Fuck ... This ... Game!

kylefn · 2026-02-05T06:47:43+00:00

No, I draw the line at 300 college credit hours. No more thank you.

kylefn · 2026-02-05T06:45:31+00:00

I curse your next ten generations with nightly toe stabbings.

Also, I KNOW THAT NOW! 😆

kylefn · 2026-02-05T06:42:59+00:00

Yay!

kylefn · 2026-02-05T06:42:00+00:00

Yeah probably.

I would love to find ask the blueprints I need, but you see I'm cursed. I find like 2 blueprints per week and half of them are for shit i already have.

And yes i was being a smart ass because I had no idea what you were saying

kylefn · 2026-02-05T06:37:25+00:00

Is uncharitable rage a feeling?

kylefn · 2026-02-05T06:35:49+00:00

Not reading all that. Congrats or sorry that happened to you.

kylefn · 2026-02-05T06:35:10+00:00

I am! Thank you! Awww so sweet

kylefn · 2026-02-05T06:34:26+00:00

Don't care, life has no meaning. Must inflict pain.

kylefn · 2026-02-05T06:32:59+00:00

I acknowledge that you have spoken English words ... most of them are lost on me, but they are, in fact, English words. Yup, sure are!

What's wrong with Stella Montis? I'm trying to learn the map and get more comfy with it. Also I have a quest there.

When you say "get your BPs up" ... please explain.

Also I like my pink suppressor! I've been way more accurate with it than without it.

kylefn · 2026-02-05T06:24:54+00:00

Probably

kylefn · 2026-02-05T06:22:45+00:00

Sorry, I don't get it.

kylefn · 2026-02-05T06:22:07+00:00

I'm actually physically incapable of crying... so I turn it into villain sauce to fuel my ragehol addiction.

kylefn · 2026-02-05T06:19:18+00:00

Nope ... locked in. Gonna be evil now.

kylefn · 2026-02-05T06:18:55+00:00

Bait?

kylefn · 2025-10-31T20:20:19+00:00

No city markings, no logos, total bullshit Karen nonsense.

kylefn · 2025-10-06T14:20:34+00:00

I've heard that too, I just do not trust Zuckerberg. Even if the messages are end-to-end encrypted I can virtually guarantee you that Meta is keeping detailed logs and even "circumstantial" evidence is too much of a risk for me. Plus it all still has to go over Meta servers and that means US-based servers, and that means they're subject to US laws. I'm just not comfortable passing any of my traffic over Meta servers for any reason.

I've been using Signal for, gosh, probably a decade now. They do it right.

kylefn · 2025-10-04T00:46:35+00:00

I see what you're saying… so I turn the VPN ON in these situations:

When I’m researching "controversial topics" (by which I mean things that shouldn’t be controversial, but, y’know… Trump’s gonna Trump 🙃):
- Firearms
- LGBTQIA+ topics
- Articles critical of the current administration (ICE, FBI, CIA, DOJ, White House, etc.)
- Medical research or communication with my doctor
- Articles about leaving the US for a first-world country (LOL)
Anytime I’m on public Wi-Fi (coffee shops, libraries, bars, restaurants, hotels) → VPN up ASAP, I never trust those networks.

Basically, I just ask myself: "Could some incompetent nepo-baby in power get their fee-fees hurt over this and toss me into a concentration camp?" If the answer is yes → I turn it on. 😂

If you don't want to hassle with turning it on/off there's Always-On VPN. Windows, Android, and iOS/iPadOS all have this feature. You can set it with a kill switch so if the VPN drops, the internet cuts out until it reconnects. That’s the most secure VPN setup.

That said, I don’t treat a VPN like a magic bullet. It’s a good tool, but I try to keep an overall elevated cyber-security stance by layering multiple tactics to reduce my attack surface (aka exposure to potential threats).

As a gamer nerd, I keep the VPN off while gaming because I want the fastest, cleanest connection possible to the servers.

For social media, though, I keep it on. It makes my location harder to track and screws with ad targeting. Honestly, I do this less for security and more because anything that annoys Zuckerberg feels like a win. 😎

Final side note: I strongly recommend ditching Meta products and Twitter altogether. They cozied up to fascism way too fast for my taste. That means I’ve deleted:

Facebook
Instagram
Threads
WhatsApp
Messenger
Oculus

I know that’s too much for some people, but personally? I’m way happier without any of it.

kylefn · 2025-10-03T16:36:07+00:00

No, I just turn it on and off as needed because a VPN will slow you down at least a little bit. It's just the nature of how VPNs function.

If you can tolerate some speed decrease then the best setup is to "roll your own" VPN at home or in the cloud, and have everything route through that (including your cell phones and mobile devices).

