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submitted 2 days ago by Charger8232@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

The Privacy Iceberg

This is original content. AI was not used anywhere except for the bottom right image, simply because I could not find one similar enough to what I needed. This took around 6 hours to make.

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(I tried my best)

The background is an iceberg with 6 levels, denoting 6 different levels of privacy.

The tip of the iceberg is titled "The Brainwashed" with a quote beside it that says "I have nothing to hide". The logos depicted in this section are:

The surface section of the iceberg is titled "As seen on TV" with a quote beside it that says "This video is sponsored by...". The logos depicted in this section are:

An underwater section of the iceberg is titled "The Beginner" with a quote beside it that says "I don't like hackers and spying". The logos depicted in this section are:

A lower section of the iceberg is titled "The Privacy Enthusiast" with a quote beside it that says "I have nothing I want to show". The logos depicted in this section are:

An even lower section of the iceberg is titled "The Privacy Activist" with a quote beside it that says "Privacy is a human right". The logos depicted in this section are:

The lowest portion of the iceberg is titled "The Ghost". There is a quote beside it that has been intentionally redacted. The images depicted in this section are:

  • A cancel sign over a mobile phone, symbolizing "no electronics"
  • An illustration of a log cabin, symbolizing "living in a log cabin in the woods"
  • A picture of gold bars, symbolizing "paying only in gold"
  • A picture of a death certificate, symbolizing "faking your own death"
  • An AI generated picture of a person wearing a black hoodie, a baseball cap, a face mask, and reflective sunglasses, symbolizing "hiding ones identity in public"

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[-] tisktisk@piefed.social 71 points 2 days ago

TIL I'm a privacy activist--who can help me get to the ghost mode?
(Do I even want to get there or is that limited to journalists who have entire states trying to unalive them?)

[-] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 54 points 2 days ago

Do I even want to get there

Only you can answer that.

or is that limited to journalists who have entire states trying to unalive them?

Pretty much, but if you want to give up all technology, work for yourself, and fake your death, then more power to you!

[-] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago

Do you like living in the woods and not enjoy technology (or can live perfectly happily without it)?

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 days ago

Seems like faking your death would cause more privacy problems than it solves. Why not just “stay alive” with a completely innocuous identity? Then adopt some new identity which cannot be traced back to the original?

[-] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

If you're alive, you are asked for documents such as property records, taxes, etc. and if you refuse then bad things happen. If you fake your death, no more questions are asked and you can take on fake identities. In essence, faking your death takes your identity out of "the system"

[-] murky0106@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

limited to journalists who have entire states trying to unalive them. Don't live your life in fear

[-] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 days ago

There is this steadily growing activist group that you could join up with.

[-] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Easier than you think it is. Hard to keep at it. All you need to do is stop using a phone or computers. Death cert is only needed when you've been compromised and people are out to get you. Gold isnt really usable unless you stumble onto a secret underground society where all trade is done in gold. Realistically, you'd sooner be trading goods (or services) for other goods (or services).

This level technically shuns technology and that brings its own challenges. Its like saying you cant have privacy with technology. I dont necessarily agree with this statement so I'd say don't go to this level.

[-] roserose56@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

You should stage your death, like they tried to do on prison break and then move to Mexico or Columbia. Send me a DM for more information /J

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