The capital of the privacy industry is not technological, but ideological. The privacy industry's most valuable asset lies not in technology, but in the blind trust of its users.They cannot prove that their products actually do what they claim to do. They can only make promises. And users are forced to believe in these promises.That is why some projects, like GrapheneOS, fight such an obsessive battle against 'misinformation'. Because trust is their foundation. They cannot prove that their product actually works.
then why not list some products that DO work? or is incessant bitching about it all you can do?
>>33664there are none that work.
>this guy on /tech/
lmao the most transparent FUD attempts i've ever seen
>They cannot prove that their products actually do what they claim to do.
That's not true. Products that are open source, and if related to networking in any way, decentralized, are auditable. Linux, Monero and LibreWolf fall into this category.
But of course we must not blindly trust centralized products, since we cannot actually know whether they're doing what they claim. VPNs, Tor (the network) fall into this category.
(Examples are from your picture)
>>33671If I see this fucking guy irl I'll tie what testes he has into a knot so tight his entire body twists and contorts with it
>>33680he still believes in open source after xz utils
it's not ideological, reputational would be a better word. their record for securing their user's data is what makes or breaks companies that sell privacy. anyone else remember seeing commercials on tv back in the day for that company "lifelock" where the ceo brazenly showed his SSN in the commercial to prove how secure his company is?