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The Privacy Iceberg

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.

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(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:

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:

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:

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"

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[–] hummy_bee@mander.xyz 2 points 46 minutes ago

Also, I am out of the loop? What’s up with firefox? I have used it on linux mint for maybe 6 years now with uBlock. Currently trying to use DuckDuckGo as default browser because that Google AI results thing is starting to annoy me.

[–] hummy_bee@mander.xyz 2 points 50 minutes ago (1 children)
[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 2 points 18 minutes ago (1 children)

Open source router you install it on your personal router instead of the vendor firmware and gain 200% of the functionality.

[–] hummy_bee@mander.xyz 1 points 11 minutes ago

Could I request if you could ELi5 for me? Unfortunately, I didn’t understand a thing.

[–] confusedbytheBasics@lemm.ee 1 points 46 minutes ago

I use something from each tier except the As Seen on TV tier.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I don't like hackers and spying

brave

lol. lmao, even.

What's up with brave? I know they are bloated as hell but I thought they tried to be private.

[–] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 hours ago

A beginner will choose what seems private, regardless of whether or not it actually is.

[–] neuroneiro@lemmy.world 23 points 5 hours ago

Was going to say links or it never happened but you provided them! And categorized by level! Excelsior!

Thanks also to the comments giving more information.

So grateful for this platform. For the most part.

[–] candyman337@lemmy.world 40 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

It's genuinely wild that Firefox and LibreWolf are nowhere on these

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 hours ago

Matrix is also missing.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 19 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Probably because people above the waterline don't know Mozilla exists, and people below have seen how things have been going lately.

[–] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 hours ago

They do perhaps know, Firefox did have about 27%+ of the market at one point and people outside of the USA are more likely to know about it. Nevertheless, FF is currently about 3.25% of the total browser base. That is still about 160+ - 200+ million users.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago

Brave 🤮🤮🤮

[–] sharps9@lemmy.world 40 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

ExpressVPN is an arm of Israeli intelligence and should be on the tip of the iceberg: https://www.reuters.com/technology/expressvpn-employees-complain-about-ex-spys-top-role-company-2021-09-23/

All users should cancel their accounts immediately.

[–] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 25 points 7 hours ago

"As seen on TV" does not imply privacy, it just implies a large advertising budget. These are software that market themselves as private (and are sometimes better than nothing at all) but may still be just as bad as software on the tip of the iceberg.

[–] root@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

Why is Incogni bad?

[–] grendel@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

How the heck is TOR less secure than any of the vpns? Also nice vpn psyop/ad.

[–] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 17 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

How the heck is TOR less secure than any of the vpns?

This isn't a ranking of security. It is ranked based on the experience level at which people generally begin to start using certain software. They build on top of each other.

[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 22 points 7 hours ago

Apple: “Brainwashed”

iMessage: “Beginner”

Well which one is it?

[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee -1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Monero? Really? I used to mine it and know about it but just advertising crypto is just weird.

[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 1 points 59 minutes ago (1 children)

Monero is anonymous instead if pseudonymous. It's also the main crypto on darknet marketplaces.

[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 1 points 57 minutes ago (1 children)
[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 1 points 45 minutes ago (1 children)

So how is this advertising? Do you think op was payed by the monero project to promote it? It's a genuinely good privacy tool.

[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 1 points 44 minutes ago (1 children)

Dude, don’t be so narrow minded.

[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 1 points 32 minutes ago (1 children)

Feel free to open up my mind and explain youself, but right now I don't understand where you're coming from. I don't think OP's shilling or has any stake in XMR, he's just stating that it's private and secure for transactions.

[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 1 points 30 minutes ago

No need to repeat myself. You proven there’s no way getting to an understanding. Have a good day.

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