Techlore Surveillance Report The Most Frustrating Privacy Myths
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Dec 10, 2023 Discussion of frustrating privacy myths, using Bittorrent as a file sync, best VoIP option for Android, stacking data removal services, mobile biometric authentication security, follow-up on online purchases and threat modeling in the UK, and on-the-ground advice on travel to China.
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Avoid All-or-Nothing Privacy Thinking
- All-or-nothing thinking harms practical privacy improvements and deters gradual progress.
- One tool or setup rarely fits everyone because lifestyles and threat models differ.
No Single Tool Works For Everyone
- There is no single universally best privacy tool because personal threat models change what matters most.
- Tools like Signal can help most people but can harm specific users, e.g., in domestic-abuse contexts.
Watch Confirmation Bias In Privacy Advice
- Confirmation bias makes people accept half-truths that confirm their priors in the privacy community.
- Trusted personalities can spread exaggerations that listeners absorb uncritically.