A thread on Privacy. Back in 2016 I had couple of incidents that pushed me into taking my privacy more seriously.Over the last 2 years I have made some changes to the products, services and tools that I use 1/n
Here’s a series on my experiences so far, the choices that I have made, the deliberations I had and what lies ahead. So here we go 2/n
It all started with couple of spooky incidents where I felt a long lasting impact of being tracked: https://bit.ly/privacy-getting-control">https://bit.ly/privacy-g... 3/n
The first step that I took was to get out Facebook: https://bit.ly/deleting-facebook.">https://bit.ly/deleting-... It’s been 5 years without FB in my life and I have been fine 4/n
The next in line was Google. Specifically Android and Search: https://bit.ly/privacy-de-google">https://bit.ly/privacy-d... 5/n
And then one of the services that was pretty hard to get out of. Moving out of Gmail and finding alternatives to email: https://bit.ly/privacy-undo-gmail">https://bit.ly/privacy-u... 6/n
It doesn’t end with GMail and Search. There are just tons of other products that’s deeply integrated into our lives. And I had to get out of each one of those. One step at a time: https://bit.ly/privacy-de-google-ur-life">https://bit.ly/privacy-d... 7/n
While it took me 2 years to get here,it looks I am just getting started. So what lies ahead? the final post in the series: https://bit.ly/privacy-looking-ahead">https://bit.ly/privacy-l... 8/n