[stinos]

People should be able to feel secure in the tech that they use, in the companies that they entrust their information with.

I can never tell whether I'm paranoid, or worried for good reasons, but cases like these + mass leaks which happen occasionally are basically the reason why I don't have this secure feeling at all for anything which isn't on an offline device which is in my hands or device-side encypted then put online (but to a lesser extent). And I'm afraid nothing is ever going to be able to fix that feeling anymore, it just seems to late for that, and I feel like people who do feel secure lost touch with reality somewhat.

[Enginerrrd]

I still get that feeling for the most part with open source self-hosted stuff and devices running as open as possible software. Could someone hack my up-to-date linux server behind my VPN? Yeah. But it feels a lot less likely than any other device. If it's not an open source OS with a good track record, I feel like every key stroke, swipe, or picture is spied on.

On devices I trust less, like my android phone, I feel better than default (but not perfectly comfortable) about open source encryption software and the stuff stored there.

[duxup]

You don't feel secure for GOOD reason.

Still shouldn't have to feel that way.