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Ryvannis
Dec 29, 2006

Stupidity, its both physically and mentally painful.

I have had long suspicions that my dad has been breaking my privacy by tampering with my mail. I recently caught sight of a letter from my bank (USAA) that was opened up. The envelope only shows the USAA logo and nothing else. It was my replacement debit card, hence the reason why he left out on the counter, as it was useless to him. I was under the assumption that he thought it was a bank statement of some kind. This basically secured my suspicions that he has been going through my mail, though I did not go and ask him why it was opened up. I know I'll get the run around.

Previously, I also filed some unemployment claims last month which I never received follow ups on for checks, thus my awards are now invalid since I have not responded to them within 10 days. I called the Unemployment Agency to verify and they have stated to me that a awards/claim letter to receive my unemployment checks has been sent in a week in a half ago. They verified that they were indeed sent. This has not been the first time that my mail has been tampered and has happened in the past with credit card statements, bank statements, and other mail. This is the second time that I lost my benefits as well. I have been doing everything to go paperless so he does not catch site of my finances or anything private, which he may have already done so.

I believe this has all occurred while I'm away from the house everyday, with his wife (step) collecting the mail for him while him/I are not home. Mail times are about 3-4pm Weekdays/Saturdays and I don't make it back home until 6-7pm. I constantly ask for the mail and I'm told "There is nothing for you" and the subject is forcefully dropped if I ask to at least look at what came in.

Furthermore, he has made attempts in the past to access my email/Facebook/history (LGBT is one reason why) in which he has intentionally altered my profiles (Facebook mainly). Via my home computer. I did not password my computer out of trust, until I figured things out. Now, I have passworded my computer, but he is making attempts again. I have logs to show that he did indeed make access in the past (history, windows logs, login times, downloads, etc) in the past and he further denies it, going apeshit in the process. He is technically illiterate but his wife isn't, to an extent. He is probably punching a hole in my logic, but I have zero doubts that he/she has made successful attempts on accessing my computer. Again, I get the run around if I even try to bring up the issue.

I do plan to move out soon and I might have a decent job in place to push some financial security, but I have nothing secured yet. A P.O box is the first thing on my list tomorrow and I'll have my mail redirected then. It sucks that I have to resort to moving out just for the sake of basic privacy but I believe that I do not have a choice and I can only guess that much of what he is doing is illegal.

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fork bomb
Apr 26, 2010





Mail tampering is definitely illegal, but I don't know if you'd want the hassle of pursuing that when you already have (good) plans to get a P.O. box and your own place. If you haven't changed all your passwords lately, you should do so again. Also, don't forget to notify all the import places about your change of address.

Ryvannis
Dec 29, 2006

Stupidity, its both physically and mentally painful.

fork bomb posted:

Mail tampering is definitely illegal, but I don't know if you'd want the hassle of pursuing that when you already have (good) plans to get a P.O. box and your own place. If you haven't changed all your passwords lately, you should do so again. Also, don't forget to notify all the import places about your change of address.

Figured that would be the case, though I won't pursue the option of illegal mail tampering since its a much bigger hassle then I'd like it to be. I'm already using custom generated passwords per every login that I use. I will need to check into having my mail redirected. Since I believe it's also an option with the P.O. to automatically have it redirected provided you have proof of identification/address.

ZombieLenin
Sep 6, 2009

"Must crush capitalism!"

How old are you, and has your relationship with your dad and stepmom always been this awkward? Or is this something that has occurred because they discovered your LGBT status? Do you have concrete plans to move out? Like already have roommates and/or a place lined up? Why does he care about your financial information?

Basically, from what I know now I'd say go get a P.O. Box. Do it tomorrow and then fill out the change of address form either there or online (they don't really make it difficult at all). The next thing I'd do is I'd file a police report. You can blame your dad, or just say your mail is vanishing. Whatever suits you. This will give you a record in hand of reported mail theft when dealing with people like unemployment.

What I'd do after that, really depends on how broken your relationship with your dad is, and the answer to those questions I already posted.


