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I don't have accounts at any major online businesses, except Visa. Can't really avoid that one easily.

My browsers block connections to trackers and 3rd party cookies. Sometimes scripts too, for good measure, and some selected stuff from user.js (https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js). Separate profiles for each service just to make really sure important stuff doesn't get affected by casual browsing, and vice versa.

No google- or apple- owned phone. Phoning home from the PC is also at minimum - just Firefox does it and the package manager.

It's not total privacy because for some interactions you want to share your details, like payment info, but what I get is that I know where I pierce the boundary.



> No google- or apple- owned phone.

What device do you use, then?


No mobile device at all. But there are Linux phones like the Librem 5 or PinePhone, as well as degoogled Android phones.


How do you deal with phone calls and such?


I try not to get any. I have a backup Librem 5 and a SIM card for the one time in the year when I have no other choice.




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