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Here’s a good place to start: think carefully before posting anything on an online platform. Are you revealing too much about yourself? Will you be comfortable having your future employers and grandchildren read this 10 or 20 years from now? Try to anticipate the places your content might end up and what value it might have for people you’ve never met—people unconstrained by ethical concerns who care only about making money.

Be realistic about your data. Don’t assume that the contacts with whom you share files and information will be the only ones to see them. Even if your own accounts will remain secure, their accounts might not. And who says those friends or colleagues will respect your privacy preferences indefinitely?

Never assume the file storage or sharing platform you’re relying on won’t change its privacy rules at some point in the future—or, even better, that it’ll never decide to sell your data to someone else.

Finally, here’s one that makes a ton of sense and is absolutely obvious. But not only am I sure you’ve never done it, I’m confident that you probably never will. Remember those check boxes you’re required to click before you can open a new online account? You know, the ones that say something like this:

“I have read and accept the terms of the privacy policy.”

Well, have you ever actually read through one of those documents before clicking? Me neither. I mean, Google’s Privacy and Terms document (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) is around the same length as this chapter (and not nearly as much fun). Who’s got the time? On the other hand, reading it from start to finish would probably give you important insights into the real-world consequences of using Google services. It might even convince you to change the way you use its products. And reading the privacy documents for all the platforms you use would undoubtedly make you a better and safer consumer.

But we all know that’s not happening, right?