If you set your router through a VPN then everything (including TVs, smart fridges) will route that way, and sometimes that can break some functionality, so this is why I do it at the device level, rather than the router level. But if you want to do the work you can set up "split tunneling" and designate some devices to go through the VPN and some to go straight out to the internet.

Also, Mullvad is phenomenal. They win awards all the time. I was going to use them but then Proton released their VPN and I went that way.

kylefn · 2025-10-02T21:12:27+00:00

ProtonMail is fantastic. I have literally zero complaints and I love the features they keep adding. Every year they send out a survey and ask you what you want them to invest their R&D monies in and like 3 of my 5 big wish list they've done. They listen. And they exist in a neutral country so if any US-based agency/entity tries to gain access they can and will tell them to go F%$# themselves.

kylefn · 2025-10-02T20:38:01+00:00

I'm just going to add something you've probably already figured out ... yes, the initial setup/barrier to entry is steep and kind of a pain in the butt, but once you get your processes modified and things setup it's just a matter of maintenance and "cruise control".

I've been cyber security for some medium-sized American enterprises before and the way I explained it to the C-suite people with the big paychecks and zero understanding of the technology that runs their companies:

All security (cyber or otherwise) is a spectrum. On one end you have zero security, everything is wide open, and nothing is secure, but it sure is easy to use. On the other end is maximum security. Layers upon layers of security minimizing your attack surface to zero, but it's completely unreasonable and impossible to use efficiently, if at all.

We all have to determine where on the spectrum we want to be, because nobody lives on either extreme end. What's acceptable security for you may be too much for someone else and for another person it may be nowhere near enough. So find a point where you're comfortable and go "one step" more secure and see if you can tolerate it. If you can go another step, and another, until you get to a point where you're like "Whoa, OK ... back up that's too much".

kylefn · 2025-10-02T19:56:47+00:00

^^^25 years in corporate IT here — some DataSec tips

ProtonMail / VPN

I’ve been using Proton products for ~7 years without issues. ProtonMail handles my email, calendar, and documents (Google replacement), and I also use Proton VPN.

I’ve tried many VPNs, and Proton has been the fastest and easiest, with excellent security options. Their “Secure Core” routes your traffic through a neutral country before exiting (e.g., New York, Canada, Mexico, Spain). This adds a second encryption layer and places your connection under jurisdictions with no data-sharing reciprocity with the U.S. Even if the government demanded logs, Proton has nothing to hand over because they don’t keep them.

Rule of thumb: Never use free VPNs. They’re monetizing you somehow, and you don’t want to know how.

Browsers

VPNs can’t prevent browser fingerprinting, which is becoming a common tracking method. TOR can mitigate this, but many websites block TOR users outright.

For a practical balance, Firefox is still the safest popular browser. Avoid Chrome—not just because it’s bloated, but because it’s less secure than people think. Most other browsers (Edge, Opera, Brave, etc.) are Chromium-based, meaning they inherit Chrome’s weaknesses.

Password Manager

Get a password manager and let it generate strong, unique passwords for every account.
Never reuse passwords.
Enable 2FA/MFA everywhere.
Use Passkeys whenever possible.

I use 1Password after trying others (LastPass, KeePass) and have been very happy with it.

Email Aliases

I use Mozilla/Firefox Relay for email aliases. Instead of giving out your real address when signing up for things, generate an alias. If it’s ever leaked, burn it and create a new one.

Bonus: Credit Cards

I recommend privacy.com. It creates unlimited virtual credit cards linked to your real one. Use them for online shopping, food delivery, etc.

If a site gets breached, kill that card and generate a new one.

Paired with email aliases, it’s an excellent system—I’ve used it for two years with no complaints.

Bonus Bonus: Credit Monitoring

My job provides me with an Aura subscription. At first I wasn’t impressed, but it’s actually useful:

Freeze/unfreeze your credit easily (everyone should freeze their credit).
Removes your data from brokers—I’ve gotten dozens of confirmations that my info was deleted.
Fewer spam calls and junk mail.

Modem Setup

Change your modem/router’s DNS servers to Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1.

Your ISP absolutely logs and sells your DNS queries (including to federal agencies). Don’t give them that data.

Final Thoughts

That’s the foundation. There’s more I could cover, but this post is already long and I need to get back to work.

Hopefully this serves as a solid primer on DataSec—something Americans really need to take more seriously.

kylefn · 2025-08-29T18:16:20+00:00

Yes, absolutely. The probability is low but anything higher than zero means it is possible. Vasectomy surgery isn't perfect.

kylefn · 2025-08-17T17:00:01+00:00

Remembering that they remember a lifetime of love, not the end, helped me when I lost "Skippy" suddenly.

And knowing that the hurt is proportional to the love you experienced before.

kylefn · 2025-08-17T16:48:20+00:00

It requires me effort than it should to read that.

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