Daily Dot does community outreach for “Fake It”

“…the best way to deal with sites that force you to tell them information is to feed them disinformation.” That’s how writer Kevin Collier sums up our book in his story for the Daily Dot, the self-declared “hometown newspaper for the world wide web.” He does a good job of laying out some of our key pieces of advice to shake off the trackers, miners and data grabbers:

• Think before you post.
• Fill in fake information.
• Use pseudonyms and aliases.
• Undershare, don’t overshare, since you never know who’s reading along (people and bots alike).
• Use a VPN service such as TOR to hide your IP address.

The list for good digital self-defense is much longer of course, including being wary of mobile and social apps and installing blockers that keep the Googles, Facebooks and ad networks of the world at bay. It’s an arm race in which we need to take action, as Kevin quotes us:

“Otherwise we’re all the prey caught between outdated laws and fast-moving tech businesses.”