• MrShankles
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    Tails OS. I went to search what it was and read the Wikipedia article. Guess I’m on a watch-list now, cause of my dumb curiosity lol

    From Wikipedia

    In 2014 Das Erste reported that the NSA’s XKeyscore surveillance system sets threat definitions for people who search for Tails using a search engine or visit the Tails website

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      My dumb ass wants to know really bad what Tails OS is and why knowing that’d put you on a watchlist

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        Tails OS is an operating system you load onto a USB that “basically” procludes you from being tracked. It’s FOSS, and governments all over the world hate it. Even though the U.S. military “basically” invented it.

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            Nice try NSA. I ain’t clicking that link. Fool my curious ass once; shame on you. Fool me twice - well… you can’t get fooled again

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                Lmao that’s low key, kinda how I feel looking at that link right now

                Edit: Mother fu**er, and I still clicked it! God damnit; curse my curiosity. It’s a link to the Tails website y’all, in case you’re wondering. Doesn’t matter for me, I’m already balls deep under the NSA’s nose now. Hope they’re happy my taint is showered

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      It’s almost too easy to get flagged online sometimes.

      On one hand, there’s probably something related to that word that should be flagged.

      On the flip side, I think of the fox from Sonic when I see that word. There are probably a lot of people with random flags haha

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        No, it flags you specifically for being interested in TailsOS or Tor browser, both. It has nothing to do with the word tails and everything to do with “heeeyy this guy doesn’t like being stalked en masse, must be a criminal.”

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        What word? Tails? Like, “Tails” from Sonic? Or “Tails” as in the word I searched and fucked myself on, for being insatiably curious?

        Sonic is the first thing I think of, when I think of Tails. Like “Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Sonic and Tails”. And Tails was kinda my favorite character… besides Knuckles, because of the gliding plus climbing thing

        But yeah, now I’m apparently not allowed to say “Tails” without scrutiny. C’est la vie. Ignorance is bliss I guess.

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        I worked really hard on a tailspin DVD for a niece done years ago. I probably searched through a lot of images for art.

        I hope I made it with an additional "Dumbass spells it “tailspin DVD” flag

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      That being said, I doubt the tracking is all that helpful as there are many people who use Tails as a legitimate system for preserving one’s privacy and safety, such as in cases of DV, trafficking, etc.

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      Your threat definition is allowed to be zero though too. They have just as much interest in marking off curious people as they do in finding people looking to use it nefariously.

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        You saying my curiosity may have decreased my threat definition? Now the NSA just thinks I’m a dumbass? Am I like, on an anti-watch list now?

        Kinda hurts my feelings a little, and now I’m not sure how to feel. I guess I’ll take it

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          That’s okay, it could be worse. You could have somehow gotten on the TSA’s list for always being randomly selected for an extra search. You’d think after 20 years they’d figure out what color the dildo I packed for them is going to be…

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      Nobody is putting you on a list for downloading tails or kali, both of which are absolutely legitimate and have plenty of uses that aren’t sus