I have been watching him on YouTube. He calls himself the internet privacy guy, and shares some good and some bad knowledge.
To me he is right in a lot things, especially regarding email and degoogled phones, web browsers I guess too.
I do NOT agree with his teachings that;
- Windows can be fine when modified (which what he shows in a video are not advanced modifications).
- VPNs being good for your privacy.
- I also do not see the point in giving misinformation by browsing opposite news media to your political beliefs…
- Its fine to install proprietary apps on degoogled phones because they have no identity
Maybe I have misunderstand some of his points. What do you think about his teachings?
How are VPNs not good for privacy? They don’t make you anonymous, no, but they help hide your Internet traffic from your ISP.
Although I prefer to use open source software, i will trust some paid proprietary software. There’s just not enough open third parry apps for everything…
VPNs are likely honey pots unless you host it yourself also I trust my ISP more than some random company on the Internet.
I have no such workload that would require non-free software but I use some proprietary software on Android with internet access blocked. I guess you could monitor your traffic to make sure they are not malicious, however Spotify, Netflix and many other common apps always have DRM malware built in them and you never know what other “features” they might have now or in the future.