I like Techlore (https://www.techlore.tech if you don’t know) and I usually regard them as one of the most impartial and most trustworthy Youtubers out there. But for the past few months, I couldn’t help noticing their somewhat heavy bias towards some of their video sponsors. Still, everybody has to eat right?

This time though, it looks like Synology flew them over to Taiwan, and if you watch their video at the event, it’s wall-to-wall Synology shilling. I’m really disappointed.

      • Ilandar@aussie.zone
        2·
        4 months ago

        They didn’t move from Matrix to Discord, that’s a very misleading way to frame it. They had Matrix, Discord and their forums, then they closed Matrix and encouraged people to use the forums instead. They left the Discord open for people who require real-time privacy advice. Here is their detailed reasoning behind the change, if you are interested.

        • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
          1·
          4 months ago

          I read their reasoning and it sort of makes sense: what they’re saying is essentially “We do Discord because that’s where the people we want to reach - the folks who don’t know anything about privacy - hang out.”

          Well, I get that. But it’s kind of like Al Gore saying his flying around the world and spewing megatons of CO2 doesn’t matter because he’s doing that to promote environmental causes. I don’t like people who exempt themselves from the rules they preach, whatever their reason. People who walk the talk are usually more convincing.

          But yeah, they do have a point I guess…

    • Ilandar@aussie.zone
      21·
      4 months ago

      Always funny when people try to pretend this PrivacyTools guy is some brave whistleblower when in reality he destroyed his own website going for a cash grab and then got butthurt when people created better alternatives that actually gave genuine advice instead of ads.

      • 乇ㄥ乇¢ㄒ尺ㄖ@infosec.pub
        1·
        4 months ago

        There’s no pretending… if you actually click the link the first video is about the practices or Techlore, so I’ll make it easy for you :

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cEfJ1UTNvw

        The rest of the article, talks ( with proof ) about the betrayal of Jonah Argon, changing the website license for example…

        got butthurt when people created better alternatives that actually gave genuine advice instead of ads.

        Really ? Sounds like a very childish thing to be mad about… Especially when you realize there are many websites and blogs that are written by experts

        I’m not trying to be funny, I’m saying what happened, and simply don’t trust Techlore because or the lack of ethics…and going after the cash grab… What kind of Privacy minded individual drives a Tesla? Uses Apple hardware? Promotes proprietary solutions?

        genuine advice instead of ads

        Techlore literally said buy my course so you’ll have an ad free experience… And PrivacyGuides covers surface level stuff…

        • Ilandar@aussie.zone
          01·
          4 months ago

          Why are you defending Privacy Tools so hard here? Literally anyone can look at the website and see within seconds that it is absolutely loaded with ads and affiliate links. The owner sold out years ago, the privacy community moved on and now he’s mad that he can’t AFK farm money from his shit website. He has absolutely zero credibility and writes stuff like “fuck fame, fuck money, fuck dishonesty” in that post when he himself literally used the fame of his website to make money by dishonestly recommending sponsored shit on it. It is absolutely bizarre to me that you hold this person up as some kind of moral authority and believe everything he says.

          • 乇ㄥ乇¢ㄒ尺ㄖ@infosec.pub
            2·
            4 months ago

            Defending ? so showing that Techlore is doing the same thing ( actually way more worse ) means I’m defending PT ?

            I’m not going into who’s more corrupt than the other, but I can provide a different source, if you think this one is problematic

            But yanno why I’m not focusing on Privacy Tools that much…A - because this post is about Techlore. B - Because the project is dead, so what’s the point?

            his shit website

            Using this language means nothing to me, and doesn’t effect me in anyway shape or form… I have no gain in the matter… they can both be down tomorrow, and I wouldn’t care

          • jeffhykin@lemm.ee
            1·
            4 months ago

            I don’t see anywhere in his comment(s) where he says something postive about privacy guides.

      • Ilandar@aussie.zone
        01·
        4 months ago

        There is, it’s the exact one that user and the delusional founder of Privacy Tools have a hate boner for. Privacy Guides is non-profit with no ads or affiliate links.

        • Zozano@lemy.lolEnglish
          01·
          4 months ago

          I think I got confused by this Lemmy post claiming it was taken over, not “attempted”. If it was taken over, then why would they shoot themselves in the foot?

          This is all really insane. But there are people here saying that privacyguides are reputable.

          Privacytools seems shadier though, even if they’re claiming to be victims.

          This is all too much drama.

  • unrushed233@lemmings.world
    01·
    4 months ago

    That’s pretty sad to see, Techlore is one of the main ways how I got into digital privacy and security, but ever since they removed GrapheneOS from the mobile OS recommendations section on their resources page, I don’t feel like it’s a trustworthy source anymore. Removing the most private and secure mobile OS from your OS recommendations, while claiming to give people privacy and security-focused recommendations is pretty hypocritical. Instead they recommend CalyxOS which rolls back default AOSP security features, LineageOS which doesn’t even work with a locked bootloader and microG which requires root access. It just feels like a bad joke.