When I announced I would be closing my communities earlier this year, a curious thing happened: a surprising number of regulars replied w...

When I announced I would be closing my communities earlier this year, a curious thing happened: a surprising number of regulars replied with some variation of “I think this is my exit.” While some were specifically talking about Matrix, claiming that mine was the only room they were really active in and therefore they saw no point to having a Matrix account anymore, at least one specifically announced they would be quitting privacy entirely, save for a few basic techniques like using a password manager and being mindful of what to post online. While I didn’t expect the number of people responding that way, I was expecting that response from one or two people. If you check any given privacy forum – especially the ones with a heavy overlap of mainstream users such as Reddit – you’ll find no shortage of people asking “is all this work worth it?” and/or announcing that they’re giving up privacy because it’s too much work. So what gives? Is privacy worth the work?

  • 0xtero@beehaw.org
    131·
    6 months ago

    Well, that was extremely long winded way to say “depends on your threat model”. Which it does.

    So nothing new under the sun.

    • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
      61·
      6 months ago

      It is funny these YouTubers are only capable of this much knowledge. They do not understand democratisation is the most important and fastest way for masses to attain anything. This is precisely why my non root smartphone guide allows any Android phone and minimal user knowledge to achieve privacy and security, unlike some cults that ask you first buy specific phone, worship specific people, ask no questions and believe in whatever they do.