• ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
    806·
    9 months ago

    I fear false privacy because a corporation runs it. I’ve never been afraid of a government but I worry about corporate shittery all the time.

      • Illuminostro@lemmy.world
        191·
        8 months ago

        You do know that a corporation who stole bananas convinced the US government to go to war over just profits, right?

        Fuck Milton Friedman, by the way.

      • themelm@sh.itjust.works
        6·
        8 months ago

        I use a VPN to stop work camps I stay at from knowing what porn I watch, to stop media companies from sending me copyright infringement notifications, and to stop public wifis from having as much info on me.

        Its all about threat model. If you’re concerned with government actors then you need to be more secure than just a VPN.

        My countries intelligence agency is not working with media companies like that. The cops and courts would eventually enforce some order against me if it ever went to court but more likely is my ISP just ditches me as a customer if I get too many strikes.

          • themelm@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            8 months ago

            Well there are only three isps here and yes I understand what you are saying but. It never gets as far as government force it doesn’t have too. The ISP will drop me.

            Also the ISP is the media company lots of the time, and its only a crime that will go to court and win if I made money distributing copyrighted material.

            I don’t want my ISP to know much about what I’m doing either. They aren’t trustworthy, they often get caught illegally shaping traffic and such too.