I have neither time, resources nor know-how to like go all out on data privacy. But I try doing things like using Proton for Mail, browsing with DuckDuckGo or Ecosia, messaging on Signal instead of WhatsApp, etc.
But I’m having a hard time responding to people who say “why do you do that, it’s completely pointless since companies like Google have all of our data anyways unless we go all out, and nobody has time for all the effort that takes”.
It is hard to shake people out of their ways of thinking.
I try and apply monetary value, as people care about money.
“Bro, Google sells your data and makes a ton of money off of what you’re giving away. Why you giving it away? You want to give me your drivers license to sell?”
Also
“You have a right to privacy. And you give up that right in exchange for email? Can I buy your vote for a cookie?”
And this
“You gotta pay like $1000 just to bid on buying your data to serve you ads. Can you afford to even see you own data being sold?”
And
“They only see what you give away for free. Are you some pervert that likes to be watched? Are you naked at home with the curtains open? No? You sure?”