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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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[-] trashboat@midwest.social 3 points 2 days ago

Sadly, using small niche VPNs that might be more trusted makes you stand out more.

This probably doesn't matter does it? Because being spotted as a mulvad, airvpn, etc user doesn't make you more of a target for anything.

I’m just taking a stab at this since I’m not entirely certain, but I would think that this would weaken you against fingerprinting since it depends on having many different semi-unique characteristics as you browse?

[-] MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

This ^

If you have 2 accounts on a website for example, you can be easily exposed if using a niche VPN. If on a more popular VPN, it’s not as likely as some other users probably use those as well

Realistically, on bigger websites it doesn’t matter as much - it would really depend on your config. You’re bound to be fingerprinted at some point anyways. It’s just too hard and too annoying to blend in.

At this point I believe we should just aim at randomizing our fingerprint every few seconds by sending BS rather than aiming to all have the same one

[-] potpotato@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago
[-] MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

I don’t get how that’s relevant to what I said. That’s still something else

[-] potpotato@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago
[-] MajesticElevator@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What you sent is to prevent your ISP (or government) from correlating your internet activity to your identity

What I’m talking about is preventing fingerprinting or correlating 2 sessions to the same website (the entity that tracks you is the website itself in this case)

this post was submitted on 07 May 2025
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