Welcome to 2025. Your phone knows where you slept, your fridge knows what you ate, and that free weather app? Yeah, it just sold your location to an ad network in Singapore.
Privacy isn’t dead — it’s just bleeding out.
But here’s the twist: you can still fight back. Not by becoming a paranoid hermit — but by learning how to disappear just enough from the system.
👁️ Who’s Watching You?
Apps: half of them are data vampires
ISPs: tracking your DNS queries for fun (and profit)
Socials: your DMs aren’t as private as you think
Smart devices: Alexa heard that, btw
🛡️ Your 2025 Disappearance Toolkit
1. Ditch Google Search — use Kagi or Startpage
2. Use a hardened browser setup:
Brave or Firefox + uBlock + Privacy Badger
Optional: add CanvasBlocker
3. Switch your email to Proton or Skiff
4. Use a real VPN (not free) — or better, get into Mullvad
5. De-Google your phone (GrapheneOS if you’re brave)
**6. Say goodbye to mainstream cloud storage — try Internxt, Proton Drive, or Tresorit
7. Audit your app permissions monthly — seriously, some apps are creepy af
💣 Bonus: Your Data Has Already Been Leaked
Go to https://haveibeenpwned.com.
Spoiler: your email is probably there. Take action. Change those passwords. Enable 2FA. Use authenticator apps, not SMS.
👽 Final Geek Oven Take
You don’t need to vanish — just stop being an easy target.
In 2025, privacy is a form of rebellion. Be a little invisible. Be inconvenient to track. Be interesting.
