Summary: We need to focus on making the information go from basic to complicated. We can not have complicated terminology and concepts randomly interspersed in introductory topics, or at the least we need to minimise this, because sometimes this will be necessary, which I do understand. Also, I th…

Thank you for your feedback. So that I understand clearly, am I correct in seeing the way you break down the articles in the knowledge base is like this?: [fg75QDZYY8gb2FbN]

Yes, although I quit thoroughly reading when I reached the DNS Overview subtopic, so I am in no position to say that the rest of the subtopics are overly complicated. Also, I have slightly revised my post.

That is fine, quite frankly I have little idea of what I am doing. No problem. ;). I truly appreciate what you all do!

Creating a “getting started” guide of just basic/starter recommendations wouldn’t be impossible… Maybe in a format similar to Consumer Reports Security Planner (although we don’t necessarily agree with all of CR’s specific recommendations, the layout is nice/digestible). Part of the difference betw…

I think all the information is fine, however, arrangement is key. In some cases, jargon is used without proper background information. Importantly, I think one category should be for lazy people who do not care about any background information, it should just be simple recommendations, that everyone…

This is definitely a suggestion I’m sympathetic towards, but there’s also been a lot of feedback over the years urging us to avoid exactly this… [image] Sprout3425: simple recommendations, that everyone should use, consisting only of why and when they should use it. …in favor of the “threat …

[image] Sprout3425: when they should use it I know that you stopped reading at the DNS Overview subtopic, but what are your thoughts on this flow chart on the same page? DNS Overview - Privacy Guides I personally found it very useful to help me determine that I should use a VPN and shouldn’t …

Sorry, I need to be more clear, I do agree with you. I do think you should begin with introductory, conceptual, fundamental information, that explains jargon. The next section where you introduce the tools, and why and where you should use them should link to the concepts explained in the first sect…

I definitely agree with you Redoomed.

[image] Sprout3425: I think threat modelling is a complicated way of saying, address your privacy problems, which are unique to you. But in most cases they really are not that unique unless you are a journalist or a “wanted” person by the government, this is evidenced by the Common Threats subto…

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