Anyway, it's pretty easy to maintain some degree of privacy in everyday life.
- Don't provide information if it's not required. For example, you don't actually need to show your ID when you fly. You'll get a "secondary screening" (wanded, explosive-detected, etc.) courtesy of the TSA, but they won't know who you are. - Provide false information where appropriate. The grocery store has a fake name and invalid phone number on file for me. I get the discounts with the membership card, but they have no idea who I actually am. Who cares if they know that "Ben Franklin" bought some spaghetti, a gallon of milk, and two 12-packs of soda? I sure don't. - Provide the minimum information necessary. Don't give out your email address where it's not required. Same thing with phone number(s) or address. I see people volunteering this information when it's optional -- it provides no benefit to them at all. - Protect personal information where possible. Use SneakEmail.com to provide easily-deletable, tagged addresses to websites and
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Anyway, it's pretty easy to maintain some degree of privacy in everyday life.
- Don't provide information if it's not required. For example, you don't actually need to show your ID when you fly. You'll get a "secondary screening" (wanded, explosive-detected, etc.) courtesy of the TSA, but they won't know who you are.
- Provide false information where appropriate. The grocery store has a fake name and invalid phone number on file for me. I get the discounts with the membership card, but they have no idea who I actually am. Who cares if they know that "Ben Franklin" bought some spaghetti, a gallon of milk, and two 12-packs of soda? I sure don't.
- Provide the minimum information necessary. Don't give out your email address where it's not required. Same thing with phone number(s) or address. I see people volunteering this information when it's optional -- it provides no benefit to them at all.
- Protect personal information where possible. Use SneakEmail.com to provide easily-deletable, tagged addresses to websites and ( ... )
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