Privacy Guides
In the digital age, protecting your personal information might seem like an impossible task. We’re here to help.
This is a community for sharing news about privacy, posting information about cool privacy tools and services, and getting advice about your privacy journey.
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Additional Resources:
- EFF: Surveillance Self-Defense
- Consumer Reports Security Planner
- Jonah Aragon (YouTube)
- r/Privacy
- Big Ass Data Broker Opt-Out List
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Well, the obvious answer to nearly all those broad questions is: "It depends..."
But I mean what "work" and "effort"? I mean using Matrix isn't exactly hard... You need to install an App, register for an account, think of a password and log in... That's pretty much the same complexity as with Facebook or Discord?!
Surely issueing big tech companies a blank cheque for your life is easy. And you get free services in return. But I don't think using privacy respecting services and even Linux to do your office stuff is substancially more difficult than giving away all your data.
I think the "difficult" part for a lot of people has to do with the network effect. There is more friction to using Matrix over Discord because all of their friends use Discord (as an example). Of course, this wouldn't apply to everything but it is definitely something that has an effect.
I think I can agree with that. For me it's a bit the other way around. My friends aren't on Discord. But the network effect is kind of hard to overcome. I'd say you can learn about privacy and new (to you) software and protocols by spending two or three evenings of your life. But convincing all your friends so it becomes any fun is considerably harder. I'd just name the actual issue, then. Otherwise people confuse it with Linux or Signal/Matrix/whatever being harder to operate.