And before I forget where is your mom in this picture/how is your relationship with her?

ZombieLenin fucked around with this message at Mar 21, 2013 around 05:48

Space Gopher
Jul 31, 2006
CRYBABY FUCK


Besides getting a PO box (good move!), run a credit report, too. Parent/child identity theft is depressingly common, and it might explain some of the weird behavior here.

annualcreditreport.com looks scammy but it's the government/credit bureau-run site that is legitimately free and doesn't try to sign you up for anything.

ColonParade
Mar 22, 2005


Space Gopher posted:

Besides getting a PO box (good move!), run a credit report, too. Parent/child identity theft is depressingly common, and it might explain some of the weird behavior here.

annualcreditreport.com looks scammy but it's the government/credit bureau-run site that is legitimately free and doesn't try to sign you up for anything.

Seconding this, do this immediately.

Reene
Aug 26, 2005

... "Happy?" What is this strange, unsad emotion of which you speak?

Definitely check your credit and make sure he isn't doing anything in your name because as Space Gopher says that poo poo is incredibly common and I've known people who have no idea their parents hosed them over on a line of credit or unpaid bills until they tried to do something like buy a house.

You may also want to notify your bank or other agencies that your identity may potentially have been stolen or will be in the near future.

TemetNosceXVIcubus
Sep 8, 2011


I post a lot of dumb tough-guy bullshit in E/N.

What we have here is a question of trust. You no longer trust your father, hence you should no longer live with him.

I open my wife's mail, and my son's all the time. Whoever gets to the mailbox first that day, and brings the mail in will open all the mails. Whether it is my son, or my daughter or my wife, or even me. We open all the letters that have arrived that day, so we can be sure that any bills that have arrived get paid on time, or anything important comes in will be dealt immediatly. We trust each other as a family enough, that we're not going to gently caress each other over, so opening a few envelopes from the electricity company, the government or local college doesn't upset anyone.

That's the key issue here, trust. It isn't that he opened your mail, that's inconsequential, for all you know he did it by mistake. Maybe your mail is going missing further up the line, but you don't trust your father, so you immediatly blame him (probably correctly so).

At least you're smart enough not to bother with the law, you won't get anything from calling the police in other than more grief. A P.O box as has been recommended earlier, is a great idea, it will solve the mail issues...but not the trust issue.

Time to move on.

Ryvannis
Dec 29, 2006

Stupidity, its both physically and mentally painful.

ZombieLenin posted:

How old are you, and has your relationship with your dad and stepmom always been this awkward? Or is this something that has occurred because they discovered your LGBT status? Do you have concrete plans to move out? Like already have roommates and/or a place lined up? Why does he care about your financial information?

I'm about to turn to 23 this Friday and it has not been this awkward until he has discovered my LGBT status about 3 years ago. Which was an accident on my part, he caught the slip of a hotline number that I wrote down by digging through my room. I do not have any concrete plans to move out either, but I need to do something soon and get a decent job. Nothing set in mind with roommates. At this point though, I do not know why he cares exactly, but I could only assume that he does not want me to have financial independence. Which would hence, allow me to move out. This isn't the first time he has snooped around with a family member, but knows that he can definitely get away with it if he wanted to.

ZombieLenin posted:

Basically, from what I know now I'd say go get a P.O. Box. Do it tomorrow and then fill out the change of address form either there or online (they don't really make it difficult at all). The next thing I'd do is I'd file a police report. You can blame your dad, or just say your mail is vanishing. Whatever suits you. This will give you a record in hand of reported mail theft when dealing with people like unemployment.

I'm getting a nice royalty deposit (thanks Delilah!) on Friday and will be grabbing the P.O. box then. As for the police report, I'm unsure of pressing it just yet, I do not want to produce any sort of issues that may put me in a bad position. He has recently taken my car keys in the past when anything problematic between me and him comes up. Which I need for interviews/school. It's his car, so there is nothing that I could do about it until I can get my own set of used wheels.

