@sidalsolgun @daniel1820815 personally, if you actually want/need some "#Antivirus" on #Linux, consider #ESET's offering...

https://help.eset.com/eeau/12/en-US/
https://www.eset.com/us/business/download/endpoint-antivirus-linux/

Personally, I consider Antivirus on Linux as #bloatware outside of #Fileserver and #eMail systems, but that's because I act as "#BenevolentDictator" and ban users from using external drives.

• But that's me who actually invests the time and effort to educate #TechIlliterates and who's working in more sensitive IT than most.

So the tolerance to violations is near zero and proven willingful infraction of ITsec rules range from getting fired to jailtime in many situations.

• Thus Antivirus, regardless in #ClamAV or commercial offerings, is not a threat when most systems require insiders (like modern "#Affiliate" #Ransomware) to plant them.

@watchfulcitizen @adisonverlice The problem is not @mullvadnet but #VPN|s in general.

• Because #VPNs are dishonestly marketed at #TechIlliterates when in fact they ain't gonna save their ass.

People need to put realistic expectations into what #MullvadVPN and others like #Mullvad can and can't do, both technically and legally.

• You'd have a better chance with a @freifunk / #freifunk #WiFi or even better @torproject / #Tor, but that's because things ain't that easy as advertised:

#ComSec, #ITsec, #InfoSec & #OpSec need to be interweaved!

• Granted Mullvad, like @monocles, go out of their way to minimze the amounts of data they have, so there's not much they can hand over even when forced under duress to comply with a duely issued warrant!

Any decent @cryptoparty@chaos.social / @cryptoparty@mastodon.earth will advise you further...

@thygrrr @PallasRiot Personally, I'd not count on @mullvadnet being a "#LoglessVPN" because if they were unable and/or unwilling to comply they would've been shut down due to the statistical inevitability of being swarmed by bad actors!

• #TLDR: Don't rely on anyone to cover your ass! and exercise proper security #Nachash did.

This is far more complex than just #ComSec, but #InfoSec, #OpSec & #ITsec come together and need to be weaved into a continuous, multi-layered pattern...

• Your mileage may vary depending on your needs, demands, threats, budget, capabilities and options.

"JuSt UsE a VpN!" is dangerous #disinfo towards #TechIlliterates!

My reservations and criticism re: #Signal are not just valid, but the reality is even worse than I thought:

• The fact that @signalapp requires not only their shitty #Android #App, and a #PhoneNumber but literally won't allow people to use their shitty #Desktop-App unless they have an Android device with a camera pointed at it makes it utterly unuseable for certain users who don't have a fucking #camera in their Android…

Seriously, do they expect folks to deal with that shit?

• It's already worse in terms of #UX than #telgram and #discord and that too makes #XMPP+#OMEMO clients like @monocles / #monoclesChat & @gajim / #gajim easier and faster to onboard #TechIlliterates onto.

• Whichever asshole decided that a replacement for #SMS should mandate #PII like a #PhoneNumber & not be natively cross-platform should be banned from doing any #tech in their life. Trying to circumvent this shit and helping folks with it makes me so fucking angry that I'm now explicitly refusing to support it!

FIX THAT SHIT, @Mer__edith, and if it means you need to kick some devs in their crouch then consider this a necessary "investment"…

@SecurityWriter I don't defend this, nor anything else that @MastodonEngineering / #Mastodon #devs do, including stifling and sabotaging the need for good moderation tools.

• In return I think that the arguments pushed against the #Fediverse by (alleged) #TechIlliterates are not worth entertaining, cuz the same folks would also dismiss any alternative to #GMail cuz they'd have to 'choose a Server'....

If we can't expect #users to make informed decisions, then maybe they should not be allowed to use tech.

• Sorry for me #venting, but noone would dismiss #eMail because #mutt is not a beginner-friendly eMail client for folks that can't even use a goddamn mouse, as so many #Zoomers these days do.

I gladly teach people tech but most don't want to learn or even follow through on suggestions, advice and take explanaitions to their answers, and at a certain point that's just tiring...

#WhatsMissing: A simple, #FrutigerAero-themed, #LowDPI-compatible #Linux #distro / #desktop!

• Because for #TechIlliterates, #Xandros on the #EeePC was "peak #LinuxDesktop"!

And modern-day #distros really need to reconsider that!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32eBm_y8-8g&t=3m49s