To use an Alphabet product is to support Alphabet regardless of how you access it. If you want to de-google, then stop using their products 100%.

Look into Pixelfed.

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So you want me to visit one of the greatest surveillance capitalist and privacy abusers video website to get tips on how to help people understand why privacy is important? Yah, about that. No.

If you have a Nextcloud instance, then https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/phonetrack might work.

You can’t stop location tracking on cellular devices. If it’s connected to a cell tower, you’re being tracked and profiled.

Mastodon and friends are built as open conduits with very little in the way of safety or permissions. Spam should be expected.

It’s not a Fediverse vulnerability. It’s a Mastodon vulnerability. Don’t want spam? Use a better fediverse technology.

Jabber (XMPP) or Matrix/Element.

Cell phone tracking is common place. If you carry one, you’re being tracked, profiled and having your data correlated with others. The question is whether you support living in a surveillance society. If you do, grab a cell phone and be happy. If not, get rid of it and use alternative communication methods. It’s a simple choice. In my experience, most people choose convenience over privacy.

That’s lip service to privacy with spyware in reality.