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”.

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    One of the most common misconceptions in the community itself is that there are absolute states of security and privacy. There aren’t.

    You can’t defend against anything, you must consider your threat model before doing any advice given to you on privacy forums.

    The threat model of everything possible drives people to schizophrenia. You will lose possible interactions with people as well as potential friendships, because you give out an aura of a weirdo.

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      1 year ago

      I don’t think a simple misconception can create schizophrenia. It’s a complex neurochemical disease with genetic factors