Our cell number is tied to everything we do. Most of us have had our cell phone numbers for many years, even decades, and we hand it out to everyone: to merchants, healthcare providers, social media accounts.

Assange once said, “A mobile phone is a tracking device that also makes calls”. He’s not wrong. There are countless ways that phones track our movements, and one of them is via WiFi probe requests.

Billions of people use Google products for their personal and professional needs -- their products are high quality after all! For example, Google Docs Editors Suite allows you to collaborate in real time with anyone in the world in a seamless experience!

When traveling, your device may be at risk of confiscation by authorities, and that means a lot of your sensitive data is at risk.

Traveling with digital devices can be risky -- sometimes phones or laptops are seized as you’re going through security, they can be scanned, and a whole bunch of personal data taken from them.

It says on the Big G's website:

‘We do not sell your personal information to anyone’”

Tracking links are a way for sites to track you across the web.

VICE has a great article explaining how internet service providers quietly share detailed information about network traffic. It's called "netflow data" and they can even trace traffic through VPNs.

Apple’s iCloud Private Relay was unveiled in the middle of last year, and it made a big splash in the tech community.