Self Host or Be Profiled: What Big Tech Won’t Let You Own
This isn’t about purity. It’s about power.
Start small. Pick one thing to pull out of their cloud.
OPSEC
Build a Compartmentalized Digital Life in 5 Steps
Compartmentalization isn’t paranoia. It’s digital fireproofing.
Who Really Owns Your Creative Workflow? (Hint: Not You)
Every document you write. Every photo you edit. Every project you sync. It’s fuel for someone else’s machine. A machine you don’t control. One that could cut you off tomorrow without explanation.
Think You’re Done After Erasing Data?
This is the hard truth no one tells you:
Data brokers don’t need your name to rebuild your profile.
They just need a few sloppy leaks and a little time. You give them both when you trust the wrong tools.
Let’s stop that from happening.
HOW TO ERASE YOURSELF FROM DATA BROKER SITES
Data brokers depend on you doing nothing.
On you feeling overwhelmed, tired, defeated.
Prove them wrong.
DELETE FACEBOOK. FOR REAL THIS TIME.
You’re not just being watched.
You’re being modeled, monetized, and modified.
Bossware: The Hidden Spyware Watching You at Work
Your boss doesn’t trust you. Not really.
So they installed surveillance you never agreed to.
3 THINGS I WISH I HAD KNOWN SOONER
You only get burned so many times before you start paying attention. Privacy isn’t a feature. It’s a fight. And most of us don’t realize that until we have already handed over half our lives for free.
Because freedom isn’t granted. It’s defended.
To cut off the surveillance supply chain that turns your personality into a profit center. When you stop being predictable, you become ungovernable not by law, but by manipulation.
Lock Down Your Digital Trail (Starter Guide)
If you’re done feeding the machine, this isn’t about panic. It’s about starting clean. This is your mindset shift. Your reset. Your first real move toward digital autonomy.