[FRIAM] How I made my own VPN server in 15 minutes | TechCrunch

[Marcus Daniels]

" I suspect 99% of the targeted ads can be avoided with a slow (yearly?, quarterly?) cycle of temporary VPNs running in the cloud (ephemeral IP addresses).  Perhaps 90% of it can be avoided just by using HTTPS-Everywhere.  "

The problem with ongoing privacy measures is that it means going from a low-dimensional description to a no-dimensional description.   Empty spots on the resume are scary!   To have a truly benign profile, it is necessary to know what powerful groups consider benign and to create signatures to mimic it.   If ultimately governments, employers. etc. feel then need to know you, then perhaps being yourself (somewhat truncated) is the best thing.   That message can be controlled and kept consistent.   Not having a digital footprint is a situation that can be identified.   Who are these meatspace people and their secret cabals?  We can't have that!

Marcus