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What would you consider your threat model?

I was watching Eric Murphy's video on "Privacy faigue" and it certainly provided some food for thought. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab6ryHD_ahQ)

I like how he conceptualizes privacy as multilevelled, with no one-size-fits-all solution, which should be tailored based on the individual's threat model.

So, with that in mind: what would y'all consider your threat model?

As far as I'm concerned I suppose my main goal is to avoid advertisements, particularly targeted advertisement. Additionally I would obviously like to avoid getting hacked, but I know I'm not being targeted particularly (and wouldn't be a worthwhile target anyway). Curious to see if I have any obvious blindspots that could be remedied based on everyone else's answers.

v9CYKjLeia10dZpz88iU ,

My threat model is company tracking. I feel like I stand out like a red target with a random letter username, but it's just so companies using tools like Sherlock will struggle to connect my other accounts. I found it exhausting to create new usernames that I liked for every service.

I've actually been wanting to create a normal fediverse account self hosted with my own domain, but I haven't done it yet because I haven't completely determined what I want to do yet.

synopsis9408 ,

Just a tip, there are sites where you can auto-generate usernames, so you don't have to struggle to create one every time.

GolfNovemberUniform ,
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I'm an activist so yk I probably need a more strict model

SentientFishbowl OP ,

Would you consider all activists on the same threat level? I was imagining what the Just Stop Oil protesters in the UK might consider their threat model, I'd imagine it would be different to an activist in Iran or Russia for instance. Am I wrong?

GolfNovemberUniform ,
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If we were talking about the EU or the UK, probably you're right. But in the US the situation is not great afaik

SentientFishbowl OP ,

Okay, thank you.

TGhost ,
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same for EU,
Yep,

They explain that it will be to prevent the child abuse content, but we already know,.. its false.

GolfNovemberUniform ,
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At least the chat control law got denied one more time

grue ,

Definitely not. Which country the activist is in is one difference, but what they're an activist about is another. Here in the US, some activists get shot by police while other activists get police marching with them, for example.

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