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What are you going to do when the internet starts asking for ID for everything? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] LemmyThinkAboutThat@lemmy.myserv.one 56 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (14 children)

Stop using any sites that require ID.

Ditto. Also:

Try to use Memoji to make fake ID
Go to the mall =O
Go to the library
Go to the brick and mortar places I used to visit before getting everything online (eg. bank, fam owned businesses)
Talk to people instead of AI (going to practice that this weekend)
Go for a walk outside instead of updating the firmware on treadmill
Buy stamps! (and stationery, no more ecards or evites)
Learn to plant food in addition to flowers
Use iPhone to make phone calls
Maybe buy a newspaper… maybe
Use my cookbooks more (after I dust them off)
Think of a new name/alias(es) for myself and start acting the part

…just to name a few.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (8 children)

Don't use iPhone, use Fairphone with /e/OS or any dump phone, even the old Nokia in your drawer, which for sure still works, and only for calls.

Use the I2P network

[–] LemmyThinkAboutThat@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I’ve been seriously thinking about going back to Nokia. De-googled a few years ago, stopped using iCloud and switched to cross-platform and open-source software.

Currently, the Murena Fairphone 4 is the only one you can use in the US (Fairphone doesn’t directly deal with US customers) and incompatible with Verizon and AT&T. They recommend T-Mobile for US coverage.

Also heard about Cape here on a Lemmy post But Fairphone is “not eligible yet”.

This is the old Nokia 3650 that’s in my drawer. I loved it! Then AT&T made me upgrade because they were no longer supporting the old networks.

Thank you, Zerush! It’s nice to know that someone else thinks the same way.

[–] LemmyThinkAboutIt@lemmy.zip 1 points 14 hours ago

Nice name ;⁠-⁠)

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