Ask Slashdot: Privacy Paranoia 323
dvbuser writes "The privacy debate is well known these days — organizations that track every click, geolocation, image, you name it. So now I sit here today monitoring my IP blockers, obfuscation algorithms, tor relay and each packet that goes in or out of every device that I operate. I even wear a hat always when I go outdoors, never carry a cell phone, and never look up (well, not all of that is true). But is it really that bad? Am I simply going to wind up completely out of touch with the modern world, where the next generation so boldly (for want of a better word) goes? What's wrong with targeted advertising? And if the feds can track my every movement — who cares? Sure, I don't want to be a victim of identity theft, and I like to download some p0rn every now and then, but I don't want to exclude myself from society, or spend copious hours trying to preserve it, merely from paranoia or at the very least from an overbearing sense of privacy. What does the average Slashdotter do to preserve their privacy (or what's left of it) while still making the most out of what the web has to offer?"
Posting anonymous (Score:2, Funny)
For obvious reasons.
Re:Resistance is futile (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Use aliases. (Score:2, Funny)
And I don't put anything out there that I wouldn't be ashamed of my mom seeing.
Friend your mom like I did and your problem is solved! :)
You friended HIS mom?!?!? Duuuude, that's soooo wrong!
Re:Use aliases. (Score:4, Funny)
She's a MILF (Mother I'd Like to Friend).
What, what did you think I meant?
Re:Use aliases. (Score:2, Funny)
This is good advice. Wearing the hat all the time actually makes you more identifiable - "oh look, it's that guy who always wears a hat".
I suggest that if you're going to use the hat approach to disguise yourself, a variety of hats in different styles is the way forward.