Removing my data from broker sites and moving away from big tech platforms
I’ve been trying to move away from big platforms and clean up my online footprint a bit. Closed Facebook and Instagram because I was barely using them anymore and hated how much random tracking was attached to everything. Still can’t find a real replacement for WhatsApp though, so that one is staying for now. The bigger issue was spam. I was getting an insane amount of junk emails, random texts, and calls that made it pretty clear my info was sitting in too many places. I started using Cloaked mostly for the data broker removal, but the aliases ended up being just as useful. Now I use separate emails and numbers for dumb signups, random logins, and sites I do not fully trust. Day and night, for the first time in years my phone IS ACTUALLY quiet. Google stuff is still on need to kinda replace those but I'm not too tech savvy so for now this will have to do. Anyone know a good alternative to Whatsapp?