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Re: I have something to hide

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Post by geekamongus »

Neat site. I like the presentation of talking points.

My question, though, is how does this differ from other similar sites such as privacytools.io? How do I reconcile the privacy tools listed there with the ones listed here? Most of them are different.

Ultimately, whose recommendations should I trust?

Re: I have something to hide

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Post by egwynn »

juanito wrote: post #3

I really appreciate the resources provided. But I'm not a fan of the website suggesting that I want/need privacy because I have something to hide.

Third parties are happy to extract value from data you share. Even if you’re not doing anything wrong, controlling that information has an impact. The way I see it, saying “I have something to hide” is, WLOG, the same as saying “I want to control what gets shared with whom.”

EDIT: If the site author is reading this, tip #6 misspells ‘diaspora’ as ‘dispoara’.

Re: I have something to hide

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Post by at-fates-hands »

geekamongus wrote: post #2

Neat site. I like the presentation of talking points. My question, though, is how does this differ from other similar sites such as privacytools.io? How do I reconcile the privacy tools listed there with the ones listed here? Most of them are different. Ultimately, whose recommendations should I trust?

For me, I only saw a few things I wasn't aware of. The site itself seems to be more general knowledge about how to keep your info from being scooped up.

Just using some of the tools will thwart most 3rd parties and a significant chunk of government techniques to spy on you.

I would trust their recommendations since you see the same applications popping up repeatedly like Tails, Tor, Linux, Diaspora, etc. These are are well known tools in the hacking community and have been used and tested for years.

Re: I have something to hide

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Post by userisuser »

I commend you for compiling all of the resources. I would like to point out that your choice of Ubuntu linux is deficient. If one was concerned about privacy the choices that come to mind are tails/whonix. Debian and OpenBSD both respect privacy

Re: I have something to hide

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Post by pierreozoux »

egwynn wrote: post #6
juanito wrote: post #3

I really appreciate the resources provided. But I'm not a fan of the website suggesting that I want/need privacy because I have something to hide.

Third parties are happy to extract value from data you share. Even if you’re not doing anything wrong , controlling that information has an impact. The way I see it, saying “I have something to hide” is, WLOG, the same as saying “I want to control what gets shared with whom.” EDIT: If the site author is reading this, tip #6 misspells ‘diaspora’ as ‘dispoara’.

Thanks, it is now corrected.
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