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Privacy. 8 posts.
What really happens to your data: who collects it, what they do with it, and the parts the companies would rather you didn’t notice.
The loyalty card illusion: what the points really costWhat supermarkets really get for those points, how the scheme makes its money, and why the card is oddly the most honest deal in the whole data economy.7 min readRead What your internet provider sees: broadband and mobileWhat your broadband and mobile providers can actually see now the web is encrypted, what happens to the logs, and what a VPN really changes.6 min readRead Why an ad blocker is not enoughWhat a browser extension can and cannot protect, why that protection is shrinking, and what changes when the blocking moves into the network itself.4 min readRead Your car is a smartphone on wheels, and it phones homeA plain look at what a modern car records on an ordinary drive to work, who ends up holding that data, and what it has already cost some drivers.5 min readRead Free apps are not free: what you actually pay withWhat you really hand over when a service costs nothing, why the profile outlives your account, and what changes if you run the tools yourself.4 min readRead What a VPN does not hide, and what it actually doesVPN adverts promise invisibility. What you actually get is narrower, and worth understanding before you pay for one. No jargon, and nothing to sell you.6 min readRead Why privacy became something you pay forThere's now a monthly fee to not be profiled. Paying it is reasonable, but it buys a promise, not a guarantee, and that's worth noticing.4 min readRead