You must remember that companies such as Alphabet and Meta, apparently give away services for free and so consequently have huge use bases for their apps. However the cost to you is usually some information about your usage, which they can then monetise, because it takes a lot of money …
Do you want to disappear from the internet?
To be honest that is probably not possible – but Wired has six ways to move towards that goal and reduce your digital footprint. 6 Ways to Delete Yourself From the Internet | WIRED UK I worked my way through the steps in the article.
DuckDuckGo – you probably have not heard of this search engine
DuckDuckGo is a search engine that is interested in your privacy and has designed its web browser to protect it and keep you anonymous. Not that it appears many of us out here in internet land care about our privacy – Google builds dossiers about us from out use of …
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BBC tech review of 2021
Year in tech: The stories making headlines in 2021 – BBC News
Meta takes steps to protect user privacy
Meta (Facebook) has taken steps to remove companies and organisations from it’s platforms it accuses of “… targeting individuals including journalists and human rights activists.” Meta bans surveillance-for-hire firms for targeting users – BBC News More on this here: Facebook takes down accounts for seven “cyber-mercenary” firms – The Record …