And then when you really decide that you need something, use all that privacy contraptions you are using currently to try and find what you are looking for without fear of being manipulated.
That's what I've opted for anyway. Am I missing something? Perhaps spam calls are a problem in this case, but I've never gotten it yet thankfully.
I use my VPN for 2 reasons: * host some services at home behind a non static IP * my ISP "steal" ip addreses to implement country-wide website blocking, which mean that their own routing can't be trusted
I use my own DNS server also because: * of obvious tracking reasons * the same ISP leak data to yahoo when a domain can't be resolved (which means that it's a lying DNS server that can't be trusted neither)
I just meant that I'm using is what I consider to be an acceptable solution to browse the web, but those are incredibely complex for the sole purpose of having a bit of privacy...
And most of it has quite a limited effect to be honest.
Having your own mail server for example is a bit useless since most people uses gmail, hotmail or something as bad. In the end, the main benefit is having providing yourself a better service than those...
I still find the exercise of having control over as much data as possible quite interesting though.