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Maintaining a level of anonymity. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by werefreeatlast@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I figure this would be a good place to ask. Im not paranoid but I say a ton of stupid stuff on the Internet. It's fun having conversations with total strangers after work 😁. Anyway, I was thinking. Could I keep a level of anonymity if I just created new accounts every month for example? Is that a thing people use? Like every month you just abandon your bs account and get a completely new account on google. Google specifically since they are the assholes that keep selling our data.

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[–] schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business 27 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Depends who you're trying to avoid.

Some downvote brigade on Lemmy? sure.

One of the major databrokers? Probably not.

Google and Meta and such don't even need you to have an account to build accurate profiles and track you everywhere, so making a new Google account will almost certainly not buy you any real privacy: Google will just add your new account to your profile and keep right on selling your shit.

[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 5 points 1 month ago

Google and Meta and such don’t even need you to have an account to build accurate profiles and track you everywhere

This is true if one does nothing. It takes a lot of work but it is indeed possible to starve them of your data.

[–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Google will just add your new account to your profile and keep right on selling your shit.

This is exactly why I used a pseudonym from the outset.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

From what I understand it doesn’t matter, that’s just a label they assign to all the data they have about you. Attaching all of that to your real name is trivial once they have the profile.

[–] ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 1 points 1 month ago

Exactly, that's why anything I do with my real name is on my wholly separate profile / device / email.

It's a boring computer that has my real name on it.