Privacy is only dead if we let it die. Be careful about the all-or-nothing mindset in data privacy, it can do more damage than good to the cause. While striving for improvements, do not forget to cheer and celebrate each small win.
  • fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
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    7 days ago

    I’ll repost an old comment of mine, since it’s relevant:

    True security/privacy is impossible.

    It is a compromise, and it all depends on your threat model; everything is probably “backdoored” some way or another.

    However the productive thing isn’t 100% blocking these risks, it’s mitigating it. It’s not feasible to build your own processor, so for example, choose the least worse between Intel ME and AMD PSP. It’s sad that we have to live in a world where surveillance is everywhere, but this is how it is for now.

    tl;dr: don’t worry too much about these, you’ll still be backdoored one way or another, what is important is making it harder for them

  • UndergroundGoblin@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Verry good article.

    But with individuals, when someone shares their excitement for data privacy, when someone shares their PrivacyProduct™️ recommendation that, even if imperfect, is still a great tool without misleading information, then we should all celebrate and support this.

    This. 100%. We can and should point out imperfections, but we shouldn’t stomp an improvement it into the ground just because it is not 100% perfect.