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What does a threat model look like? (lemmy.sdf.org)

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Might sound a bit of a silly question. I see people talking about threat models, and privacy guides which say things like "if this is part of your threat model, do X Y Z". I'm just not sure if it's a general "this is what I want to protect myself against" or if there's more to it.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I look at more of how much privacy do I want and what am I willing to give up to get it.

The more you try and keep your data private the less user friendly things tend to get. You need to find a balance that suits you while satisfying your main privacy concerns.

But staying away from "big tech" as much as you can and using a good VPN (Proton or Mullvad) is a MUST for any threat model.

I gave up on my first attempt to go fully private because I tried to go as far as is possible. Now I have struck what I think is a good balance. No iCloud, No Google and absolutley no Facebook, Twitter or Reddit.