Might sound a bit of a silly question. I see people talking about threat models, and privacy guides which say things like “if this is part of your threat model, do X Y Z”. I’m just not sure if it’s a general “this is what I want to protect myself against” or if there’s more to it.

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    18·
    3 days ago

    Yeah that’s basically it. Like if you’re concerned about people physically stealing your laptop, use a cable lock and disk encryption, not a VPN. If you’re concerned about the government ISP spying ang knocking on your door because of what you post online, use a VPN and don’t say anything identifying, not switch from Chrome to Firefox or whatever.

    • kat@orbi.camp
      5·
      3 days ago

      I mean, if your using chrome, and worse, logged in to your google account, that’s big paper trail for the government to trace back to you. VPN protection stops at your ISP.

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
        22·
        2 days ago

        Yes, if you store sensitive info in your Google account and the government can compel Google to provide that info, which they don’t always do.