I have neither time, resources nor know-how to like go all out on data privacy. But I try doing things like using Proton for Mail, browsing with DuckDuckGo or Ecosia, messaging on Signal instead of WhatsApp, etc.

But I'm having a hard time responding to people who say "why do you do that, it's completely pointless since companies like Google have all of our data anyways unless we go all out, and nobody has time for all the effort that takes".

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[–] 1 point 11 months ago*

I'm in the same boat as you OP, in that I try to prefer privacy when its convenient and available but ultimately not enough. Do you have any way of confirming that your privacy-based choices are actually legit? I just go off what people seem to agree on, but these might not even be people and instead just bad actors astroturfing some dangerous services and I'd have no way of knowing.

I'd like to go all in on shit like that, but basing an entire digital defence on vibes seems kinda shaky to me

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