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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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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[–] eremophila@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

One day at a time, one thing at a time

Your point is very valid though, you could personally do everything right, but your co-workers, employer, friends, family, the people you live with, your school, the local supermarket etc will still completely fuck you over.

The best we can do is put the effort into what we can control, and hope that we have a positive effect on those around us.

You should also know when you are right, and respect yourself for that.

Moving away from windows, google, amazon, meta, twitter, spotify, whatsapp etc is not difficult, deal with those easy things first.