7 September 2023 - software spies

In the internet age, most software spies on you. But you can protect yourself. If you sometimes download dodgy games, add files of fake credit card numbers and banking details--all plainly labeled as fake, of course; criminal software won't notice. If a hostile government is after you, spin up a personal spambot to post pro-regime messages to little-read blogs in that country. For advertisers, a background browser can look at random stuff to confuse them. And if you use open-source software... well, they only care that their software works. Don't crash anything and you're invisible enough.