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Originally Posted by I.Am.The.End.
But even besides all of that...even if we're safe for now...how do I get what I want out of life if you need to use social networks, youtube, etc. to communicate with anyone?
How do I keep a website up to promote my work (and maybe others in the future) and still feel safe?
How do I start/promote a band in this world? Do I start accounts as my "persona" instead of as me as a real person? Will that make me disappear as a real person or split into two sides that I can't necessarily control? And if they want to spy on me, they're still spying on me, even if it isn't really me because it's still my physical body. And they can still tie the physical body to the persona!
How do I keep the "job" that I have (if you can call it that) when I'm required to use Facebook, youtube, Twitter, etc. etc.? How? I don't get all the information and I can't do what's asked of me because against my personal morals. But how do you explain that in a resignation letter?
All of this—smart phones, social media, the Cloud...this is normal to other people. How can I adequately provide for myself and survive in this world without the world being involved in my PRIVATE business? How do I fully participate without social media? Do I just do the parts of my "job" that don't involve social media and not bother to do the other things?
I don't know what to do...but I'm just so terrified. I've often wondered if I'm even safe on here...
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Good point, I feel the same way. I definitely agree to use a persona, an alternate identity, like the super heroes do. Keep descriptions and pictures of yourself on social media as vague as possible, if you are clean shaven, post pictures with beard, I even go as far as to wear shades and cover my face and hairline. Less stuff for the facial recognition software to pick up on. I don't think it will make you split into two different people, you have complete control at all times over who knows what. If you have to do business via mail, use your alternate identities name instead of your own, register your phone under the alternate identity, I'd say its best not to avoid these things, but just play it smart. I have the same anxieties as you do, and agree with the point you are making in this article, its a lose-lose situation these control freaks have in. If you have to buy something use cash, or buy it through a proxy. Good luck