ZombieLenin posted:

What I'd do after that, really depends on how broken your relationship with your dad is, and the answer to those questions I already posted.

It's definitely a broken relationship.

ZombieLenin posted:

And before I forget where is your mom in this picture/how is your relationship with her?

My mother is living in a purchased house by my father about 30 miles away. Her LGBT views are the same as my fathers, so I can't depend on her too much for moral support. She does agree in the sense that my father has some serious issues but really can't do too much to help me out. I could say the relationship is alright.

Space Gopher posted:

Besides getting a PO box (good move!), run a credit report, too. Parent/child identity theft is depressingly common, and it might explain some of the weird behavior here.

annualcreditreport.com looks scammy but it's the government/credit bureau-run site that is legitimately free and doesn't try to sign you up for anything.

ColonParade posted:

Seconding this, do this immediately.

My father is financially stable, extremely, in the sense that he has about 8 figures in savings from his real estate ventures in the late 60's to the early 90's. I have no issues with him tampering my credit, but he has blamed me for his recently declining credit by blaming me for forgery. It's a bit of a long story, but I know that is definitely not the case.


Reene posted:

Definitely check your credit and make sure he isn't doing anything in your name because as Space Gopher says that poo poo is incredibly common and I've known people who have no idea their parents hosed them over on a line of credit or unpaid bills until they tried to do something like buy a house.

You may also want to notify your bank or other agencies that your identity may potentially have been stolen or will be in the near future.

I would like to wish that credit was the issue, I have checked my report with the 3 credit bureaus and have no noticeable problems.

TemetNosceXVIcubus posted:

What we have here is a question of trust. You no longer trust your father, hence you should no longer live with him.

I open my wife's mail, and my son's all the time. Whoever gets to the mailbox first that day, and brings the mail in will open all the mails. Whether it is my son, or my daughter or my wife, or even me. We open all the letters that have arrived that day, so we can be sure that any bills that have arrived get paid on time, or anything important comes in will be dealt immediatly. We trust each other as a family enough, that we're not going to gently caress each other over, so opening a few envelopes from the electricity company, the government or local college doesn't upset anyone.

That's the key issue here, trust. It isn't that he opened your mail, that's inconsequential, for all you know he did it by mistake. Maybe your mail is going missing further up the line, but you don't trust your father, so you immediatly blame him (probably correctly so).

Again, I do not have any doubts that he is running through my mail. I'm still split on filing a police report.


TemetNosceXVIcubus posted:

At least you're smart enough not to bother with the law, you won't get anything from calling the police in other than more grief. A P.O box as has been recommended earlier, is a great idea, it will solve the mail issues...but not the trust issue.

I'm still undecided on going with the law, I would not mind the grief provided I was in a better situation.

Ryvannis fucked around with this message at Mar 21, 2013 around 07:46

ZombieLenin
Sep 6, 2009

"Must crush capitalism!"

Ryvannis posted:

I'm still undecided on going with the law, I would not mind the grief provided I was in a better situation.

I totally understand where you are coming from on this, which is why I suggested just reporting your mail going missing without mentioning your suspicion that your father is the one doing it. My worry for you is you losing things like unemployment benefits because of his actions. This should never, ever be something you have to worry about.

HelloIAmYourHeart
Dec 29, 2008

Send us signals in the glow
of night windows


If your dad found a slip of paper with an LGBT-related hotline number while "digging through your room" 3 years ago, it would seem that he has not trusted you in a long time.

car dance
May 12, 2010

Ben is actually an escaped polar bear, posing as a human.

Unlikely because Polar Bears do not know how to speak.
Also it does not make any sense.

A PO Box is a good idea. Keep making strides on moving out. To be honest, I think it may be a bigger struggle to fight with him about this than to just remove control from him by getting the PO Box and moving out. You are an adult and you deserve privacy.

January
Jul 5, 2009


Blaming you for his credit problems - despite his apparent wealth - and going through your mail may be a sign that your father's paranoid and he may have other mental issues as well. I'd agree that in stealing your mail he's also taking control of your own life away from you. I can't imagine many other reasons a parent would want to remove his own child's ability to receive unemployment assistance in a time of need.

