merari42@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat's your self-induced pain points fellow linux userslemmy.worldimagemessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoSecurity and convenience are on a balancing scale. More security, less convenience. More convenience, less security. Everything in my life is less convenient but way more secure than most people’s lives. (I am not secure against corporate/nation-state level threats at all. I am merely more secure than the average person.) Everything has an OTP code through Aegis and I do regular encrypted backups of my Aegis vault to other devices. Most people cannot and will not live like this. To me, it’s simple.
Security and convenience are on a balancing scale. More security, less convenience. More convenience, less security.
Everything in my life is less convenient but way more secure than most people’s lives.
(I am not secure against corporate/nation-state level threats at all. I am merely more secure than the average person.)
Everything has an OTP code through Aegis and I do regular encrypted backups of my Aegis vault to other devices.
Most people cannot and will not live like this. To me, it’s simple.