https://lanie.work/tags/privacy/ Recent content in Privacy on Lanie: Faith, Tech, and Advocacy Hugo en-us Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://lanie.work/technology/privacy-is-a-luxury-i-cant-afford/ Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://lanie.work/technology/privacy-is-a-luxury-i-cant-afford/ <p>I should be the perfect audience for the privacy community.</p> <p>I&rsquo;m a techie. I&rsquo;ve dabbled in self-hosting. I&rsquo;ve looked at private cloud alternatives. I understand the arguments. I know what data companies collect, and I know why it matters. When someone says &ldquo;de-Google your life,&rdquo; I know exactly what they mean and how to do it.</p> <p>But I can&rsquo;t. Not because I don&rsquo;t care about privacy. Because privacy keeps costing me things I can&rsquo;t afford to lose.</p>