I give up… Privacy is a fool’s game and it’s a losing one at that. We are slowly entering a world where more and more requirements are made on people to own a regular non-hipster cell phone. There are places you can’t even buy parking or look at a restaurant menu without having a proper cell phone.
Maybe the answer is not to flash some obscure on life support operating system on your Google pixel but rather… maybe the answer is to work within the system and simply adjust privacy controls as allotted?
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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.
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The trick is not to go too extreme too quickly. It has to be a gradual transition to using privacy-respecting products, or else you’ll burn out.
I started by switching from Windows 10 to Linux, then using ProtonMail instead of Gmail, then Lemmy instead of Reddit. I’m slowly transitioning to other services and software that respect my privacy.
Look at it as a journey.
I needed to hear that. Getting off Amazon, Facebook, Instgram, and no Paypal was probably the easiest part.