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So use alternative services for mundane things, all the time. Make it less of an anomaly that you're using less-trackable services, and make the haystack bigger

So use alternative services for mundane things, all the time. Make it less of an anomaly that you're using less-trackable services, and make the haystack bigger for other leakers. (I'm reminded of a talk about Tor where it was mentioned that Tor only works if the user-base is diverse; if only the FBI used Tor, the FBI would have anonymity from using Tor, etc.)

danso 13y ago
Yes, but mundane things are mundane because they are easy to do. Like using a cloud service to handle your reminders, navigation, etc. Once you use an off-beat service, you force changes in your own behavior and the behavior with everyone you interact with. In the worst-case scenario, this may cause you to make a grievous human error, such as forgetting to keep up to tabs with critical updates on your burner laptop. In a less-worst case scenario, this extra work takes attention away from other more obvious attack vectors (such as social engineering). In the more mundane case, your entire life may be disrupted, on a small scale, preparing for a scenario that for you, personally, is probabilistically unlikely, but more importantly, you may be preparing in ways that wouldn't have helped from worst-case scenarios, if they even occurred. I'm not suggesting apathy or fatalism. I'm suggesting to be even more cautious and introspective than the pat suggestions offered by the OP.