Guide talk:Resisting technological domestic abuse

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Latest comment: 1 year ago by Matttest in topic Privacy vs Security
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Privacy vs Security

@Matttest Privacy and security are intertwined topics, and I do not think they can be meaningfully separated, especially in the context of this topic. The reason why this page talks about 2FA and passwords is because failing to do your due diligence and choosing weak passwords will have a material impact on user's privacy. How do you propose to educate the user about resisting technological domestic abuse without teaching the basics of security and thus enabling their resistance? 21x (talk) 11:44, 15 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Basically IMO, security is just used by big corpos like Google to actively working against user’s privacy. Just of example, Passwords and 2FA, as what you have written in that linked section, 2FA needs your location, or other things like phone number that can be tracked and linked to a specific person - that’s good for security but bad for privacy. I think some sections related to security can be kept, for example password manager, which we focus on choosing/recommending a privacy-respecting password manager, but some sections like biometric is actually harming your privacy by requiring your fingerprint that may be tracked to a specific person. The articles related to security should be with some notes that sometimes, security can harm your privacy. Matttest (talk) 03:50, 16 July 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]