This week isn’t about hiding in a cabin. It’s about refusing to be owned in the physical world.
The same way we clawed back mental privacy, we’re going to make physical tracking harder, noisier, and less profitable.
Your phone is not neutral. It is not private. It is not yours.
It belongs to the network. And the network works for them.
You won’t get it perfect. That’s fine. But stop pretending it’s not happening.
Slapping Signal on your phone doesn’t mean you’re safe. It’s not magic. It’s a tool and like any tool, it can be misused, misunderstood, or flat out weaponized against you if you’re sloppy.
This is how you browse like a ghost: quiet, minimal, forgettable.
Paranoia is fear without a clear threat. Preparedness is action with context.
Google isn’t in the “free tools” business.
They’re in the behavior extraction business.
Criminals don’t need to hack your wallet.
They just need to know you have one and where to find you.
If you want privacy then embrace compartmentalization and obstruction in your digital life. Get used to having multiple identities that you can switch between for various needs.
Encryption isn’t paranoia. It’s preparation.
You don’t wait for the fire to buy the extinguisher. You have it ready.
