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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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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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[–] mycamgirl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

I wouldn't put Telegram at the level. I would put it in "The Brainwashed." Its encryption is disabled by default. You need to manually enable it on each chat, and you can't enable it on group chats. The app gives a false sense of privacy. Telegram flaunts its end-to-end encryption, but it never mentions that it is disabled by default, and it refuses to enable the default. The final result is that people are not using the feature.

A cryptographer and professor wrote a good piece about Telegram's encryption, calling it "unusual" and the "non-standard authenticated encryption mode ever invented": Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app?

[–] PeteWheeler@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for providing this. It is obvious you put a lot of time into this. Truly appreciated. I will have to look into these.

How did you find these yourself?

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

How did you find these yourself?

I've been learning about privacy for the better part of 6 years. At first, most of my information came from lurking on Reddit and Lemmy, but then I started getting first-hand experience and doing my own research.

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

In regards to addy, are my messages private in relation to the service or does it only serve to keep my anonymity to other threat actors?

[–] mycamgirl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

I suppose it aims to be private. According to their FAQ:

  • No 3rd-party content, ads, analytics, or trackers
  • Messages are forwarded, but may be stored on their servers in case of a failed delivery
  • Servers are in the Netherlands with Greenhost, which claims to focus on privacy. A backup server is in Poland with UpCloud
  • Messages can be encrypted (including attachments) with your own GPG/OpenPGP key if you enable the option

The author answers "what if I don't trust you?" by pointing out that you can host Addy on your own server. It is fully OSS and you don't need to use their cloud service.

[–] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Both. It's open source and privacy respecting. Though, email is fundamentally insecure anyways.

[–] theblips@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago

Nice! Will start using. I ran out of Proton aliases this year and have been reusing some of them, which sucks. Thank you

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

Just tell the normie that you have nothing to say if you have nothing to hide. Also, why there's no F-Droid?

[–] Afflictedlife@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 hours ago

I'm like a mix of the three tiers above ghost and in not really trying to be which is odd

[–] Corduroy_Pillows_Making_Headlines@hexbear.net 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I love this! May I share on my blog and with my newsletter subscribers at Punching Up Press? We're probably in boxes #2 and #3, with a lot of readers starting off in box #1.

[–] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I was actually expecting you to comment.

May I share on my blog and with my newsletter subscribers at Punching Up Press?

Absolutely! Giving credit is appreciated, as well.

[–] Corduroy_Pillows_Making_Headlines@hexbear.net 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Haha,, I always love a good infographic! Who can I credit for the infographic and links? I have only like 65 subscribers since I don't do much promotion, but I think this will be very helpful to them.

[–] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 hours ago

Who can I credit for the infographic and links?

Simply leaving a link to this post is fine. Thank you!

[–] civilcoder@lemm.ee 20 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Kudos for inclusive alt texting!!

[–] slappypantsgo@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

That’s the only reason I upvoted this!

[–] dontblink@feddit.it 6 points 10 hours ago

I think I'm probably slowly transitioning to "the ghost" but more as a matter of digital minimalism than for privacy lmao

[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Wow this blew up. People still not getting the meme portion of this?

[–] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

People still not getting the meme portion of this?

64 people and counting :P

[–] ABetterTomorrow@lemm.ee 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

I have my inbox hooked up to my RSS reader, too, which means I get a notification on my phone every single time someone comments...

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