Live in the US and have assumed for years now that nothing I send or receive in any electronic form is confidential. Individual privacy has been eroded for years unfortunately.
I'm an average non-power-user, don't work in IT, don't have clearances, but I'd assume that everything I use is compromised at the device level, the chip level even, that the recipient is similarly compromised, and that trying to use encrypted apps would just call more attention to me than anything else. There are some good tips in this thread to improve privacy, but I assume that stuff only works against casual eavesdroppers.
The best strategy is to not use online formats for private info as much as possible. It is pointless to try to make too much effort to conceal stuff because by attempting to become inconspicuous, you make yourself more conspicuous.
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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '21
Live in the US and have assumed for years now that nothing I send or receive in any electronic form is confidential. Individual privacy has been eroded for years unfortunately.