Hiker, software engineer (primarily C++, Java, and Python), Minecraft modder, hunter (of the Hunt Showdown variety), biker, adoptive Akronite, and general doer of assorted things.

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  • I’m not sure there’s any other good reaction than the one you had.

    Maybe he was just “checking you out” and being very untactful and impolite about it (i.e. he’s just awkward).

    Maybe he was looking at something else near you … but probably not.

    But also maybe, he’s not right in the head and was thinking about doing more than just looking…

    My advice (as a guy) is either:

    • Look for another person nearby (or a couple/group), voice your concern, and ask them to walk with you away from the situation.
    • If that fails, just do your best to leave but stay situationally aware.

    I’m also going to add, that “look for help thing” includes looking for random guys that weren’t creeping you out that might be walking by. I know there’s the whole stranger danger thing that most of us were raised with, but … most guys are not rapists. If you just look for a normal looking dude (or someone that really looks like they’ve got their shit together) and ask them… I’d say 9/10 they’d be more than happy to get you out of that situation.

    We need to (as a society) normalize women letting guys know about problematic men.


  • I don’t think the US Govt backdoors phones anymore … mostly because they don’t need to. They find other ways to get the information, like warrantless surveillance of Google and Apple notification servers.

    The other reason I don’t think it happens is that there are just too many security researchers trying to find exploits and backdoors. Also it’s pretty well known that any backdoor can be used against you. The NSA has an interest in domestic phones being secure.

    Granted, international models might have some alterations/backdoors… Even then, that would be egg on the face that they don’t really need if they got caught with a backdoor that applied only to international phones.