*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@qoto.org

@shibaprasad You are very welcome. Keep an eye out for bad posts and do report them.

I caught a guy here earlier, seriously -- a brand new account, and he posted a single image, no text. I went to check the profile, to see if it was a new user and post a welcome message. Then...

He had been boosting posts from a porn account at sinblr, graphic, no CW. Dick pictures, in the open.

From here, I flipped out.

@shibaprasad Wow, good morning! 😃

11 PM at my location, and will be bed time soon. But you can watch the fort for us here.

@realcaseyrollins That Secure Core slider switch on the pic is to enabble the optional, premium service TOR like network. All withing their own servers, but bouncing packets from machine to machine.

That screenshot was when I had the one week free trial, and selected Iceland server since it was under low load. Now that week is finished, I can use the free servers in US, Netherlands or Japan only.

@realcaseyrollins Yes, it's beautifully designed, and very fast running. I get connected at boot time, and when my laptop goes to sleep, it reconnects before I even entered the PIN to unlock it.

Very well done.

@realcaseyrollins A pic, screenshot of protonvpn client. pretty...

@realcaseyrollins if you need the Proton software but can't open their site, I could get a copy and place it in another site for you.

@realcaseyrollins The speed is why I never used it. I needed vpn for watching BBC programming without being in the UK, and at work to keep my internet usage private.

Tor is interesting. ProtonVPN has a product that works in similar way - but only bouncing traffic thru their own servers, so speeds are much better.

@Aastha1801 That is good advice, their government has been deeply involved on operations to de-estabilize governments in other countries which they did not like - for a long time.

Funding, training, arms and belic materiel all have been provided.

@realcaseyrollins It's possible someone inside your college network has set up an incoming node for Tor, that would get you in quickly.

Never used it yet.

@_lunawinters You could leave a note, maybe pinned to the top of your profile, saying you are taking some time off. That way anyone noticing your presence could check and be reassured.

I do stay away from places that are no longer interesting for me, FB primarily.

@realcaseyrollins No, I didn't mean you were into anything illegal. Just that TOR is basically similar to a vpn as both provide tunnels for data flows.

If an organization has restrictions on a vpn it would also have the same for a tor network use.

But it's your call, mentioned it since you seemed to need to get avatars from another site.

I used a vpn everyday at work - my own account, to avoid all the blocked sites they imposed on the firewall.

@realcaseyrollins TOR is as much a violation as the vpn I mentioned. Maybe do use it on occassion, only when you need to pick something specifically.

@realcaseyrollins Use a VPN.

It will tunnel right thru firewalls. I found and am using a FREE one right now. https://protonvpn.com

Recommended for use specially if on public networks!

@realcaseyrollins Yeah, mine is like that too. Always a lot of traffic there, while here sometimes there's no post for a while.

@realcaseyrollins I do, I like to check all new local posts since the last time I was in, respond to notifications, greet new users, respond to new and interesting topics, etc.

It feels different, closer, looking at people we are more familiar with already. When things quiet down, I go to the Home feed to see what's passing by, respond to some interesting ones, maybe find new and interesting people to follow.

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@realcaseyrollins Ah, nice, glad to know you had a better day!