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Don't know who needs to hear this, but given the current political situation in the United States, unless you are literally a digital security specialist, you NEED to be assuming that the federal government, the police, ICE, the NSA, the FBI, and the tech corporations that work with the government can all easily find, view, and attach to your IRL life:

Everything single message or thing you've ever sent that requires a signal or wifi (aka all of your texts, dms, discord servers, emails, the contents of photo or file attachments, etc.)

Every single post you've ever made on any social media platform, including tumblr, yes, even if your profile is completely anonymous

If you use Google and/or Google Chrome, your entire search history and every single website you've ever been to (and even if you don't use Google Chrome, unless you have a bunch of adblockers and tracker blockers, they will have all of this stuff anyway)

Any online petitions you've signed that were not specifically anonymous, and some that were

Any online donation you made

All the photos in your phone camera roll and/or that you've uploaded to the internet

The precise, real-time location and location history of your cell phone, yes often even if you have your location turned off, and yes, this IS usually just a literal, real-time log of all your movements

The precise, real-time location and location history of any car with Carplay, or likely any car with a built-in GPS

The precise, real-time location of - and the info picked up by - your FitBit or any other wearable health or fitness tracker

Anything you say in sound range of an Amazon Echo or other digital/home assistant

Anything you say or type into Alexa, Siri, Cortana, or any other digital assistant

The live and old footage of every single Ring camera (which ICE now has access to via a partnership between Amazon and surveillance database Flock, yes including the one on your own house, if you have one, and including the ones on your neighbor's house)

The live and old footage of every single security camera connected to the internet, plus any owned by a collaborating corporation (combined, this will be almost all of them)

Every app you have downloaded, and often everything entered into them, including and especially PERIOD TRACKERS (which have already been used to convict multiple ppl of an abortion in states where it is illegal. FB messages about finding an abortion clinic have been used to convict too

Every single thing you've ever entered into an AI, such as ChatGPT, even if you've deleted the logs, which ChatGPT and afaik other AI companies are required to retain indefinitely by court order

Anyway if you don't want the cops potentially seeing it and using it to convict you, don't send it over an unencrypted connection, period

And finally:

Hey Tumblr, your security is super important to us. In light of a recent surge in scams, we want to make sure you have all the tools and knowledge to keep your account safe:

Verify the source: If someone claiming to be from Tumblr Support reaches out, always check the sender's email address. Official Tumblr communication will come from tumblr.com or tumblr.zendesk.com domains, and Tumblr will never contact you via another platform.

Don’t click suspicious links: Check the destination of a URL before clicking, and look for anything that doesn't seem right, such as a misspelled website name. 

Recognize phishing: Phishing messages or emails often try to create a sense of urgency ("Your account will be suspended if you don't click here now!"). They might also contain grammatical errors or poor formatting. 

Never share your password: Tumblr staff will never ask you for your password. If anyone asks for your password, it's a scam.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA): This adds an extra layer of security. Even if someone gets your password, they can't access your account without the second verification step. You can enable 2FA in your account settings.

For more on avoiding scams and keeping your account safe, check out the Help Center.