That and matching a grainy partial image of a face with the most similar face they could find.
These are all good reasons to keep one’s online presence fragmented and semi-anonymized, and not easily linked together by an automated system. Not for fear of being caught doing something illegal, but for fear of being caught in a profile dragnet and being made a suspect and patsy for crimes one hasn’t committed but could plausibly blamed for.
Yep. Not just this but lots of good reasons, like avoiding online harassment/stalking too.
Never use your real name on websites. They don’t need that shit. (I’m fond of You Dontneedthis)
Use different emails for different websites that would expose it (burner/masked emails.) Different usernames too.
Avoid putting your pictures online as much as possible.
It’s best to keep some accounts on major sites, both to prevent people from taking your name and pretending to be you, and because having zero presence is suspicious. Just like, don’t use them for anything and don’t log in to them from devices you’re regularly using.
That and matching a grainy partial image of a face with the most similar face they could find.
These are all good reasons to keep one’s online presence fragmented and semi-anonymized, and not easily linked together by an automated system. Not for fear of being caught doing something illegal, but for fear of being caught in a profile dragnet and being made a suspect and patsy for crimes one hasn’t committed but could plausibly blamed for.
Yep. Not just this but lots of good reasons, like avoiding online harassment/stalking too.
Never use your real name on websites. They don’t need that shit. (I’m fond of You Dontneedthis) Use different emails for different websites that would expose it (burner/masked emails.) Different usernames too. Avoid putting your pictures online as much as possible.
Be a ghost.
It’s best to keep some accounts on major sites, both to prevent people from taking your name and pretending to be you, and because having zero presence is suspicious. Just like, don’t use them for anything and don’t log in to them from devices you’re regularly using.