Personally, I think I lose a lot of productivity chasing privacy. A few examples:
I like to use Proton Mail even though other options have more features and convenience. I strongly favor running LLMs locally using Ollama, even though APIs like those from Groq, Mistral, OpenAI, etc. are more convenient if I have an Internet connection. I enjoy and find Duckduckgo useful and pleasant to use, but Google and Bing are flashier. I also run in Apple’s Lockdown mode, and prefer private browser tabs even though there is a delay getting auto-logged in.
If you have time it is well worth books like Privacy is Power and Surveillance Capitalism.
I don’t advise non-technical friends and family to go down the privacy rabbit hole, but I personally choose to do so.
I like to use Proton Mail even though other options have more features and convenience. I strongly favor running LLMs locally using Ollama, even though APIs like those from Groq, Mistral, OpenAI, etc. are more convenient if I have an Internet connection. I enjoy and find Duckduckgo useful and pleasant to use, but Google and Bing are flashier. I also run in Apple’s Lockdown mode, and prefer private browser tabs even though there is a delay getting auto-logged in.
If you have time it is well worth books like Privacy is Power and Surveillance Capitalism.
I don’t advise non-technical friends and family to go down the privacy rabbit hole, but I personally choose to do so.