I used to do a 45-minute talk with lots of swearing about why infosec professionals are so bad at giving digital security/privacy advice and digital security training. My patience for bullshit has shrunk so much since then that it can only be detected by specialized scientific instruments.
@evacide They are comically easy to prove wrong
@evacide Yeah making slides and then following stats that everyone does them is utter bullshit
@evacide if the first words out of their mouth when speaking to non-nerds about privacy aren't some approachable onboarding prelude to threat modelling, I don't even bother sharing it.
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that's what we call: legendary patience. One we hear about freely enough, but rarely observe.
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What??? No seismograph,?
@evacide Just wait until your morningcide comes out!..
@evacide Recorded online anywhere?

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When looking for appropriate effective advice, I can't seem to find it. Balance is off between efficacy and straightforwardness. Making advice too technical or pretty general.

Keen for good resources that have been distilled for general audiences. It's a sea of sludge out there.

@phenaut I recommend starting with https://ssd.eff.org.
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@evacide Is one of those instruments a swear-o-meter?
@evacide Beyond why, I'm working on how to make inroads to turn it around even a little. I'm always interested in ideas along that line if anyone cares to share.