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.

Transcription (for the visually impaired)

(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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  • jim3692@discuss.online
    5·
    13 hours ago

    Just like you can change your Windows PC to Linux, or install a custom ROM on Android, to have better control over your devices, it is also possible to change the firmware on most routers.

    OpenWRT is the most popular option for that. It’s a Linux based firmware, that has a package manager allowing you to install additional things on your router.

    For example, I have a TP-Link TL-WR902AC v3. Out of the box it is just a USB-powered 5GHz extender. After installing OpenWRT to it, I added:

    • WireGuard: to route all the traffic over my VPN
    • DNS-over-HTTPS: to encrypt all DNS requests
    • USBIP: this is because I sometimes use it to connect a webcam for my cat, and I forward the camera to my server in another room

    By adding WG and DoH to the “repeater”, I can connect this little guy to any public WiFi, and securely connect my devices to it.