Examples may include using tor as your daily browser, using VPNs when you can’t use tor etc.

I’m curious to have some philisophical discussion over if there are actually any visible benefits to being private while online…

  • TheWiseAlaundo@lemmy.whynotdrs.org
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    8 months ago

    Immediately, probably not. Privacy is one of those things where when you really need it, you can’t get it… unless you already have it.

    Also, it’s not like you know the motivations of all 7 billion people on earth. If you’re out in the open, it just makes it easy for the lazy to find you.

    I can get behind using a VPN, a phone with Graphene or Calyx, adblocker, user agent switcher, librewolf, and stuff… you give up some convenience for privacy, but it’s not overbearing. Tor, however, isn’t exactly useful as a daily driver.

    So is there a visible benefit? Hopefully not. If you’re doing it right, you’ll just live a normal life and not be bothered.