Taking it to a serious level, don't fall for Facebook or other social media (you could also argue get a simple cell phone not a smart one). I recenty watched a very interesing video that came on LXF - a Stallman presentation. A guy from East Germany (not sure if living in Ireland/Eire now) used an old Irish law to force Facebook to provide him with the information they held on him - some 4000 pages of information - and he commented that when he had lived in East Germany, the Stasi did not have that much information! Also cell phones have non free software that can listen in on conversations that don't have to be near the mouth they can be on the other side of the room! So take care out there! Stallman also mentioned of a Belgian guy who had to sue his mobile operator to get his geolocation records - 3000 pages long with 200 geolocations per day over a 3 month period kept on record! And phones don't have to be in use - triangulation is used between transmitters to 'best guess' your location. ;-)

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