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How do you balance privacy and sanity? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by lemmingsareawesome@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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any advice will help even generic stuff since other people also poballey have the same problem and would like some advice

do you ever feel like you have to choose between being ok or having friends and being private. like you know too much but you dont know what to do? have you been there? how do you start doing something and not stuck?

my friends dont use private things so i have to deal with it or be calld werid ( my freinds and adults think i just want privacy to play games when i shouldnt or watch videos that i should just bc im a yonger guy. if they dont acuse me of anything they just think im crazy or a bum who brings ppl down.

not to mention i feel stuck finding what to do and actalley doing ib. it feels easy and good to give up and ignore stuff like ts. lalala i cant hear you yk. its hrader to learn to bc im "spescial" and stuff. i worry that itll get very hard when i grow up too ((( have you been there?

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[–] excusemesir@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

it gets a lot easier with time . making switches like os , browser , search engine , etc are all huge steps , then ditching big tech and replacing them with foss . it ' s always hardest ditching some stuff becus of friends , but making new accounts on better and more private places and using those when you can . do you need help with specific switches to make ?

many people will treat u as crazy , it is sadly the world we are in where we have been taught that only criminals want privacy .

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

you have nothing to worry about if you have nothing to hide

Whoever came to w this was a propaganda genius

[–] excusemesir@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 day ago

[–] lemmingsareawesome@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

im happy that its becoming more normal to care at least a bit. more normal people are talking about flock etc

[–] excusemesir@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yes , that ' s a very good thing , though many ppl still do not care much for big tech surveillance

[–] lemmingsareawesome@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

its a start 👍