I absolutely agree with you note on the "Best part of the article"... ...But as far as the worst part being some of the author's recommendations on privacy too

I absolutely agree with you note on the "Best part of the article"... ...But as far as the worst part being some of the author's recommendations on privacy tools, while i agree some of those products are not some that I might have chosen, I respectfully disagree with your premise...I believe the author's intent is really good. I would recommend you think of it this way instead: if a non-trivial percentage of civilians (what I call non-techies) all of a sudden begin to use some of these apps (because of some product recommendations that the author made), some users will use some products, and it will at least greatly raise the awareness across the board...As more users utilize these products, no doubt there will be complaints. This will then lead to so many more people demanding ever better privacy tools...Which I believe will increase any positive momentum for privacy tools, both in quality as well as usage...At least that's how I see it; basically an eventual good thing for everyone.