evacideSep 21, 2025

There is a lot of demand for digital privacy and security advice out there right now and lots of people are giving advice and writing guides. I beg them to do a few things:

1. Be explicit about the threat model your advice is meant for.

2. Do not give advice you haven't tried implementing yourself. Eat your own dog food.

3. Get feedback on your guide from your target audience before publication.

4. Incorporate that feedback. This is not an optional step.

Show threadevacideSep 21, 2025
If your intended audience can't understand your instructions, can't be bothered to carry out your instructions, and/or following your instructions fails to actually solve the problems that they have, you're just masturbating.
Show threadbearbob ☭
@evacide I saw this answer before the start of the thread and unintentionally applied it to a very different problem that I currently face. I agree with you and in addition I think it is an excellent statement that applies to many other situations.
Sep 21, 2025 at 9:34amWeb