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I'm just informed enough about IT security to know that I really know very very little about it. That said, I probably know ten times as much as do 99% of people. I'm an expert in my field, and while I've been a jack of all trades on many fronts, today's threats to privacy and IT security require expert knowledge to combat.
I do not have time.
- For example, I hear that Microsoft added updates to Win7/8 that threaten my family's privacy...yet I have not yet gone and removed the offending updates. I moved myself to Ubuntu/xfce, but my son is still using Win8. I'll get to it eventually.
- For example, java script is a security risk, and I have No-Script, turn off 3rd party cookies, etc, but invariably I have to turn it off for some website (i.e. to pay my bill), and eventually, I stop turning it back to full security.
- I installed Cyanogenmod and Fdroid on my phone. And for the most part its great..and I have very few apps with permissive permissions settings....but my wife is still using an iphone and ipad, with all sorts of apps...with ridiculous permission leaks..and that is a struggle.
The long winded point I have is that it is now just too damn much work to do it all right. I'm tired after a 10 hour workday. I've obviously taken more steps than most, but it is still leaky as hell...
I need a company/organization that I can reasonably trust to manage my information security/property, to manage my computers, manage my vpns, e.g., to isolate my web browser windows over multiple vpns, ... all of it, and it can't be GOOGLE. My data is my property, as long as I can hold it, so it needs to be a company/organization that built in privacy obligations (like lawyers and doctors supposedly do).
-Signed: A Frustrated Tired Old Nerd (with children)
[Ed's Comment: Does such a company exist? Is it even possible to provide such a service? Or have we just identified a niche in the market for some enterprising person to fill?]
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 05 2015, @01:25PM
You are looking at security the wrong way.
*all* security can be broken. Well not quite true but pretty much (one time pads). All the remaining security is a mater of time and energy. Take for example the lock on your house. You can put in 15 deadbolts armor up the windows. Yet all of those measure it is just a matter of time and energy to get into your house.
If you are worried about win7/10 just find one of the many scripts out there that turn the sendhome junk (automate the problem it that is what computers do). Get a router that blackholes the ip/name. Or use something like linux. But even then companies like canicanonical/ubuntu are starting to do the same thing. You are also going to have devices where you do not control the stack at all (like your TV).
If you want to keep the info in your house the best 'bang' for your buck is a router where you can control the ip/dns stack. If you are really paranoid you can goto whitelists.
Trust no one. There is no company that will do what you want.
Also keep in mind much of the info you are protecting. Is already in the wild. Thru use of those applications, your ISP, your local town hall, your old phone book, your neighbors, your friends. A trip to your local town hall will yield just as much info. Sure it may be a pain but there is pretty much 0 security on it.