@evacide How to scream from the rooftop "I have never studied human behavior," without saying a darn thing.

Like, the POINT of a threat model, is to grok that NOT everything needs Tails—and that stupid-simple opsec goes a LONG way!!!

@ninavizz @evacide Tails IS stupid simple SecOps. It covers multiple threat types under a single system that you would normally have to address independently. It's not even difficult to use. Grab a USB, write an image, reboot while holding a key, select the right thing in the menu and voila. It even had a Windows XP interface option if you aren't familiar with Linux.

What more could you want? It's literally designed for this type of scenario.

@areyouevenreal @ninavizz @evacide

Not everyone has a "reasonable understanding of computers", and it's somewhat arrogant (not sure if that's the word I was looking for) to require them to.

@shreyan @areyouevenreal @ninavizz @evacide so much ^

I _am_ an expert computer user and "just install tails" advice screams techbro incoherence.

90% of the target for that suggestion would respond with: what's an image? my phone doesn't have USB? how do I hold a key while rebooting my iPhone?

the linked article is good advice. don't let "better than good, but also masturbatory privacy geekery" be the enemy of "good"

@woodlandsquid @shreyan @ninavizz @evacide I have made separate recommendations for people who only have iPhone or Android phones. I think this is a minority of people though.

I can't see in any way recommending Tails is incoherent unless you're talking to the technologically illiterate. The tech illiterate wouldn't follow the guide either though, because I doubt they are going to use a VPB correctly either. Onion Browser is better in this regard as it's just one app and doesn't keep history.

@areyouevenreal It's TMI, is the point. My god, have you NEVER had an existential, highly emotional crisis that has you puking multiple times a day, out of your mind on hormones, and could mean losing your family AND your partner... but ohey, lets all go do all this strange new technology stuff that I don't understand the point of, too?

@woodlandsquid @shreyan @evacide

@areyouevenreal The simple steps Eva is reccommending, are the most BASIC things—and also, probably the limit of what a person in such an omgwtf space can handle.

Can you work on your own car or bicycle? Bake a souffle? Sew a new wardrobe, hunt your own food? Why not, if not? Its ok to not be in the market to learn new skills. Eva's limiting in her reccommendations is the right thing. I study humans & technology, mkay?
@woodlandsquid @shreyan @evacide