had messed up my mortgage and were trying to worm their way out of fixing it). No clue what to use on iPhone.
For texts, just make sure they don't accidentally get deleted.
You can get self adhesive ones which, in my experience are pretty easy to remove.
my idea is to get something like this OP, cut it out to a small shape, then use a stronger more normal adhesive to attach the googly eyes to the sticker
https://www.amazon.com/Sticker-Shield-Windshield-Application-Re-application/dp/B01466E24S
He may perceive that others will like him more for doing favors. He may believe that he is valuable because of the services he renders. Whatever the reason(s), your friend has the capability to say no, he just chooses to say yes.
There are lots of self-help books on the topic. "Your Perfect Right" and "The Power of a Positive No" are both geared towards men.
The psychology behind difficulty saying no is complex and rather irrelevant. Your friend does not have to understand a behavior in order to correct it.
vocabulary flash cards. You learn a new word, think you never heard it before. But after you learn it, if you read much, you start seeing it, as if for the first time. On the other hand, if you don't read much, maybe there isn't much point in expanding your vocabulary.
If the door is letting sound through because of gaps around the frame, tell him to apply weather stripping to the threshold which the door sits in. It's cheap, it'll make a form-fitting seal when the door is closed, and it can be easily removed at the end of the school year.
He can also get those... I don't even know what they're called - they're that little insert you slide under the bottom of drafty doors to fill the gap between the door and the floor.
It's tough to deal with a door that is really thin to begin with. As others have said about the walls, tell him to drape shit on it.
He'll always struggle to keep low frequencies from getting out, but can at least obscure some of the higher frequency sound so that people have a harder time figuring out what ~~you're~~ he's doing...
EDIT:
Here's the kind of weather stripping I'm taking about, and here's the door insert, a "draft dodger."
Have fun, note that being so drunk you can't find your tent is not fun.
Also, bring ear plugs. If you want to get near the front but don't actually want to go deaf, then you can still hear the music fine through ear plugs. They're also useful if you want to sleep.
Some people put flags or balloons on their tent so they can find it. I prefer to just spray paint a symbol on each side. It's not as visible from far away but it will be instantly recognisable and won't draw as much attention or fall over. Also sometimes people are bastards and swap the flags about.
Depending on where in the world you are, you'll want a poncho and/or sun hat. I also like to bring a waterproof picnic blanket that wraps up small so it all fits in a tiny backpack a small backpack is useful for carrying things that won't weigh down/fall out of your pockets. it keeps things out of the way and because its small, it won't swing about or bump into people when you're dancing. Of course, don't put anything really valuable in it because pickpockets.
I usually leave my phone stashed in the car because
A) Who do you need to talk to that isn't already there?
B) You'll have a hard time getting a signal with thousands of other people sharing the same field?
C) the battery won't last past saturday.
Also, bring wet wipes.