I'm sure the LGBT part has made things more difficult, but if it wasn't that, he probably would have found something else to be upset about when rifling through your room. Depending on his intentions, which don't sound very benevolent, anything could have set him off. His behavior is not your fault and it's good to hear you have plans to get out of there before things get even weirder.

January fucked around with this message at Mar 21, 2013 around 13:57

fork bomb
Apr 26, 2010





See if you can fill out a non-emergency report online with the police department. Like other posters have said, you don't have to blame your dad for your missing mail, but it will only be helpful to you in the future to have an official report stating that you are missing/not receiving mail sent to you.

Follow through with the P.O. box when you get paid Friday.

Find a job and save Save SAVE.

Even though your mom shares your dad's feelings about LGBT, as long as she doesn't share his paranoid tendencies it still might be better to see if you could live with her until you get out on your own.

FordPRefectLL
Dec 29, 2007
LL

Yeah, I had this same problem when I lived with my dad and I basically just had to get a PO Box and it solved every problem I had. Not really worth filing a police report against your family in my opinion, just know how to protect yourself from snooping assholes.

FordPRefectLL fucked around with this message at Mar 21, 2013 around 14:44

Toymachine
Jul 2, 2007


I second not filing a police report. As much as he's breaching your privacy, you will most likely get laughed out of the police department. Aside from that, think about your father's potential reaction to the cops showing up to talk to him. He'll take away your car and you might get kicked out if your relationship with him is already on the rocks.

Get that PO Box, get a new job, move out ASAP and bide your time until he dies and you get a nice inheritance.

Vietnamwees
May 8, 2008


Why do you think your Dad/stepmom have made successful attempts at accessing your computer since you put a password on it?

Ryvannis
Dec 29, 2006

Stupidity, its both physically and mentally painful.

ZombieLenin posted:

I totally understand where you are coming from on this, which is why I suggested just reporting your mail going missing without mentioning your suspicion that your father is the one doing it. My worry for you is you losing things like unemployment benefits because of his actions. This should never, ever be something you have to worry about.

That is actually a clever thought, I might just do that actually.

HelloIAmYourHeart posted:

If your dad found a slip of paper with an LGBT-related hotline number while "digging through your room" 3 years ago, it would seem that he has not trusted you in a long time.

He had me do a writing test to just confirm that it was my writing, I didn't figure it out then, because I thought he needed something else. Until he brought the slip up from under his desk. It was pretty much the worst day of my life at the time, I was just completely surprised that he has even done such a thing. The issue at that time was trust, and he wanted to establish that at the end of our conversation. I didn't act then to move out and regret it because it was his way of logically making me spill out information. It worked well in his favor as I was also emotionally impaired and that I just wanted to immediately resolve the drama.

There are have been much larger events that have occurred within the past 3 years that correlate to the LGBT issue but that's another subject.

January posted:

Blaming you for his credit problems - despite his apparent wealth - and going through your mail may be a sign that your father's paranoid and he may have other mental issues as well. I'd agree that in stealing your mail he's also taking control of your own life away from you. I can't imagine many other reasons a parent would want to remove his own child's ability to receive unemployment assistance in a time of need.

I'm sure the LGBT part has made things more difficult, but if it wasn't that, he probably would have found something else to be upset about when rifling through your room. Depending on his intentions, which don't sound very benevolent, anything could have set him off. His behavior is not your fault and it's good to hear you have plans to get out of there before things get even weirder.

Reason being is that I don't really tell him how much I make anymore. In a lot of cases he has asked to look at my paystub and bank statements but that was in the past before I realized the bullshit in his "trust" and charged my ridiculous amounts of money for rent or I'll be kicked out.

fork bomb posted:

See if you can fill out a non-emergency report online with the police department. Like other posters have said, you don't have to blame your dad for your missing mail, but it will only be helpful to you in the future to have an official report stating that you are missing/not receiving mail sent to you.

