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Using Disinformation Like A Pro (invidious.fdn.fr)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Disinformation is a criminally underrated technique for protecting yourself against doxing, data breaches, and tracking. But it's important to use it right to be both effective and a law-abiding citizen. In this video, I share my tips and techniques gathered over the year to protect your privacy where tools fall just a little short.

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is this just about lying on data forms?

John Smith 1900-01-01

I'd rather we use some other term for it instead of disinformation. Even if the official definition works, it's unnecessary confusion

[–] library_napper@monyet.cc 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

In the industry we'd call it "tokenization" for the same end if the identifiers were unique