privacy settings are not privacy

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From: Lucas <fieldtech@oldiron.dev>

Subject: privacy settings are not privacy

Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:09

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From: Lucas <fieldtech@oldiron.dev>

Newsgroups: rb.alt.privacy

Subject: privacy settings are not privacy

Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:09:44 -0400

Message-ID: <5d1823d9-ad7a-441f-abb2-f53f459abdc0@rootbadger.com>

Organization: The Null Device Restoration Society

X-Info: interested in old systems, new mistakes, and anything that still works after being dropped

User-Agent: RootBadger Web

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X-System: RootBadger/1.0 (privacy-protected)

small gripe: most "privacy settings" pages are just ad preference dashboards wearing a fake mustache.

real privacy is less account linking, less tracking by default, and fewer apps phoning home for no reason.

checkboxes are not a personality.

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Lucas // still waiting for the future to finish booting

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