Are Social Media Platforms Sharing Too Much? Online Privacy Discussion

Anyone concerned about their privacy on platforms? It seems as if you use your phone for whatsapp and google accounts your contacts are suggested your YouTube channel seemingly now, Meta products seem to all share data so if you were to start a new YouTube channel people you know can easily find what you do online which you may want to keep private at the start of something new and potentially uncomfortable. I really dont like the whole sharing thing and I have recently decided to get myself a burner phone and 2 new sim cards, thats gonna be 4 phones I will need to keep all my stuff fully separate 😵

It feels like if you make a new account on any of them people will find you through recommendations.

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So you're worried about people you know finding you? Is that what you mean?

Yeah its a big concern to be honest man, like often times if you have shared your phone number with someone they can learn about what you are up to years later and you may not want them in your life. It is a massive concern especially for people who have experienced DV etc as their ex partners may be shown their new accounts if theyve ever had their number or clicked through on a link before. Personally my concerns are nowhere near as bad as that but I still dont want family and friends finding my YouTube channels or business etc

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I am thankful that I don't really have anyone that toxic in my past (that I remember anyway). I can't really think of anyone I'd be too terribly upset if they found me, but that might just be cause I don't remember so good....

Yeah even without anyone toxic like I just dont want people knowing about things I do online like businesses etc I like to keep separate from my personal life