Good point, I originally made this as an image because someone requested that. Here’s the text
Important Online Safety PSA for American transgender people following the US election.
Stop using insecure methods of communication.
Stop using media without a discrete privacy policy.
Stop posting identifying information about yourself.
As we enter into a new government with a hypothetical Republican trifecta, we will likely see the trans community attacked by the state, and sites and services such as Reddit, Facebook, Discord, and TikTok are known to have a great deal of unencrypted information about their users, and have been known to cooperate with law enforcement.
Instead of Discord, try Matrix. Here is a large trans chat on Matrix:
https://matrix.to/#/#tracha:chapo.chat
Instead of Reddit, try Lemmy. Here are some transgender groups on Lemmy:
hexbear.net/c/traa (shortlink, redirect link on page)
lemmy.ml/c/transgender
lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/transgender
Instead of Facebook or Instagram, try Pixelfed:
pixelfed.org
Instead of Twitter, try Mastodon. Here are some trans positive places on Mastodon:
lgbtqia.space
toots.matapocos.dog
Many resources for more secure alternative apps can be found on privacyguides.org
Why not share text as text? What about accessibility?
Good point, I originally made this as an image because someone requested that. Here’s the text
Important Online Safety PSA for American transgender people following the US election. Stop using insecure methods of communication. Stop using media without a discrete privacy policy. Stop posting identifying information about yourself. As we enter into a new government with a hypothetical Republican trifecta, we will likely see the trans community attacked by the state, and sites and services such as Reddit, Facebook, Discord, and TikTok are known to have a great deal of unencrypted information about their users, and have been known to cooperate with law enforcement. Instead of Discord, try Matrix. Here is a large trans chat on Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#tracha:chapo.chat Instead of Reddit, try Lemmy. Here are some transgender groups on Lemmy: hexbear.net/c/traa (shortlink, redirect link on page) lemmy.ml/c/transgender lemmy.blahaj.zone/c/transgender Instead of Facebook or Instagram, try Pixelfed: pixelfed.org Instead of Twitter, try Mastodon. Here are some trans positive places on Mastodon: lgbtqia.space toots.matapocos.dog Many resources for more secure alternative apps can be found on privacyguides.org