Post #32518

2025-12-05 07:12 UTC

I think the focus of the article is more on using services deliberately rather than pure privacy, and I think the all or nothing approach to thinking of online privacy as you mention detracts from any positive effects of the little things people just starting their journey may try. Those big companies don’t care about you. Every small step taken toward privacy is beneficial, even if it’s just eliminating one data point at a time. If you make it harder to find your info, they aren’t going to hire a PI to track you down, there are plenty of easier marks to chase.

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@atrielienz@lemmy.world 2026-01-02 15:56

I mean. To do what they want they can use their regular Facebook account in a container, use DNS and probably just ublock origin, and get most of what they’re looking for without having to worry too terribly much about carrying around a burner phone (which will more than likely be tied to you by payment information or address when you create the account, unless you’re using something like this: https://www.howtogeek.com/this-new-carrier-only-requires-a-zip-code-to-sign-up/ The lengths they are going to could also be solved with apps that lock your phone for specific periods of time and the like. So if this is specifically about curtailing these things in your life in order to have a more healthy relationship with your devices, then I’m not sure it sends that message effectively.

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