What is a common misconception around privacy? - eviltoast

For me its probably the debate regarding using a VPN with tor - Like the tor devs themselves recommend against using a VPN with tor.

Another is also probably the argument of “nothing to hide, nothing to fear”.

  • miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Many people put privacy, security and anonymity all in a single basket. While they often go hand in hand between one another, they’re still fundamentally different things.

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      1 year ago

      To add to this, you arguably cant have privacy or anonymity without security first.

      If there are any vulnerabilities or design flaws for your device or its OS, you shouldn’t fully trust your device to handle sensitive tasks.