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The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens (www.wired.com)
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A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals that the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They don't need to spy if we give the information up publicly and willingly

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

willingly

My other option is to withdraw from society and become self-sufficient.

Everything you do adds data that can be tracked, "anonymized", de-anonymized, sold, aggregated and cross-referenced, and resold as a complete profile.

Want to talk to anyone without being stalked? There's Signal, and that's about it. You could physically go to the same place, unless you drive there, in which case your plates are getting picked up both ways. You could walk there, but you're being captured by everyone's smart doorbells now.