An added bonus of using just-off-reality information is you can catch services misusing your PII. Perhaps you receive a spam email that tries personalizing to includes your falsified city. It’s easier to trace where that information came from.
Inevitably there will be some data that you cannot falsify as you build your dating profile. Things like phone number, email address, gender, desired match preferences, and the tone of voice used in your texts are harder to fake. We have to find creative, privacy solutions.
Compartmentalization is a security practice where you separate your information or habits. These compartments might be based on task, company, time, or other logical separators. If one compartment is hacked and the information is leaked, it doesn’t expose the whole of your information or identity.
When creating a dating profile, tweak the information you enter, as I mentioned earlier. For everything else, we start separating using some technology solutions.
Use A Burner Phone Number
I also previously defined and provided some FAQs about burner phones. Continue reading “Maybe a non-dating service starts wishing you a happy birthday on the first of the month”
