Hi there, So just watched latest video of Jim Browning and in the video he had a sponsor I had not heard about before, Guard.io. So I went to check it out, and it seems like a fairly decent service (by that I mean, a service I would put on family members devices) for helping against possible phishing attempt and general safeguarding online activity etc… I currently have installed Ublock Origin in their browsers and pointed their DNS to base.dns.mullvad.net, but that’s about it.

So:

  • Anyone had any experience with this service?
  • What’s the general consensus around this service?
  • Is it necessary, compared to the measures I mentioned above?
  • Are there any other general measure I could implement on their devices? (they are on both apple and Android ecosystems)

Thanks for any suggestions 🌻

  • hddsx
    3·
    9 months ago

    What do you mean? You prefer services that advertise that they are definitely 80% legit, it just depends on who your sales guy is?

    • umami_wasabi@lemmy.ml
      5·
      9 months ago

      I guess what he mean the service must proof itself legit by actions, rather saying it out loud in a FAQ.

      Still, that FAQ explicitly saying they are legit gives me the feel of “The lady doth protest too much, methinks,”.

      • hddsx
        2·
        9 months ago

        Sorry, my sarcasm didn’t translate through text.

        It does indeed have “I’m always wearing a condom” vibes, even if we’re at dinner