The Privacy Iceberg
The Privacy Iceberg
OC by @Charger8232@lemmy.ml
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:
- Apple
- TikTok
- PayPal
- Google Chrome
- CashApp
- Samsung
- Steam
- Microsoft Windows
- Ring (Security Camera)
- YouTube
- Amazon
- Discord
- Gmail
- ChatGPT
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:
- Telegram
- Authy
- Brave Browser
- Privacy.com (Virtual Cards)
- DuckDuckGo
- iMessage
- Proton Mail
- AdBlock (Browser Extension)
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:
- Monero
- GrapheneOS
- Vanadium (Web Browser)
- KeePassDX
- SimpleX Chat
- Accrescent
- SearXNG
- Aegis Authenticator
- OpenWrt
- Mullvad VPN
- An illustration of physical cash
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"
End of transcription.
Why is ProtonVPN considered so much “better” than NordVPN exactly?
Personally? It actually functions. We have both Proton and Nord in our house because for some reason Nord refuses to function properly on my devices. My acct is a "family member", so we think it has something to do with the account linkage on the backend - we paid for premium about a year and a half before we even started seeing YouTube sponsorships, so there may just be something not right in the code from all the updates, dunno, it's a wild guess lol.
It shouldnt be, proton's CEO is a Trumper.
is he though? All I've heard is that he liked that trump was going after tech monopolies
Best I could guess is because Proton is based in Switzerland as a nonprofit so it's both (supposedly) not profit-motivated and not subject to the 5 eyes, 9 eyes, or 14 eyes survaillence.
NordVPN is based out of Panama, and its parent company is based out of the Netherlands, which are subject to the 5 eyes and 9 eyes, respectively. It's also not a non-profit.
These are pretty obviously superficial differences, and are irrelevant to whether either group is actually data-secure.
both are bad
VPNs are a point of trust and the least bad ones today are iVPN and Mullvad
Ivpn doesn't get enough credit for their devotion to privacy and security.
Their docs are amazing, too.
In the case of this meme, I presume placing NordVPN higher is mostly due to slotting it in the "As seen on TV" tier. I assume ProtonVPN is just not advertised as much.
What policies does Steam have that warrant inclusion in this privacy list at all, let alone under the "brainwashed" category?
I thought that too. Yes, big bad US corp, but privately owned and tiny staff footprint.
I'm not ditching my 20yo steam account on behalf of this graphic
Edit: I just now realized that the graphic is more privacy-focused rather than consumer-rights-focused. I don't know what privacy issues Steam has specifically, so its inclusion on this list may not be justified regardless of any anti-consumer practices.
I'm not ditching my 20yo steam account on behalf of this graphic
I think that's why they were included in this graphic. They provide DRM games that are vendor-locked to their platform. They require that you buy a game from them to download mods from the workshop, even if that game doesn't use a Steam-specific modding framework (Slay the Spire and Black Ops 3 for example). They tie that account to many services in order to make it difficult to leave their platform. Services such as: per-game community forums, friend lists with direct messaging and multiplayer integration, VAC anti-cheat, and achievement tracking.
I like Valve, they contribute a lot to open source. But be honest, if Epic Games did 1/10 of this, they would be accused of trying to build a walled garden like Apple.
It will be absolute hell if Steam ever gets enshitified. It would be better if these services could follow an interoperable and open standard or were run independently. Vendor-lock from "good" corporations is still anti consumer.
SimpleX finally got multi-device support? Like, concurrently?
I'll have to check out out again.
TIL SearXNG, I will be testing that out this weekend.