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Privacy
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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
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- Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
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I need to get into this for sure :D. I know it’s time consuming but I really liked going through setting up my own Ubuntu server for Minecraft
Depending on where you live, you can request data removal and they are supposed to oblige.
Never create an account unless it is seriously necessary.
Delete old content.
https://justdeleteme.xyz/ has direct links for removing your accounts. You can also make requests to places like archive.org to have things removed.
Thanks a ton.
My advice would be to take things gradually. This endeavor can be a bit overwhelming if you're one to hyperfixate.
In addition to the other comment, for places and things where you cannot delete yourself, or where you cannot avoid tracking even if you do, you can use stuff like , which sends out random queries to hide your actual interactions. Got my interest profile on Google completely generic after a few months.
TrackMeNot is a neat idea. Doesn't look maintained but if it still works go for it!
Alternative search engines like Mojeek are a good idea too.
I would look to someone such as Michael Bazzell, he has a great podcast "the privacy, security and OSINT show. He offers loads of information on privacy and can advise on what you are looking for. Check his website : https://inteltechniques.com/index.html
@solarzones I can recommend the book “Beginner’s Introduction to Privacy” by Naomi Brockwell and Michael Bazzell’s work at Intel Tecniques.