[Adrian Thompson]

BTW, forget hiding by not using social media. Every computer you are on knows who you are. Every site you look at it logged, they know your age, approximate income, family, gender, religious (or not) affiliation, interests, politics etc. without you posting about it.

Also, even if you are not on social media your phone knows where you are thus who you are with. If you appear in the background of a picture, even if not tagged, Facebook etc. now has your facial profile and can find out who you are from other pictures. They can then work out who you associate with, and from that make a guess as to who you are and what you're interested in.

For a long time I was content with hiding in plain site. If I'm doing nothing wrong, which I don't other than a casual disregard for speed limits at times, I figured that I was anonymous amongst the millions, make that billions of other people going about their daily lives, working and interacting with friends and family. That changed after the Facebook incident in the post above. When the Matrix glitches like it did, I look like a creep for doing and saying nothing wrong. I'm now looking for a different browser for my phone and home to cut down on Googles knowledge map of me. I thought about Firefox, but I found out it actually uses Google. I've got rid of Facebook, but I still have Facebook messenger as it's the best, most reliable and cost effective way of communicating with friends and family who still live in the UK. Whatsapp is also owned by Facebook.