Follow through with the P.O. box when you get paid Friday.

Find a job and save Save SAVE.

Even though your mom shares your dad's feelings about LGBT, as long as she doesn't share his paranoid tendencies it still might be better to see if you could live with her until you get out on your own.

I'm looking at my options to file a non-emergency report and the postmaster would definitely be my first option, as the P.O. itself would also in assist in filing any reports with the police if needed. I'll be going out to the P.O. to do this today actually.

As for my mother, she is not the most stable person to live with, financially, considering my other 3 siblings live in the same household with her. I would prefer to do things on my own and not deal with any further bullshit as she still speaks to my dad.

FordPRefectLL posted:

Yeah, I had this same problem when I lived with my dad and I basically just had to get a PO Box and it solved every problem I had. Not really worth filing a police report against your family in my opinion, just know how to protect yourself from snooping assholes.

I'm trying to look at positively so I would at least know how to secure my privacy in the future. At least I have some experience now.

Toymachine posted:

I second not filing a police report. As much as he's breaching your privacy, you will most likely get laughed out of the police department. Aside from that, think about your father's potential reaction to the cops showing up to talk to him. He'll take away your car and you might get kicked out if your relationship with him is already on the rocks.

Get that PO Box, get a new job, move out ASAP and bide your time until he dies and you get a nice inheritance.

I probably won't be filing a police report anytime soon but the postmaster can definitely look into the issue for me without causing any trouble so I might follow that route as some goons have suggested. I'm not betting on his money anytime soon, but it would be bitter sweet.

Vietnamwees posted:

Why do you think your Dad/stepmom have made successful attempts at accessing your computer since you put a password on it?

I checked my browser history and it was accessed in times in which I was not home. On top of that, when I got my poo poo together, I wiped my history several times as I left the house and they have made attempts. This was just to test my suspicions initially. I went a bit far and had to keylog my own system just to confirm that they were indeed trying to run through my logins. They have also deleted some status updates as well and altered some of my profile information before then. I removed a majority of my family from Facebook for my sake as I knew some of them were still feeding information to my dad after he was blocked access. Which my dad somehow magically knew to bring up times to cause trouble. It was obvious that he did not like what I posted(why does it even matter?), some of it was LGBT but nothing broad or out of the ordinary. It almost seems like he's trying to protect his reputation, but from my friends? I don't get this kind of paranoia.

Solkanar512
Dec 28, 2006


TemetNosceXVIcubus posted:

At least you're smart enough not to bother with the law, you won't get anything from calling the police in other than more grief. A P.O box as has been recommended earlier, is a great idea, it will solve the mail issues...but not the trust issue.

Time to move on.

I'm pretty sure you contact a Postmaster over these sorts of issues, not the police. And no, they won't give you grief over this sort of thing, they take it quite seriously.

OP it's your call if you want to file a report, but don't for a second believe anyone who tells you that tampering with the mail isn't an issue that is taken seriously. It is, the USPS doesn't gently caress around with an issue like that.

Baronjutter
Dec 31, 2007

...the engine tracks thousands of details for each unit meaning it will be a far deeper game than your grandpa's chess.
Pre-order CHESS now and receive the DLC "queen" unit.

I'm so sorry your dad is crazy. Like holy poo poo this isn't lovely-parent level crazy this is actually like mental illness level paranoia and control issues. Tricking you into getting a handwriting test to match it to a number he found (and must have looked up) is one of the most insane things I've heard in e/n.

Like who finds a scrap of paper and suddenly goes all super-detective?? Who even digs around their adult son/daughters room?? Absolute madness. I'd have been out of there the first moment I could, but I know that's easier said than done.

Kim987
Sep 11, 2008


Something similar happened to me a few years ago. I never got any mail even though I knew stuff was getting addressed to me. Thought poo poo was getting lost in transit, certainly never thought my mother was taking my mail for some strange reasons. Until I found out I had a few grand in debt to various online retailers and a mastercard that wouldn't see a positive balance for many years to come.

Seriously get a credit report.

