>>319354>I want to avoid people collecting info on me>I want to go full online ghost.First, the unwanted personal opinion from someone who went full privacy schizo around 2013~ and then a second run much later it's simply not worth it.
It's a futile struggle.
The simple way is to delete all your account, make GDPR requests if applicable, and stop using the internet.
The information available on you will eventually become outdated and worthless or at least worth less.
You can no longer use the internet or live in this world without a permanent digital history.
Even if you never register for an account, cookies and trackers will still get you.
Even if you use some privacy focused browser like librewolf with all the right settings and a VPN you paid for with crypto on a pre-pluton/intelME/AMDPSP or whatever old CPU with several layers of virtualization you are still being profiled.
TOR wont save you either. It's a meme.
Realize that what you are sacrificing is not worth it and now think long and hard about what you actually wish to accomplish.
Are you a pedophile? Buy a used thinkpad that you never connect to your home network or always only through Mullvad paid for by mail that you toss into a mailbox in a ski-mask.
Are you a political dissident? Grow up, wizards have no reason to care about politics aside from knowing how to adapt to preserve comfort. You do not need to go to protests for this.
Do you fear the coming age of mass policing and thought control 1984 style? Stop posting political shit and praise the jew.
Anything else? Follow common sense.
Have ONE normie device that you use for banking, shopping, government applications (soon to be mandatory digital ID shit in the EU) and similar things.
Never download anything suspect on that device. Never search anything on that device. Don't have chats on that device that would incriminate you for wrongthink. Don't browse non-normie stuff on said device either.
Never connect said device to the same network as your non-normie devices. Geolocation can still link your stuff, so spoof it on your non-normie device. (Geolocation is permanent and can't be turned off unless you use a Faraday cage.)
Do everything else on another device and never connect the two. The issue is if you are going to be gaming, steam has your identity if you paid for anything. So pirate, or just keep in mind what and how things are connected. This is only an issue if your normie device isn't also your main PC.
Use a local firewall with a whitelist style system that only lets things connect as needed. (tinywall or the henrypp one simplewall I think)
Use a reasonable hardened firefox or librewolf with ublock origin.
Use multi-account containers to separate searches and sites.
Don't post any personal information about yourself.
This is it. All you need basically. People are going to say "figure out your threat model" but those are basically larping retards. Are you one of the things asked above? No?
Your only threat is wrongthink charges then.
Some things to note:
Modern smartphones with AI chips run a local profiling toolset on-device. Which means even if they claim that your data is private or that they have strong privacy for your DATA it is meaningless.
Stuff you do gets analyzed before encryption if they tout end-to-end or after decryption on device.
There is a profile, like a credit score set up on device and if you go over a certain score it sends a threat notification to relevant authorities.
This has only been confirmed for smartphones for now, but modern CPUs both Intel and AMD have similar capabilities so keep that in mind.
There is no foolproof way to do this. You will be and are profiled. The extent is what matters. Not being public about it is a good first step. Notice how most UK/German wrongthinkers are boomers? They are retarded and post with IRL info.
Things will get worse, so prepare accordingly.
Separate things you can affect and cant. Your bank already knows all you do, the government already has all your ID pictures for facial recognition in the future, they already have your medical records etc.
They have most of your life mapped out already due to mundane shit. Only hide what needs to be hidden. I'd say it's even fine to have a profile on normie social media if you need it for work or family it doesn't matter, just keep it separate.
Only have public what you already have public in general when walking around outside and interacting with the world normally.
You don't need a privacy schizo email like protonmail, nothing you do through e-mail should require privacy as it is not a technology set up for such, maybe just use a free one for random accounts on your non-normie device. You can just use a cock.li mail if you like for that shit as well.
You don't need to convince your entire family to use signal/telegram/whateverelse
You don't need any of the products for privacy people will shill. You don't need linux either just manage your network properly.
TL:DR; Just be a normie on one device and be antisocial/schizoid on another.
Your normie device should likely be your smartphone ideally as it is already linked to your identity one way or another and is the most pozzed by default.
Don't have incriminating shit, wrongthink or loli doujins on that and you'll be fine.
Just saying no to a lot of "agreements" and popups already puts you above 99% of the population.
UNDERSTAND THAT SOME THINGS ARE SIMPLY NOT PRIVATE NO MATTER WHAT. Don't go crazy for nothing.