Actual Footage from 2319' Tell me this Here's Johnny / Psycho mash-up f rom today's Volkskrant doesn't straight up say ' and/or strike terror into your very soul: "Do Google and Facebook actually know you better than your own partner?" "How well do the tech giants really know us?" Big shoutout to Marthe van de Grift for this important look at the deeply frightening face of the future of our privacy. ✊ And to Laurens Verhagen and Niels Waarlo for keeping an eye out for the privacy of Dutch citizens everywhere. Their article refers to the 2012 New York Times headline ' ', refers to an incident interestingly again in , the 2019 book by Kris Shaffer, on : [published in the 25 January 2020 print edition of Dutch Daily, de Volkskrant ] How Companies Learn Your Secrets also cited Data vs. Democracy How Big Data Algorithms Shape Opinions and Alter the Course of History To do better at that guy's daughter than concealing the illegitimate baby growing inside of you, follow Verhagen and Waarlo's 6 Starter Tips To Improve Your Online Privacy: Use them. You can deselect the data you don't want them to gather. You have Settings options on both Google and Facebook. Like . Use privacy-friendly browsers. Brave Like . Install adblockers and cookieblockers. Ghostery That way your cookies are automatically erased each time you exit your browser. Use incognito mode. On Android phones, switch off personalized ads for Google. Manage the permissions of all the apps on your smartphone. Go full-on and combine a and an anonymous communication network tool like to conceal your identity entirely online. Keen to completely conceal your identity online? VPN Tor ⁠— further reading Create Your Own Ad Blocker in 3 Minutes [Tutorial] Why Using a VPN is the Best Way to Protect Your Personal Data When Surfing the Web Best Operating Systems for Anonymity: Comparing Titans 7 Ways to Secure Your Social Media Accounts Nine Essential Privacy Settings and Add-ons for Mozilla Firefox How to Set Up Your Own Personal VPN That's Cheaper and Faster in 5 Minutes Seven things that slow down your VPN and What You Can Do About It How does Tor *really* work? The Unsettling Rise of Internet Censorship Around the World

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