Downsizing

"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
01/05/2017 at 16:42 • Filed to: internet, privacy

I have decided that my online footprint has grown too big. I have been deactivating accounts, closing profiles, and making myself disappear a little. I don’t need all the apps and sites tracking me and having my info anymore. Though I will keep Facebook and subsequently other apps and such I use everyday, but I am trying to fix my overgrown internet presence. I want a lot more privacy. I would love to get a Blackphone, but that is a little out of my price range.

Anyone else feel this way lately or am I losing it?

DISCUSSION (30)

PowderHound > CaptDale - is secretly British
01/05/2017 at 16:45

Ever since the whole internet of things and where tech passively listens to everything you say in the hopes you are going to ask it a question. Reverting to some old tech or no tech would be fairly nice where you can

E90M3 > CaptDale - is secretly British
01/05/2017 at 16:48

My facebook has been deactivated for over 11 months now. Other than oppo and talking to two friends on gchat, I have almost no online presence. You’re not losing it.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > CaptDale - is secretly British
01/05/2017 at 16:48

I’ve always felt that way, to some extent, and try to keep my online presences somewhat limited and separate, and use tools to keep the tracking of me to a minimum. Clearly, Facebook and Google know tons about me, and I’m trusting them (in the interest of their business and shareholders) to keep that information appropriately private. That’s probably very naive, but I don’t seem to be willing to give up the connectedness that their services provide.

I thought, for a second, this might be a Goodbye, OPPO post. Glad it’s not.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > CaptDale - is secretly British
01/05/2017 at 16:49

I only use Google, Oppo, Facebook, and Instagram...And YouTube.

RallyWrench > CaptDale - is secretly British
01/05/2017 at 16:52

That’s why this place and LALD are pretty much the only places I’m active. F all that other stuff.

CB > CaptDale - is secretly British
01/05/2017 at 16:57

In terms of online presence, I really only use Facebook and Oppo. I have a Skype account that I only use to call my girlfriend, a few emails, but I’m not as forum active as I was in high school (wooo gaming forums).

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > PowderHound
01/05/2017 at 17:01

A poem:

Amazon Echo?
Hell, no.

CaptDale - is secretly British > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
01/05/2017 at 17:03

Oh no no never. I think I would literally die if I didn’t have Oppo. I just realized that there are a lot of site that have my data and information and such that I really don’t want to.

But you are right, FB and Google we just have to trust them, no matter how naive.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
01/05/2017 at 17:03

YouTube is Google and Instagram is Facebook, so there’s that.

HammerheadFistpunch > CaptDale - is secretly British
01/05/2017 at 17:04

I don’t think its paranoid, but I’m perfectly happy to forgo some advanced features to reduce my footprint. I don’t have my “ok google” turned on with my phone for example, and I don’t ever turn on my GPS unless I need too and I opt out or turn off any tracking features on apps or sites. Google allows you to be very selective about a lot of your data and you can opt out of a lot. Lastly, I just don’t have a lot of info out there, as kinja, google products and instagram are my only social sources.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > CaptDale - is secretly British
01/05/2017 at 17:07

Trust them or go off the grid.

Every time I’m away from OPPO for an extended stretch, and then I come back, I realize how much I enjoy the discussions and value the community here.

CaptDale - is secretly British > E90M3
01/05/2017 at 17:08

Oh good, I thought I might start making walls or yarn conspiracies.

CaptDale - is secretly British > PowderHound
01/05/2017 at 17:08

Yeah I understand that. If I didn’t require the internet most of the time, I would be rocking a Motorola Razor.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
01/05/2017 at 17:09

So I only use Oppo, Facebook, and Google then. That’s not much, I don’t think.

CaptDale - is secretly British > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
01/05/2017 at 17:09

Yeah, I have to trust them just for Oppo at the very least.

CaptDale - is secretly British > HammerheadFistpunch
01/05/2017 at 17:10

That sounds about where I am headed.

CaptDale - is secretly British > RallyWrench
01/05/2017 at 17:11

Ha ha yeah I wouldn’t be suprised if you had a Nokia brick.

RallyWrench > CaptDale - is secretly British
01/05/2017 at 17:14

I write estimates with an abacus.

E90M3 > CaptDale - is secretly British
01/05/2017 at 17:19

Nah you’re not going crazy. The nice thing is I really only talk to friends now, cause they’ve got my phone number. I thought about reactivating my facebook when I moved back with my parents to look up this girl I went to high school with then I was like nah, not worth it, so it remains inactive.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
01/05/2017 at 17:27

In the scheme of things, and compared with most people, it’s really not!

CaptDale - is secretly British > E90M3
01/05/2017 at 17:43

Yeah... There are just so many people I only talk to with FB unfortunately.

CaptDale - is secretly British > RallyWrench
01/05/2017 at 17:44

HA! I wanna see that!

E90M3 > CaptDale - is secretly British
01/05/2017 at 17:46

I guess in your case I’d keep it, or give people your number or set up a google account and use that to chat.

CaptDale - is secretly British > E90M3
01/05/2017 at 17:48

Ick, I’d rather keep FB tbh.