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”
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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
Some Rules
- Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn’t great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
- Don’t promote proprietary software
- Try to keep things on topic
- If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
- Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
- Be nice :)
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I use KeepassDX and Aegis, I use Facebook, Viber, Whatsapp and Gmail to communicate, use Linux, also use Lemmy as is apperant from this very comment. I have uBlock Origin installed on Firefox as the main browser, I also have Protonmail as my main email, also I use simpleLogin. My search engine is DuckDuckGo. I also use ProtonVPN and used to use Opera VPN.
I am from all of the above tiers
I don’t see Blokada mentioned here. It definitely deserves a mention somewhere.
I wouldn’t put Telegram at that 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?
What’s the logo between Tor and ProtonVPN?
It’s ProtonVPN’s logo
Just tell the normie that you have nothing to say if you have nothing to hide. Also, why there’s no F-Droid?
I always wished I could pull a House M.D. and just start a life underground.
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?
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.
I’m a mix of UbO, Firefox, Windscribe, Windows (modified), Protonmail, Discord, and Cash
Kudos for inclusive alt texting!!
That’s the only reason I upvoted this!
I’m like a mix of the three tiers above ghost and in not really trying to be which is odd
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?
I suppose it aims to be private. According to their FAQ:
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.
Both. It’s open source and privacy respecting. Though, email is fundamentally insecure anyways.
Nice! Will start using. I ran out of Proton aliases this year and have been reusing some of them, which sucks. Thank you
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.
I was actually expecting you to comment.
Absolutely! Giving credit is appreciated, as well.
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.
Simply leaving a link to this post is fine. Thank you!
I think I’m probably slowly transitioning to “the ghost” but more as a matter of digital minimalism than for privacy lmao
Wow this blew up. People still not getting the meme portion of this?
64 people and counting :P
RIP your inbox lol
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…
lol. lmao, even.
A beginner will choose what seems private, regardless of whether or not it actually is.
What’s up with brave? I know they are bloated as hell but I thought they tried to be private.
A company founded and funded on the concept of activity tracking? Private?
Also, when they first started they seemed to have an unlimited advertising budget, which is why they blew up. Where did that money come from, and what was the promise to those investors on how Brave will bring back revenue to them?