Hi there, So just watched latest video of Jim Browning and in the video he had a sponsor I had not heard about before, Guard.io. So I went to check it out, and it seems like a fairly decent service (by that I mean, a service I would put on family members devices) for helping against possible phishing attempt and general safeguarding online activity etc… I currently have installed Ublock Origin in their browsers and pointed their DNS to base.dns.mullvad.net, but that’s about it.

So:

  • Anyone had any experience with this service?
  • What’s the general consensus around this service?
  • Is it necessary, compared to the measures I mentioned above?
  • Are there any other general measure I could implement on their devices? (they are on both apple and Android ecosystems)

Thanks for any suggestions 🌻

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    26·
    3 months ago

    Seems sketchy. You give them access to everything instead? How do we know they won’t be an avenue to compromise?

    This bit from their FAQ does not inspire confidence either:

    Is Guardio Legit?

    Guardio is definitely 100% legitimate, and it’s also a great product.

    If it was, they wouldn’t need to say stuff like that.

    • hddsx@lemmy.ca
      3·
      3 months ago

      What do you mean? You prefer services that advertise that they are definitely 80% legit, it just depends on who your sales guy is?

      • umami_wasabi@lemmy.ml
        5·
        3 months ago

        I guess what he mean the service must proof itself legit by actions, rather saying it out loud in a FAQ.

        Still, that FAQ explicitly saying they are legit gives me the feel of “The lady doth protest too much, methinks,”.

        • hddsx@lemmy.ca
          2·
          3 months ago

          Sorry, my sarcasm didn’t translate through text.

          It does indeed have “I’m always wearing a condom” vibes, even if we’re at dinner

    • Sunny' 🌻OP
      2·
      3 months ago

      Hmm, I agree that it’s not the best advertising in the world. But also they are closed source, so I guess it can never truly be trusted. Question that really remains is: is it better to use them than to not use them, for lesser tech savvy peeps.