IME there are two wings to the “internet privacy” philosophy. On one side is strictly against advertising and other forms of privacy invasion that I’d call Private Intrusion, basically "I don’t want the highest corpo bidder reading my email contacts and knowing which coworker I wished happy birthday to. On the other side is the anti-Governmemt surveillance mindset, Government Intrusion. Pretty much what it sounds like.
Some people only care about one end. Most people have a stake in both, to one degree or another. IMO, I feel like more people care about corporate surveillance than government. Couple different ideas why, maybe some people still believe in a benevolent government, countering corps feels more feasible, and/or most people don’t feel like they have anything to hide, legally, but don’t love the advertisers’ mind games and want their wallet/freedom of choice respected.
Turned into a bit of a rant here and got a little off topic. All that’s to say, though, that I wouldn’t immediately fault someone who says they’re “Privacy-Minded” but still uses Proton dispite their Trump endorsement, it’s just a different set of priorities.
The privacy community will absolutely turn themselves inside out if you even mention this
They deserve exactly what they get
IME there are two wings to the “internet privacy” philosophy. On one side is strictly against advertising and other forms of privacy invasion that I’d call Private Intrusion, basically "I don’t want the highest corpo bidder reading my email contacts and knowing which coworker I wished happy birthday to. On the other side is the anti-Governmemt surveillance mindset, Government Intrusion. Pretty much what it sounds like.
Some people only care about one end. Most people have a stake in both, to one degree or another. IMO, I feel like more people care about corporate surveillance than government. Couple different ideas why, maybe some people still believe in a benevolent government, countering corps feels more feasible, and/or most people don’t feel like they have anything to hide, legally, but don’t love the advertisers’ mind games and want their wallet/freedom of choice respected.
Turned into a bit of a rant here and got a little off topic. All that’s to say, though, that I wouldn’t immediately fault someone who says they’re “Privacy-Minded” but still uses Proton dispite their Trump endorsement, it’s just a different set of priorities.