- PPF Points
- 2,888
online privacy used to sound like some paranoid nerd’s obsession, right? But now, with tech companies basically breathing down your neck, you can’t ignore it. I only started giving a damn after Instagram flashed an ad for a shirt I’d literally just talked about with a friend. That’s not just creepy, that’s horror movie material. First thing I did: dove into my app permissions, hacking away at all the sneaky access requests. Seriously, why does my wallpaper app need my microphone? Nah, miss me with that. Every few months, I do a little digital spring cleaning—yank access from anything that doesn’t need it to function. It’s honestly the lowest-effort defense, but it makes you feel a notch less naked.
Passwords? Ugh, don’t remind me. I used to juggle the same three 'clever' combos across every site—like, “They’ll never guess this!” (Yeah, right.) Got myself a password manager now. Bitwarden, 1Password… whatever floats your boat. Let those things handle the alphabet soup. I may forget my own birthday sometimes, but my accounts are locked down tighter than Fort Knox now. Plus, 2FA everywhere. If a site offers it, I’m smashing that enable button. Is it annoying? Maybe a little? But better than getting hacked and watching your inbox turn into a dumpster fire.
Oh, and public Wi-Fi. Used to log on at airports, coffee shops—didn’t even think twice. Now you couldn’t pay me to check my email raw on Starbucks’ Wi-Fi. VPN all the way, baby. Feels like wrapping your whole internet self in bubble wrap. Maybe I’m paranoid, but I’d rather be weird about it than get my data lifted by some bored teenager in a tracksuit.
So, what about you? Any weird privacy rituals you swear by, or am I alone in my tinfoil hat club?
Passwords? Ugh, don’t remind me. I used to juggle the same three 'clever' combos across every site—like, “They’ll never guess this!” (Yeah, right.) Got myself a password manager now. Bitwarden, 1Password… whatever floats your boat. Let those things handle the alphabet soup. I may forget my own birthday sometimes, but my accounts are locked down tighter than Fort Knox now. Plus, 2FA everywhere. If a site offers it, I’m smashing that enable button. Is it annoying? Maybe a little? But better than getting hacked and watching your inbox turn into a dumpster fire.
Oh, and public Wi-Fi. Used to log on at airports, coffee shops—didn’t even think twice. Now you couldn’t pay me to check my email raw on Starbucks’ Wi-Fi. VPN all the way, baby. Feels like wrapping your whole internet self in bubble wrap. Maybe I’m paranoid, but I’d rather be weird about it than get my data lifted by some bored teenager in a tracksuit.
So, what about you? Any weird privacy rituals you swear by, or am I alone in my tinfoil hat club?
