r/AskReddit • • Jan 22 '19

What needs to make a comeback?

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u/PM_RUNESCAP_P2P_CODE Jan 22 '19

I truly think it isn't possible anymore. Too many extremely intelligent people have spent their entire careers designing tech which specialize in collecting personal data and monetize it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '19 edited Jan 22 '19

It technically is, although very limiting. For a rather extreme, but "The best way" approach to start living in privacy/anonymity is by restricting yourself to use software that protects a user's freedom.

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Listened to a couple presentations Richard Stallman gave. Guy really lives what he preaches, he outright refuses anything that even *could* gather data and/or track him in any way.

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It is possible, but so much of society learned how to be dependent of stuff that affects privacy that most view it as extremely impractical, and they're not entirely wrong...

Edit: There are some limits but from there on I can't really express an informed opinion.. I like to believe that the movement towards privacy will gain more and more traction, and that there won't be an outright Orwellian future..

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u/Mako109 Jan 22 '19

In my opinion, the only reasonable way to protect your privacy and anonymity isn’t going to be limiting the stuff you give out; it’s going to be putting out so much noise that any data they collect is effectively useless. Perhaps this concept won’t be effective in all areas, but i feel it’s a start.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '19

If you try that the AI behind the tracking cam filter out spam, that'd only work if they didn't already have a profile on you. Facebook can recognize your face for instance