TemetNosceXVIcubus
Sep 8, 2011


I post a lot of dumb tough-guy bullshit in E/N.

Solkanar512 posted:

I'm pretty sure you contact a Postmaster over these sorts of issues, not the police. And no, they won't give you grief over this sort of thing, they take it quite seriously.

OP it's your call if you want to file a report, but don't for a second believe anyone who tells you that tampering with the mail isn't an issue that is taken seriously. It is, the USPS doesn't gently caress around with an issue like that.

Oh, it's not the grief from the police or the postmaster that he has to worry about. It's the father getting a call from the cops or the postmaster, that's where the grief will stem from. If the father is already paranoid, just think how deep off the trench he'll go once the police start asking him questions.

It could go from "That little rat bastard called the cops on me...better stop loving with his letters." to "Get out of my house and don't ever think of talking to me again, by the way all your poo poo is on the street, everything else that's left belongs to me. gently caress off before I call the cops as you are now trespassing."

That's the kind of grief I'm referring to.

isasphere
Mar 7, 2013


Baronjutter posted:

I'm so sorry your dad is crazy. Like holy poo poo this isn't lovely-parent level crazy this is actually like mental illness level paranoia and control issues. Tricking you into getting a handwriting test to match it to a number he found (and must have looked up) is one of the most insane things I've heard in e/n.

Like who finds a scrap of paper and suddenly goes all super-detective?? Who even digs around their adult son/daughters room?? Absolute madness. I'd have been out of there the first moment I could, but I know that's easier said than done.

Just wanted to emphasize this.

OP, normal people don't do any of the things your father is doing (at least not under normal circumstances. This would only make sense if you had some sort of mental condition that required you to be supervised 24/7 for you to function, or something super-extreme like that, which doesn't seem at all to be the case here).

Taking away your car keys? Your money? Searching through your room? Asking for handwriting tests? Breaking into your computer and internet accounts and pretend to be you to... embarrass you in front of your family and friends on the internet or goodness knows what -- after you changed the password already?

I say this because, while I know written text and what you are actually thinking and feeling don't match up all that much, some of your posts made it sound like some of these things didn't really perturb you, or that they annoyed you, at most.

Geniasis
Oct 15, 2012


TemetNosceXVIcubus posted:

Oh, it's not the grief from the police or the postmaster that he has to worry about. It's the father getting a call from the cops or the postmaster, that's where the grief will stem from. If the father is already paranoid, just think how deep off the trench he'll go once the police start asking him questions.

It could go from "That little rat bastard called the cops on me...better stop loving with his letters." to "Get out of my house and don't ever think of talking to me again, by the way all your poo poo is on the street, everything else that's left belongs to me. gently caress off before I call the cops as you are now trespassing."

That's the kind of grief I'm referring to.

If he's been living there and paying rent, then aren't there laws that kick in that would prevent AssDad from throwing him out on the street that very night? Or does that not apply in the case of family?

Razage
Nov 12, 2007

10 bux!


Hey OP, you might want to make sure AssDad doesn't have a key logger installed on your computer. Also you should see if you can get out. Your dad is controlling you and once he gets the idea that his control is slipping he's probably not going to take it well.

Also, consider not keeping any sensitive information on your computer because your windows password is very easy to bypass by anyone that has little more then a working knowledge of computers.

Ireland Sucks
May 16, 2004



If he has physical access to your computer then you should just get a mobile device and do anything sensitive on that while keeping it in reach at all times.

Ryvannis
Dec 29, 2006

Stupidity, its both physically and mentally painful.

Baronjutter posted:

I'm so sorry your dad is crazy. Like holy poo poo this isn't lovely-parent level crazy this is actually like mental illness level paranoia and control issues. Tricking you into getting a handwriting test to match it to a number he found (and must have looked up) is one of the most insane things I've heard in e/n.

Like who finds a scrap of paper and suddenly goes all super-detective?? Who even digs around their adult son/daughters room?? Absolute madness. I'd have been out of there the first moment I could, but I know that's easier said than done.

