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?

  • Kohen Shaw@lemmy.ml
    4·
    4 years ago

    I think he’s a positive force as far as awareness goes. He will display ways of making windows, ios or google android safe because he is trying to appeal to a very broad audience. The peoole he wants to reach are mainly non technical.

    As for the bad, he has a “leave me alone and don’t make me pay taxes” kind of vibe going for him, almost like an ancap. That is not the focus of his talks though, just heard him mention here and there. That kind of stance is common among tech media creators though, and I never saw him promoting that.

    For me, he actually pushed me towards degoogling my life. Overall, he touches on lots of privacy - related topics and I feel that he is being 100% honest. Sure, he may be wrong in some cases, but it’s just being wrong, not malice.

    He is stupidly stubborn though.

    • sp21@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      4 years ago

      I agree with you he is very smart in some things and has no malice. Only that Windows cannot be made safe but he claims it is because he is so stubborn on using video editor (adobe? eek), and he wants to make money with his VPN for sure

      • Kohen Shaw@lemmy.ml
        2·
        4 years ago

        Yeah, he can be a stubborn dumbass. The only way to use Windows safely is how ExplainingComputers guy (excellent youtube channel btw) uses Windows 7 because he insists in using some ancient version of some ancient video editor - completely offline.

  • Sidmaster7@lemmy.ml
    2·
    4 years ago

    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…

    • sp21@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      4 years ago

      VPNs are likely honey pots unless you host it yourself also I trust my ISP more than some random company. 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.