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I think it was during the Cambridge analytics days, but I read an article that the average person is tracked by over 5000 data points. So we're already kinda f'd.
Defeatism plays into their advantage, you can always minimize the tracking. E.g. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54033555-extreme-privacy
Ah, yeah, sorry, didn't mean to come off defeatist. I see that now.
As someone who recently ditched Alexa, blocks his smart TVs, and runs everything through PiHole and a VPN, I'm definitely...sorta trying.
If you don’t start limiting house electrical hours are you even trying