Excellent 20-mins overview on the #VPN market, with a deep dive into it's #shady parts: "The DARK side of VPNs" by #NaomiBrockwell, featuring #JonathanTomek

Watch it *before* you sign up with any VPN #provider.

#ZiffDavis #KapeTechnologies #NordSecurity

https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/vpn-scandals:5

@h_tejas and that's how they got the huge user numbers. #shady

@tezoatlipoca

I don't fuck around and found out what I suspected from your comment.

#Shady #MaximeBernier

@arstechnica mostly because it only allows #shady advertising and doesn't even allow legally required & legible disclosures for advertising at max. of 3% screen space...

@aethelshane #575prompt #haiku

#shady

Whispers of the night
Chart the stars and courses of
Events in the day

tl;dr: Prayer changes things

@wdlindsy You make an excellent point here (said in a Canadian accent). We're in this together. On your point about #Brexit, isn't that really a #Putin plot aided by #Zuckerberg, #Facebook and a #shady #cabal of #billionaires? Or am I oversimplifying? Serious question, Brexit still seems to be a murky topic (in terms of public discourse).

#brookgreengardens #oldtrees #spanishmoss #path #sunny #shady #trees #travelphotography #photo from #Spring 2023.

Every. Single. Day!

#shady #dog #wheaten #wheatenTerrier #FeedMe

Cyrus Vance Jr. could have brought #StormyDaniels charges against #TFG in 2018, 2019, or 2020, but chose not to. Guy seems #shady

#cyrusvancejr

I suspect if your invitation for me to join your Editorial Board includes an unsubscribe link, I'm not the only candidate you're reaching out to.

#Shady

Something strange just happened.

In December, I bought some sports memorabilia for my brother from Fanatics.com.

Since then, I've been inundated with #marketing #spam emails for the team that was branded on the item I bought, from multiple companies, mostly #Ticketmaster (who I've never done business with).

Today, I filled out a survey sent to me by Fanatics. I chose "Other" as the reason I'd rate them 0/10, and then typed in the box that they spammed me and I was reporting them to the #FTC (which I am, because the unsubscribe links don't even work).

I was then taken to a page that informed me that I was automatically being removed from all marketing lists based on my response... which was free-form text entered into a box.

In my mind, that would seem to indicate they know what they're doing is so wrong and illegal that they specifically wrote algorithms to look for related words (maybe "spam" or "FTC"), instead of offering "Marketing Emails" as a direct choice (remember, I had to choose "other" to enter this). So, they're concealing their wrongdoing too.

Anyway, I don't think any of this is #illegal, but it is #shady as fuck, so maybe don't ever do any business with #Fanatics

Submitting prompts to the Midjourney Discord for all in the channel to see feels a bit dirty.

"Like that's what you're into!?!?" 😂

https://media.giphy.com/media/bzOwkffoJcEXcP2OxW/giphy.gif

#midjourney #ai #shady

#LeonardoDiCaprio was interviewed by the FBI over his relationship with a Malaysian businessman involved with the 1MDB scandal, report says #KimKardasian #Shady
https://www.businessinsider.com/leonardo-dicaprio-kim-kardashian-interviewed-by-fbi-1mdb-scandal-2023-3

TIL that #CAPTCHA solving services are a thing. They're effectively connecting an #API to human beings. It all seems very exploitative and for some reason the few services I checked always seemed to end up with Russians being involved. Nontransparent organization structures and browser plug-ins that aren't even on official plug-in stores #shady #fishy

Yo-yo car sales ensnare buyers -- Will the FTC crack down on dealers? : NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/02/04/1152932192/yo-yo-car-sales #Vehicles #Contracts #Ethics #Shady

The level of shadiness anytime I accidentally call her “a good girl” :blobcateyes:

#Shady #Cat
#Milo #Kitty #Mood
#CatsOfMastodon #CatsOnMastodon #Catsadon #MastoCats #Photography #BlackAndWhite #BlackCat #Vibes #Moody

@rickf yes -- and it's just a shame he's too much in the limelight for his most recent creditors to just invite him to an embassy for a disappearance or a hotel for a window to fall out from. 🤷🏻‍♂️

#elonmusk #tesla #ElonMuskIsAGiantTurd #MarginCall #shady

Welp, apparently two men in an embrace is NSFW and needs to be flagged as “sensitive” (and not the awww sweet kinda sensitive) here.

And I dunno how comfy I am with that.

We were shirtless. Not humping. #shady #nsfw #lgbtq #gay

Ready, Set, GO #BlackLab #Shady #Jawnville #RivahLife #HulkCreek #NorthernNeck #FlyEaglesFly

The last several times I've flown I was "randomly selected for additional screening" and now I was "randomly selected" to have to go in person to renew my TSA Precheck. Clearly I am on some list 👀 #shady