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Should a security geek go for privacy or security?
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<blockquote data-quote="rain2reign" data-source="post: 913041" data-attributes="member: 88069"><p>The only reason i started to prefer security over privacy in recent years is that more along the lines of that software, services and products have started to <strong>need </strong>another person in your friends-/family circle that uses that exact same thing. And it's only getting more and more exclusive and yes there are alternatives open-source or otherwise, but you'd still need people you know to use those named things. </p><p></p><p>Which for most people regardless of opinion is the biggest obstacle. To get more people in your circle of friends, family or colleagues to use those programs and services as well. Take WhatsApp for example, it has plenty of good privacy and more secure alternatives, but to get the majority of your contacts to switch as well is a problem. Don't get me wrong i am pro-privacy, but with my circle of friends and co. it's just becoming more difficult to get people informed and convinced to switch to a more privacy-friendly solution, from which the security could be on-par or better. Especially if their individual uses is solely exclusive to one or two platforms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rain2reign, post: 913041, member: 88069"] The only reason i started to prefer security over privacy in recent years is that more along the lines of that software, services and products have started to [B]need [/B]another person in your friends-/family circle that uses that exact same thing. And it's only getting more and more exclusive and yes there are alternatives open-source or otherwise, but you'd still need people you know to use those named things. Which for most people regardless of opinion is the biggest obstacle. To get more people in your circle of friends, family or colleagues to use those programs and services as well. Take WhatsApp for example, it has plenty of good privacy and more secure alternatives, but to get the majority of your contacts to switch as well is a problem. Don't get me wrong i am pro-privacy, but with my circle of friends and co. it's just becoming more difficult to get people informed and convinced to switch to a more privacy-friendly solution, from which the security could be on-par or better. Especially if their individual uses is solely exclusive to one or two platforms. [/QUOTE]
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