Everything You've Heard about Privacy is Wrong. - Techlore
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As for security, I'm no expert on the subject, but my rule of thumb is to match your security protocol to your threat level. If you regularly handle sensitive information, yours or other peoples', you need more substantial security. If you're Joe Nobody who doesn't want his identity stole, you're probably SOL, but some basic steps are probably sufficient to prevent future increased risk.
A method I would use to assess myself is this. Make a spread sheet with all the assets you have that you believe are as risk. In this instance an asset can be anything including you social. But I would give everything a monetary value in some way. Then make a list of attack vectors against those asset, there will be lots of overlap. Assess the likelihood and severity based on sum of assets at risk. High risk attack vectors should be covered first and then prioritize them all as appropriate. Done. You now have a starting view of your security and risk. As you learn more to cover the high risk attack vectors, you will likely just keep adding to the list. Eventually you will find a comfortable level of security and will get diminishing marginal returns on your time. And then you buy a new router and start over.
Date: 2022-04-15
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Comments and reviews: 9
DarkLink606
My feedback is very positive. The privacy community needs more people like you. Just to give an example, let's face it: many users need Windows or just don't want to change to Linux. The typical paranoid privacy pure-FOSS advocate will just shum this user and say his privacy is hopeless until he changes his mind, and will shum the user too if he chooses Ubuntu or Mint (and also for not saying GNU/Linux)
A pragmatic privacy (and security overall) advocate, actually trying to help, knows there are different risk profiles, privacy and security are neither perfect nor useless, and that there's much one can do to mitigate risks in Windows, for free, with minimal hassle.
Please keep doing these informative videos, people must realize that safeguarding their data and personal information is not rocket science.
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My feedback is very positive. The privacy community needs more people like you. Just to give an example, let's face it: many users need Windows or just don't want to change to Linux. The typical paranoid privacy pure-FOSS advocate will just shum this user and say his privacy is hopeless until he changes his mind, and will shum the user too if he chooses Ubuntu or Mint (and also for not saying GNU/Linux)
A pragmatic privacy (and security overall) advocate, actually trying to help, knows there are different risk profiles, privacy and security are neither perfect nor useless, and that there's much one can do to mitigate risks in Windows, for free, with minimal hassle.
Please keep doing these informative videos, people must realize that safeguarding their data and personal information is not rocket science.
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jan
something nobody spreads info about, is that there's no point in using in-browser crypto services, like protonmail, with a web browser. because they can serve a malicious file (perhaps by order, or due to being evil, or something, serve it just ONCE, to ONE person, and -NOBODY- would know they did it, and they could just steal your info.
not saying protonmail is necessarily bad, or would do it, but it's always possible that they serve a malicious version of one of the scripts, which then steals the keys that are -only client side-. of course this is disregarding the fact that they could just attach an additional key to your account ANYWAY, so anything new is also encrypted to them
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something nobody spreads info about, is that there's no point in using in-browser crypto services, like protonmail, with a web browser. because they can serve a malicious file (perhaps by order, or due to being evil, or something, serve it just ONCE, to ONE person, and -NOBODY- would know they did it, and they could just steal your info.
not saying protonmail is necessarily bad, or would do it, but it's always possible that they serve a malicious version of one of the scripts, which then steals the keys that are -only client side-. of course this is disregarding the fact that they could just attach an additional key to your account ANYWAY, so anything new is also encrypted to them
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Sareseras
At this point it's best to call anybody ignorant about privacy an exhibitionist, which is slightly correct and will definitely get attention to open a conversation.
Summer 2022 pick-up line: -You're exposed! Are you an exhibitionist? -
Consider the divide and conquer giving dating apps more ways to discern/discriminate, ever more including questionable kinks and fetishes.
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At this point it's best to call anybody ignorant about privacy an exhibitionist, which is slightly correct and will definitely get attention to open a conversation.
Summer 2022 pick-up line: -You're exposed! Are you an exhibitionist? -
Consider the divide and conquer giving dating apps more ways to discern/discriminate, ever more including questionable kinks and fetishes.
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Jacob
Thanks for the bait and switch. No really. People need to be aware of how polarizing this activity is and how the algorithms are doing it as well. It is covered in a recent joe rogan episode #1736. We have to play our part even if the algorithms change. It is unhealthy for us as a democratic society to post such polarizing stuff. It is literally changing society.
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Thanks for the bait and switch. No really. People need to be aware of how polarizing this activity is and how the algorithms are doing it as well. It is covered in a recent joe rogan episode #1736. We have to play our part even if the algorithms change. It is unhealthy for us as a democratic society to post such polarizing stuff. It is literally changing society.
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TrassseB
What people need to know is that if the US government want to get you they will no corporation can say no how ever some companies make it harder buy denying them selfs access to your data so they have nothing to hand over if asked, if you are a threat to a government don-t use ProtonMail but if you are an average joe who values privacy it-s perfectly fine
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What people need to know is that if the US government want to get you they will no corporation can say no how ever some companies make it harder buy denying them selfs access to your data so they have nothing to hand over if asked, if you are a threat to a government don-t use ProtonMail but if you are an average joe who values privacy it-s perfectly fine
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Nicholas
This video is why I'll be following you. I've been saying this along with my friend and think that all of us with this mindset should stick together and support each other. Extremes do us no good. We need to discuss, stay neutral, and learn from each other.
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This video is why I'll be following you. I've been saying this along with my friend and think that all of us with this mindset should stick together and support each other. Extremes do us no good. We need to discuss, stay neutral, and learn from each other.
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skug
I really like your attitude to this subject. I'm one of those people who doesn't succumb to baseless misinformation. By using my existing technical skills and by investigating multiple sources I try to ensure that my understanding is valid and informed.
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I really like your attitude to this subject. I'm one of those people who doesn't succumb to baseless misinformation. By using my existing technical skills and by investigating multiple sources I try to ensure that my understanding is valid and informed.
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Motherfudger
-We are the only authority on this subject/everything! - -after growing up in a high-control cult like Jehovah's Witnesses, it's quite easy to never listen to people that take that stance on anything. Ever.
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-We are the only authority on this subject/everything! - -after growing up in a high-control cult like Jehovah's Witnesses, it's quite easy to never listen to people that take that stance on anything. Ever.
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Nauman
Give credit where it's due regardless of your personal bias. I have also seen similar reactions in social gathering when I demonstrate that etc product/company is good at xyz but i personally hate it xd.
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Give credit where it's due regardless of your personal bias. I have also seen similar reactions in social gathering when I demonstrate that etc product/company is good at xyz but i personally hate it xd.
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