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I struggle a lot with this. Secure isn't a binary state, it's a spectrum. At the same time, what is my risk model? Are my NSFW activities THAT interesting? Wh

I struggle a lot with this. Secure isn't a binary state, it's a spectrum. At the same time, what is my risk model? Are my NSFW activities THAT interesting? What about my personal notes that contain health details? I keep an inventory of stuff in my home. Is that ok to keep in Dropbox? Sure the government can access it.. but even if a remote attacker does, is that useful to them? And of course, as things get more secure they become less accessible. My "very secure" documents archive almost never gets updated.. cuz it's a pain to update it. My daily notes are just chucked in dropbox and get updated all day long...

hedora 5y ago
So, the question is why current systems are architected to make an unnecessary tradeoff between privacy/security and convenience, and then how to make something that's competitive with current systems, and doesn't make that tradeoff.
- woojoo666 5y ago
  It's not really an unnecessary tradeoff but rather a very natural one. Convenient means easy to access, and easy to access means insecure. Of course what people really want by convenience is ease of access for only you, but creating this notion of "you" seems to be the hard part
spicybright 5y ago
The way I see it, if you're not a hot target then it's less about the individual and more about sweeping up millions of individuals data for bulk selling. What the buyers can actually do with a million dropbox contents I'm not sure. But it's obviously better not to let that happen. Best defense is the same as securing your home: Don't be the easy target on your block. Even just the bare minimum on all your sites (2FA, good password system, anti-virus on your computer) will stop you from being low hanging fruit. I'd also love to hear anyone knowledgeable in this area to chime in!

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I struggle a lot with this. Secure isn't a binary state, it's a spectrum. At the same time, what is my risk model? Are my NSFW activities THAT interesting? Wh

by vorpalhex 5y ago

hedora 5y ago
So, the question is why current systems are architected to make an unnecessary tradeoff between privacy/security and convenience, and then how to make something that's competitive with current systems, and doesn't make that tradeoff.
- woojoo666 5y ago
  It's not really an unnecessary tradeoff but rather a very natural one. Convenient means easy to access, and easy to access means insecure. Of course what people really want by convenience is ease of access for only you, but creating this notion of "you" seems to be the hard part
spicybright 5y ago
The way I see it, if you're not a hot target then it's less about the individual and more about sweeping up millions of individuals data for bulk selling. What the buyers can actually do with a million dropbox contents I'm not sure. But it's obviously better not to let that happen. Best defense is the same as securing your home: Don't be the easy target on your block. Even just the bare minimum on all your sites (2FA, good password system, anti-virus on your computer) will stop you from being low hanging fruit. I'd also love to hear anyone knowledgeable in this area to chime in!