>No, I don't have to trust the data brokers because of encryption. Encryption alone actually isn't preventing as much data collection as you indicate. I would suggest looking that up. You're also pretty confident in the specifics of your own situation, like not using gmail, etc. While I would caution you that you may not be as secure as you appear to believe, I'd say that you do demonstrate that you have some awareness that there is a problem with the nature of how data can be handled in such contexts. That's definitely a good start. But I also think it would be good to consider that even if what you're personally doing is as effective as you believe, not everyone is going to take the measures you're taking. Even if it makes *you* more secure, what about everyone else? How do they fit in? >100% disagree. You seem to be shutting out a lot of the info you're being given. That's understandable, strong opinions are often difficult to see past. But I'm noticing that we're not meeting on some central facts, we're kind of having two different conversations. There is a lot to talk about here, a lot to address in what you've said. Productive discussion often requires being able to meet on facts, however.