The original post: /r/privacy by /u/YamahaRider55 on 2025-04-20 21:58:29.

We know anytime we conduct any online activity it is observed, tracked, interlinked to other activity, then stored permanently for data brokers to sell. But what if we do not generate any data for them to collect? What if we all go silent, perform only the bare minimum tasks online, put our phones in soundproof storage after getting home, switch to living lives like we did in the 1950s? Could that defeat data brokers and sellers? What kind of life would one need to live for that to happen?