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I’ve stayed private for most of my adult life. Network wide dns, vpns, alternative personas online for different purposes, etc. Nonetheless, my personal data ha
by blueone 6mo ago
I’ve stayed private for most of my adult life. Network wide dns, vpns, alternative personas online for different purposes, etc. Nonetheless, my personal data has been exposed numerous times.
Once in a while, I’d get into a conversation with a friend or a stranger I met at some random function, and they’d ask how to stay private online and protect their data. I used to go in depth about how to do it, with excitement. Now I just say: be normal, fit in with the crowd, freeze your credit.
- newsclues 6mo agoAs someone that worked in an illegal industry (urban pharmaceuticals), you need to appear normal and hide your crimes. If you just hide your crimes, you stick out and become a target. Plausible deniability is harder than just total protection.
- blueone 6mo agoYes.
- MengerSponge 6mo agoIt's very hard to participate in a digital society while truly remaining private. The things you do to ensure privacy generate their own type of unique signal! https://chuniversiteit.nl/papers/browser-extension-fingerprinting https://chuniversiteit.nl/papers/browser-extension-fingerpri... You know this, but "normal" patterns are less remarkable.