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by csnti
1522 days ago
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The only reason why I haven't deleted FB is because of the memories shared on there. I haven't posted on my timeline in years. A long time ago, I got spooked when I saw ads that tracked my Google search activity, that's what drove me away from social media in general; an utter lack of respect for the privacy of users. And then I got obsessed with finding out ways to avoid fingerprinting (it's nearly impossible).
On the odd occasion I might log-in to see what people are up to, but for the most part I keep in touch with friends and family through text and sometimes Discord. I deleted my linkedin because I kept getting nothing but spam emails, with no actual prospects of a job. Tbh I think that entire platform is a cesspool. |
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At that point it's worth considering heading to a university library and reading the periodicals and books that are housed there.
Obsession = 3+ hours a day attempting to defeat tracking in a category of software designed to track you.
I live about 40 minutes away from a decent university library.
In your first six days of failing to avoid fingerprinting, I would have gotten nine hours of private, uninterrupted reading time.
Even better-- if I chose to read a newspaper in the library, I wouldn't be distracted by a cheapo "companion scroll" taped to the bottom by Silicon Valley types so their underlings can paste "Gellman-Amnesia effect ftw" during breaks in some desperate attempt to misdirect the angst that must come from polishing someone else's ad tech for a living.