The Messed-Up Modern State of Privacy

Or, rather, a lack thereof.

Matthew Maniaci
Thing a Day
Published in
6 min readSep 25, 2022

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Photo by Glen Carrie on Unsplash

I was talking with a friend the other day about privacy and how I just sort of assume that whatever I do anywhere online is tracked and monetized. Google, Facebook, TikTok, pretty much any page that collects my data in some way, shape, or form is probably selling that data to anyone who will buy it to make an extra buck.

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Matthew Maniaci
Thing a Day

I write about everything from my experience with mental illness to politics to philosophy. Much of my so-called "wisdom" is from Tumblr dot com. He/him/his.