The Privacy Iceberg

This is original content. AI was not used anywhere except for the bottom right image, simply because I could not find one similar enough to what I needed. This took around 6 hours to make.

Transcription (for the visually impaired)

(I tried my best)

The background is an iceberg with 6 levels, denoting 6 different levels of privacy.

The tip of the iceberg is titled “The Brainwashed” with a quote beside it that says “I have nothing to hide”. The logos depicted in this section are:

The surface section of the iceberg is titled “As seen on TV” with a quote beside it that says “This video is sponsored by…”. The logos depicted in this section are:

An underwater section of the iceberg is titled “The Beginner” with a quote beside it that says “I don’t like hackers and spying”. The logos depicted in this section are:

A lower section of the iceberg is titled “The Privacy Enthusiast” with a quote beside it that says “I have nothing I want to show”. The logos depicted in this section are:

An even lower section of the iceberg is titled “The Privacy Activist” with a quote beside it that says “Privacy is a human right”. The logos depicted in this section are:

The lowest portion of the iceberg is titled “The Ghost”. There is a quote beside it that has been intentionally redacted. The images depicted in this section are:

  • A cancel sign over a mobile phone, symbolizing “no electronics”
  • An illustration of a log cabin, symbolizing “living in a log cabin in the woods”
  • A picture of gold bars, symbolizing “paying only in gold”
  • A picture of a death certificate, symbolizing “faking your own death”
  • An AI generated picture of a person wearing a black hoodie, a baseball cap, a face mask, and reflective sunglasses, symbolizing “hiding ones identity in public”

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  • airikr@lemmy.ml
    1·
    2 days ago

    I am apparently the privacy activist (not using Monero, SimpleX Chat, Degoogled Chromium, or Keypass, though). I do use uBlock Origin (Gecko ffs!) and Bitwarden (self-hosted Vaultwarden). Unfortunately, I am using Telegram, but trying to move all my contacts to my own Snikket server. It’s a very slow process.

  • Matt@lemmy.ml
    19·
    6 days ago

    Just tell the normie that you have nothing to say if you have nothing to hide. Also, why there’s no F-Droid?

  • mycamgirl@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    12·
    5 days ago

    I wouldn’t put Telegram at that level. I would put it in “The Brainwashed.” Its encryption is disabled by default. You need to manually enable it on each chat, and you can’t enable it on group chats. The app gives a false sense of privacy. Telegram flaunts its end-to-end encryption, but it never mentions that it is disabled by default, and it refuses to enable the default. The final result is that people are not using the feature.

    A cryptographer and professor wrote a good piece about Telegram’s encryption, calling it “unusual” and the “non-standard authenticated encryption mode ever invented”: Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app?

  • neuroneiro@lemmy.world
    322·
    7 days ago

    Was going to say links or it never happened but you provided them! And categorized by level! Excelsior!

    Thanks also to the comments giving more information.

    So grateful for this platform. For the most part.

  • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
    302·
    7 days ago

    I give workshops on privacy. I always tell them that if they get nothing else out of my presentation, its that they should use a password manager.

    Honestly I think keepass should be beginner. That comes first before everything else.

    Also I think Tor Browser should come before VPNs. Its free and easier to use than VPNs (for when you want to google something secret and don’t want to be tracked. Most beginners are selective like that)

    • Bazoogle@lemmy.world
      8·
      7 days ago

      Why keepass and not Bitwarden? Wouldn’t bitwarden be more user friendly for trying to ease people into secure technologies?

      • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
        4·
        6 days ago

        Bitwarden had some security issues historically. I generally recommend using software for password managers that isn’t internet connected.

        My keepass trainings involve generating a veracrypt encrypted USB drive (for windows and Mac users) for storing a backups of their keepass file. I also recommend they upload it to whatever cloud storage they use (google drive or iCloud usually)

        • Bazoogle@lemmy.world
          5·
          6 days ago

          Bitwarden had some security issues historically.

          What security issues? If you mean potential security vulnerabilities researcher found that they’ve patched, I don’t understand how that would be different from Keepass and their previous security vulnerabilities. Bitwarden has never had a security issues historically that I know of. Lastpass, on the other hand…

          I generally recommend using software for password managers that isn’t internet connected.

          I also recommend they upload it to whatever cloud storage they use

          I also really don’t get these two. They seem to contradict each other.

          I usually recommend bitwarden, where they can use the browser extension and mobile phone app. It gives them autofill features on all their sites. Getting someone to change their passwords and use a password manager is already difficult enough. Giving them the most convenient option is going to make it more like they stick with it.