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The more i've learned about history and politics, the more i distrust everyone around me. Im always checking to see if anyone's following me. I have covered/disconnected all cameras in my house that are connected to internet or phones, My location is always off, i try to hide or avoid getting photos taken or getting recognized, and avoid signing stuff.Also, i deleted all of my social media and all posts i have made except for whatsapp and gmail since i cannot work without them. I feel that there is always someone watching, and that they're trying to catch me. I have no concrete proof or evidence for any of this, i dont really know why im getting like this. Am i being paranoid?

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[–] Богданова@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It depends on how important of an individual you are or what groups you belong to. It does sound to me like you're panicking, it's important to keep a calm head and focus on reality.

There is nothing more suspicious than a zebra with no stripes. Anyone who wants to track you, personally, already knows you'll be using a VPN, won't use your real name, your cameras will be duck taped over, you won't be on social media. etc. It also takes a lot of labor to track an individual. And it's good to avoid getting "screened" but at the end of the day, if someone is personally watching you, they already know all the nuanced details of good opsec, they know your vulnerabilities, to live is to take risks.

Someone here once posted about being on a flight and I hope for their sake it wasn't actually posted from their phone, in semi real-time, because I could easily track down who they were by following their paper trail they left behind. I'd also hope they swap out the location names to and from.

People who think they're godly anonymous can develop a tendency to speak too freely online. That ends up biting them in the ass. If it's something important then don't type it at all. Don't talk about it, no exceptions. Get this down and then think of additional defense layers and who you're trying to defend yourself from. A VPN won't save you from government level interference.

[–] Daddogofdasink@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 days ago

thank you for all your advice, i'll keep it all in mind. Also yes, i probably am not that important as to be a target lol, plus, if someone really wanted to find me, they'd have already done it. Thanks again for the help, your advice is very good! ^^