Hi I read on r/privacy that people recommend not deleting one's Google account and to instead make the data unusable so big tech cannot separate what is true and what is not.
How would I go about doing that?
Do I just need to sign up for random websites and give the same false information across all of them?
Also, how long does it take to make my data unusable?
As much information about how to make my data unusable as possible would be great.
Thank you in advance.
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Please don't delete or vandalize your old posts and comments. You'll be damaging conversations with other people, or conversations two other people had in response to your post. You'll be destroying information useful to other people. And it doesn't help your privacy much. The "deleted" info still will reside in reddit's servers, in archives, and in any govt agency that scrapes reddit regularly. And agencies will just assume the "deleted" things are the ones to focus on.
Instead, just abandon your current account and create a new one. And don't post private info.
This is my 3th account. Every 2 year i delete it.
Deleting account is fine. Just don't destroy all the posts and comments you made, probably you'd be damaging a lot of useful info and conversations.
Doubt my posts will ever be useful in some way :D
Honestly I was on the verge of deleting my old google account, but this sounds reasonable. Where did you read this?
I have found posts similar to the links I've provided over the past few years.
The first link made me question deleting my google account while the other two have to do with giving fake information.
So I am wondering if I use my old gmail to fake data will sites like peoplesearch get enough fake information that my age and city will be wrong on those types of websites?
Realistically would this be better than asking my data to be removed from google?
It’s an option if you want to keep some Google services open, like gmail or YouTube, but don’t want Google to have an accurate information of you. Deleting Google account would be the best option (assuming they actually do delete your data).
It’s also good to confuse the data brokers. They may know you are associated with the email some@gmail.com and thinks you are from the US, but if you start searching in some different language and maybe if you use VPN connected to a different country, they’ll be confused as to who you actually are.
Well, I've been google-free for some time now. I don't use any of their services, so requesting deletion would be the way to go?
That's an inefficient and ineffective strategy. Adding more information doesn't make what Google already knows about you go away. Make a GDPR request to delete your data and stay away from Google.
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there is extension for chome that execute 100s of random searches so google analytics and searh engine cannot find your searching brhavioud
See here: https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/lzrxcv/how_to_poison_the_data_that_big_tech_uses_to/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
I've had a fairly simple PERL script on my router that, when the load is low, does searches from Google and Bing for various things in English, Spanish, and Tamil-- pet foods, health care items, different hobbies, DIY home repair, cooking, jewlery... I've added stuff over the 10+ years I've had it. It is not terribly robust. That's why it's not shared.
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use LWP::UserAgent;
my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new();
my $url = 'https://www.google.com/search?q=example';
my $response = $ua->get($url);
my $content = $response->decoded_content();
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Obviously, mine is a bit more complicated. It started off as a tiny thing several years ago, and I've added to it and modified it. It's not very robust and I didn't put comments in it because I never thought privacy would become so important; it was just an excuse to see if I could write it.
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It's very easy to mimic a browser, you just need to know how it works & what info is needed. It's like with DDoS, people mimic a browser to bypass anti-DDoS measures, proving that it is very possible to mimic such stuff. Another example can be sneaker bots that buy shoes the second they get dropped for sale, bypassing anti-robot / fake browser measures aswell.
I think I misinterpreted the previous commenter’s meaning/intention. You’re totally correct. I deleted my previous comment to avoid future confusion.