Privacy Paradox

**Why We’re So Hypocritical About Online Privacy**

This article describes how people claim to worry about their online privacy, yet most do nothing to protect it.

As I read, I made a mental list of the steps we’ve taken:

My Soldier has no Facebook page.
My FB profile is not my name and not connected to any email I use for anything else and no phone number. Happily, I have less than 100 friends. No one lists me as Family.
I don’t use the FB app, but sign in with the Firefox browser on my phone.
My privacy settings are as private as possible and reviewed frequently.
I don’t allow tagging or adding photos of us online.
Our photos online are blurry, distant, or show off our sunglasses.
His LinkedIn account lists his occupation as fly fishing.
My father-in-law is a well-known professional blogger and he obscures our photos and identities when he refers to us.
My LinkedIn profile is as private as possible and not searchable.
At home, our WiFi is hidden with a killer password.
We use private browsing with Mozilla Firefox or TOR Browser.
His laptop is Linux based.
I keep my Location, BlueTooth, and WiFi turned off on my cell phone 99% of the time. They’re on only to be hands free or when I’m at home on my WiFi.
We keep tax records and other sensitive personal files on a separate hard drive that is not attached to the computer unless we disconnect from the internet.
No shared Wishlists on Amazon.
We don’t sign in to accounts with other accounts.
My Twitter account is just for political information and has no personal information.
My Instagram, Ancestry.com, and Pinterest accounts are not my real name.
In family obituaries, we don’t list our last name or location.
We filled out exemptions to keep our voting records private in FL.
We sign up for catalogs or magazines using fake names.
Cleaned up our search engine results (FINALLY!!) so that our physical location and contact information are not visible.

PERSEC ain’t easy.

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