This isn't the first time that he has done something like this to someone within the family, but he is really taking it to a whole new level with me. It sucks.

isasphere posted:

Just wanted to emphasize this.

OP, normal people don't do any of the things your father is doing (at least not under normal circumstances. This would only make sense if you had some sort of mental condition that required you to be supervised 24/7 for you to function, or something super-extreme like that, which doesn't seem at all to be the case here).

Taking away your car keys? Your money? Searching through your room? Asking for handwriting tests? Breaking into your computer and internet accounts and pretend to be you to... embarrass you in front of your family and friends on the internet or goodness knows what -- after you changed the password already?

I say this because, while I know written text and what you are actually thinking and feeling don't match up all that much, some of your posts made it sound like some of these things didn't really perturb you, or that they annoyed you, at most.

I think it's because I have grown so accustomed to his behavior that I'm starting to find it normal, not that it is. Even then, I'm not exactly the best at clarifying how I feel in terms of written text. I'm a bit hosed up from all this if that means anything.

Razage posted:

Hey OP, you might want to make sure AssDad doesn't have a key logger installed on your computer. Also you should see if you can get out. Your dad is controlling you and once he gets the idea that his control is slipping he's probably not going to take it well.

Also, consider not keeping any sensitive information on your computer because your windows password is very easy to bypass by anyone that has little more then a working knowledge of computers.

AssDad is not smart enough to install a key logger, even if he did, I would have figured it out a long time ago. To note, I do know my way around my computers (IT proficiency), so there won't be any issues with him trying to get access to anything in the future. I keep my personal data backed up in a hosted Cloud with a 512-bit key encryption. Which I keep on my Nexus 4, with passworded apps and ADB disabled. The only reference or hint of a password is in my wallet. I also keep my computer activity to a minimum with basic school work and games. I should have mentioned this earlier, but he hasn't had any sort of computer access in months.

Baronjutter
Dec 31, 2007

...the engine tracks thousands of details for each unit meaning it will be a far deeper game than your grandpa's chess.
Pre-order CHESS now and receive the DLC "queen" unit.

So what's your financial situation? What's the local job market look like? Do you have a fast-track plan to move out?

Scapegoat
Sep 18, 2004


You really should start trying to be more independent. Get your own car or start using a bike / public transport (yes it might take three times as long to get places but that's life). In the end it is his house so you should really looking at moving out for the sake of your privacy.

Ryvannis
Dec 29, 2006

Stupidity, its both physically and mentally painful.

Made a report to the postmaster today, I did not mention my dad but he will follow up with me Monday/Tuesday to see if a police report needs to be filed to gain additional evidence. He made no mention of it being non-emergency. Hopefully I won't get kicked out of the house.

Baronjutter posted:

So what's your financial situation? What's the local job market look like? Do you have a fast-track plan to move out?

I have a job interview tomorrow morning, so that's something to look forward to.

At the moment, I got less than $80 in the bank, but I'm going to have a nice $600 deposit tomorrow to keep my head above the water. I'm also living in Southern California, so it's generally a lovely job market. If I wanna take a risk, I could head up to Bakersfield to stick with my stepbrother once I grab a used vehicle selling off the rest of my camera gear. Since it's a boomtown, I can allocate a good amount of money for a few months before heading back down into a apartment to give myself some time to find a reasonable job. I'd like to get out as soon as possible but I do not want to do anything that might prematurely force me to move back in.

Carlos Spicywiener
Sep 8, 2011

Moustache fart.

Ryvannis posted:

Made a report to the postmaster today, I did not mention my dad but he will follow up with me Monday/Tuesday to see if a police report needs to be filed to gain additional evidence. He made no mention of it being non-emergency. Hopefully I won't get kicked out of the house.


I have a job interview tomorrow morning, so that's something to look forward to.

