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What would you consider your threat model? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by SentientFishbowl@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I was watching Eric Murphy's video on "Privacy faigue" and it certainly provided some food for thought. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab6ryHD_ahQ)

I like how he conceptualizes privacy as multilevelled, with no one-size-fits-all solution, which should be tailored based on the individual's threat model.

So, with that in mind: what would y'all consider your threat model?

As far as I'm concerned I suppose my main goal is to avoid advertisements, particularly targeted advertisement. Additionally I would obviously like to avoid getting hacked, but I know I'm not being targeted particularly (and wouldn't be a worthwhile target anyway). Curious to see if I have any obvious blindspots that could be remedied based on everyone else's answers.

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[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'm an activist so yk I probably need a more strict model

[–] SentientFishbowl@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Would you consider all activists on the same threat level? I was imagining what the Just Stop Oil protesters in the UK might consider their threat model, I'd imagine it would be different to an activist in Iran or Russia for instance. Am I wrong?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Definitely not. Which country the activist is in is one difference, but what they're an activist about is another. Here in the US, some activists get shot by police while other activists get police marching with them, for example.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

If we were talking about the EU or the UK, probably you're right. But in the US the situation is not great afaik

[–] TGhost@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

same for EU, Yep,

They explain that it will be to prevent the child abuse content, but we already know,.. its false.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago

At least the chat control law got denied one more time

[–] SentientFishbowl@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Okay, thank you.