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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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[–] tisktisk@piefed.social 72 points 3 days ago (6 children)

TIL I'm a privacy activist--who can help me get to the ghost mode?
(Do I even want to get there or is that limited to journalists who have entire states trying to unalive them?)

[–] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 52 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Do I even want to get there

Only you can answer that.

or is that limited to journalists who have entire states trying to unalive them?

Pretty much, but if you want to give up all technology, work for yourself, and fake your death, then more power to you!

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[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

I already made browser suggestions https://lemmy.ml/post/29712598/18453254 but I would also add Ceno https://ceno.network/ in the 5th layer due to its P2P and caching nature.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 18 points 2 days ago

Thanks a ton OP for linking to all the tools and services in description, this is an awesome resource!

[–] prinzmegahertz@lemm.ee 34 points 2 days ago (8 children)

What’s the issue with steam? I thought the epic game store was the one actively spying on your device

[–] Broken@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Steam has telemetry. They gather a ton of data on you. What details, how they use it, and how secure it is I can't answer, but it's clear that it's happening.

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[–] eee@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 2 days ago

Thank you so, so much for the transcription, appreciated!

[–] hummy_bee@mander.xyz 8 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Also, I am out of the loop? What’s up with firefox? I have used it on linux mint for maybe 6 years now with uBlock. Currently trying to use DuckDuckGo as default browser because that Google AI results thing is starting to annoy me.

[–] Bassman1805@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

It's fine. For legal reasons (particularly in the EU and California) they had to add a Terms of Use fit the browser, and the had to translate a bunch of broad, idealist, simple phrases into legalese so they wouldn't get killed by those governments.

[–] Philzlaus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I'm a big fan of Duckduckgo, since Im using it for a couple of years. The search results have become much better compared to the past.

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[–] nuko147@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Enthusiast level. Not bad. Not bad. Also where would you put librewolf?

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[–] hummy_bee@mander.xyz 7 points 2 days ago (8 children)
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[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 33 points 3 days ago (8 children)

On browsers, as you put Chromium then also put Firefox or deMozillaed Firefox e.g. WaterFox.

I'd put Brave back to the 2nd layer due to relying on Chromium and being heavily marketed while gathering data for its crypto scheme. I'd also put Firefox on the 2nd or 3rd layer.

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[–] simop_jo@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is tuta better than protonmail?

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[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 27 points 3 days ago

Oh, am I that far gone?

spoilerI don't see Qubes, Whonix or Tails on there.

[–] MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (21 children)

Sadly, using small niche VPNs that might be more trusted makes you stand out more. It's pretty unusual to have a Mullvad user on your server

They don't rotate IPs as well so a lot of them are blacklisted... and don't offer port forwarding anymore

I wish they could change IPs reguarly and add port forwarding back :-( - I would happily pay for their service again

Because 5€ for their current service is overpriced

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[–] root@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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