Your digital identity is the new focus for profiteers. More specifically, the residuals of your actions: your data. For what you can, don’t put it online. If it’s not hosted on a computer you fully control, it’s not yours. Anywhere that Big Tech has your data, download it, request data deletion, then delete your account. If you live somewhere where you can’t request your data, begin data obfuscation tactics. Lace your real data with disinformation about yourself. For things like work or school, where you have no say, use a provided device or run it in a virtual machine. There you have it, that’s the entire recipe to securing your digital identity. However, we all know that’s not easy to do. Just like this site, things will come as we make the time for it so take it step-by-step.
Your community’s data says just as much about you as yours does. If your community’s data isn’t fully controlled by you all, you’re not free. Be the change, host for your community.
This is what Mi Patria is about, encouraging communities to flourish without oversight from Big Tech and to teach communities to take advantage of the digital networking effect.