Sometimes it's easier to sell solutions to the problems that you describe versus problems that are real. I've gotten that sense with his videos from the beginning, even the less extreme ones I've been recommended in the past. At some point you need to cut your losses, and at this point I think Braxman is more unhelpful than helpful in the tech space.

Have you considered the possibility his whole YouTube gig was always a scam? Look at how 1995 his website is. Has ever done a video teaching how to do anything technical so viewers can do something themself? He's a talker. There's no evidence of having IT skills.

His audience is the uninformed, don't know any better. All he does is talk. People are better search videos and watching a random person showcase how the work is done for people to follow along and teach through examples. Rob doesn't show anything, only talks about it.

For all viewers know, all of his videos might be his opinions based of what others say, but give him a terminal or a shell and a keyboard, he might not know how to do anything.

I wouldn't say he's alone in this regard, the privacy community has always attracted extremely paranoid, conspiracy-driven types.

I find most of his videos to be conspiracy ridden and mostly fluff. As with a few other creators, he talks a ton but doesnt say much. The things he says distract from where we can actually obtain privacy in 2024 - limiting 3rd party collection and sales of our data.

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

Skynet 2024: The Infrastructure is Complete!

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