I had the possibly ironic thought that anybody who already feels as he does (and acts upon it) will never see his article.

I'm finding it harder to keep fighting. I've been at it for decades and I've steadily walked away from tools, media, etc., because of privacy.

Increasingly, I'm finding I literally can't do things I must do. Set appointments, fill out forms, applyvfor jobs, or take legally required actions online and sometimes even offline without disabling my security.

We are reaching a point when we must make a stark choice: give in, or exit society entirely.

The second option is impossible to do without a community of like minded people, because we would have to grow and process our own food, make our own clothes, and build our own shelter.

Something has to give, or we will all be enslaved entirely.

Walking the streets of Cambridge without a smartphone, with nothing to do but look at blue jays and squirrels has replaced buzzing notifications in my pocket.

There's a middle way. Turn off the notifications. Or, go crazy (and this also foils most tracking): airplane mode.

This article is becoming a bit of a chestnut. IMO the cold-turkey advice is only appropriate to some personality types (maybe most of them, admittedly). It also occurs to me that "right to be unknown" is basically exactly the same as "right to privacy". Still, the author writes well and it would be great if people listened.

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