At the moment, I got less than $80 in the bank, but I'm going to have a nice $600 deposit tomorrow to keep my head above the water. I'm also living in Southern California, so it's generally a lovely job market. If I wanna take a risk, I could head up to Bakersfield to stick with my stepbrother once I grab a used vehicle selling off the rest of my camera gear. Since it's a boomtown, I can allocate a good amount of money for a few months before heading back down into a apartment to give myself some time to find a reasonable job. I'd like to get out as soon as possible but I do not want to do anything that might prematurely force me to move back in.

What's you relationship with your brother like?

As an aside, please ignore the idiots saying your father has a mental illness, he's probably worried in his own twisted way.

Geniasis
Oct 15, 2012


Two of my roommates are from Bakersfield. The picture they paint of it in conversation seems to fall somewhere between dirty slum and boring shithole. Your mileage may vary.

Ryvannis
Dec 29, 2006

Stupidity, its both physically and mentally painful.

Carlos Spicywiener posted:

What's you relationship with your brother like?

As an aside, please ignore the idiots saying your father has a mental illness, he's probably worried in his own twisted way.

I have a pretty stable relationship with my step brother, never had any issues and he's always picked up the phone. I do know where your coming from in terms of my Dad, him having a mental illness isn't too far fetched. I'm not tossing out the idea that he is worried in some way either, but it's hardly plausible.

Geniasis posted:

Two of my roommates are from Bakersfield. The picture they paint of it in conversation seems to fall somewhere between dirty slum and boring shithole. Your mileage may vary.

I've been there a few times and it's not that bad. But your roommates are right in the perspective that there isn't much to do.

Obdicut
May 15, 2012


I have different advice: Do file a police report, and due sue your asstastic father.

Unless you actually believe he's going to become better as a person, that is. Seems unlikely.

Nether Postlude
Aug 17, 2009

His mind will keep
reverting to the last
biscuit on the plate.

Carlos Spicywiener posted:

As an aside, please ignore the idiots saying your father has a mental illness, he's probably worried in his own twisted way.

The gently caress is this? Worried about what? That doesn't explain why the OP's father is stealing his mail.

Carlos Spicywiener
Sep 8, 2011

Moustache fart.

Nether Postlude posted:

The gently caress is this? Worried about what? That doesn't explain why the OP's father is stealing his mail.

If you're the type of person who thinks perhaps LGBT tendencies are by choice, then yes it does. It's quite likely his dad is seeking to remove any of those types of influences. It's not crazy, it's a warped sense of concern.

Don't get me wrong - OP needs to GTFO as soon as humanly possible, but it seems like he's working on that.

OP - good to hear about your brother.

Vietnamwees
May 8, 2008


So letters from the Unemployment Office with the necessary paperwork to get money are considered LGBT influences?

No matter how you look at it, what the OPs Dad is doing is pretty crazy/rear end in a top hat-ish. Just get out ASAP, OP.

Queen Elizatits
May 3, 2005

Haven't you heard?
MARATHONS ARE HARD

Bakersfield is fine.

Ryvannis posted:


At the moment, I got less than $80 in the bank, but I'm going to have a nice $600 deposit tomorrow to keep my head above the water.

How about you return the 2 thousand dollar camera and lenses and the 600 dollar computer you bought in the last month?

I had a lot of sympathy for you when I started reading this thread since my mother used to open all my mail like a crazy woman but honestly if I was your dad I would also be pretty pissed off about you claiming you can't afford rent or food if you were spending money like that on electronics.

Earwicker
Jan 6, 2003



Carlos Spicywiener posted:

If you're the type of person who thinks perhaps LGBT tendencies are by choice, then yes it does. It's quite likely his dad is seeking to remove any of those types of influences. It's not crazy, it's a warped sense of concern.

Going so far as to snoop through someone's room, make them do handwriting tests, or impersonating them online is quite far from simply having ignorant opinions on LGBT issues and or being "concerned".

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Obdicut
May 15, 2012


Earwicker posted:

Going so far as to snoop through someone's room, make them do handwriting tests, or impersonating them online is quite far from simply having ignorant opinions on LGBT issues and or being "concerned".

He's extremely concerned. And felonious. Feloniously concerned.

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