Maybe touching some grass and freeing yourself from these shackles would actually improve your life? Constantly worrying if some data is gathered you that could be used to gasp better target advertisements for you probably is affecting that mental state a lot more than you can to admit.
You can go to absurd lengths to try and tie down your data, but at the end of the day your data isn't that interesting. Just run adblocking software and you are set.
> Constantly worrying if some data is gathered you that could be used to gasp better target advertisements for you probably is affecting that mental state a lot more than you can to admit.
You're either confused or grossly misinformed. It's never been just about showing you ads.
The data collected about you can and will will be used against you in countless other ways. Data brokers sell your info to employers, landlords, and insurance companies. Your private data can be used against you in courtrooms, in divorce proceedings, in custody battles. The data apps collect can get you arrested or make you a suspect for crimes you had nothing to do with (or are only crimes in other states).
Companies are increasingly using your private data to determine everything from how much to charge you vs the next person for the same goods/services, to decide what they'll tell you their policies are vs what they'll tell someone else, and even how long to leave you waiting on hold when you call them.
The data being collected and sold about you never goes away. It will follow you for the rest of your life. You aren't allowed to know who has it, or what they are doing with it, or how accurate it is. You can never know what will prejudice someone against you and what is acceptable today may not be tomorrow.
If you think the data being collected about you is all about what ads you see, then you clearly haven't been paying attention. There is a multi-billion dollar a year industry around the buying and selling the most mundane details of your personal life because not only is your data "interesting", it's making people money hand over fist at your expense.
>Data brokers sell your info to employers, landlords, and insurance companies.
Even if this was the case, why is this an issue? Why would you want to work for employer who cared about anything except your skills? Same goes for landlords (not that you should be renting anyway). And get a better insurance company.
This is nonsense. I’ve had to deal with bills coming in my name because someone got hold of my credit card and address. It’s absolutely stressful and will make you feel helpless. What about people denied insurance because of their Amazon purchases? People with bad mental health being harassed because their data leaked? Doxxing, iCloud hack photo leaks, people affected by leaks of key government IDs, etc.; how are you even suggesting that one shouldn’t worry about their data getting in the wrong hands? What kind of happy feel-good reality do you live in… Ads are the least of one’s concerns when it comes to your personal data.
That’s not the point. Data being misused or falling into the wrong hands absolutely has a toll on you. If an abused credit card number hurt me that much while I was fighting depression, anything more sensitive can be even worse.
You can go to absurd lengths to try and tie down your data, but at the end of the day your data isn't that interesting. Just run adblocking software and you are set.