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    <updated>2026-03-27T20:03:51-04:00</updated>
    <author>
        <name>Janet Vertesi</name>
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        <title>The Tech Reclaimers</title>
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            <name>Janet Vertesi</name>
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        <updated>2026-03-27T20:03:51-04:00</updated>
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                    I've been working on this one for a while and am thrilled to introduce the Tech Reclaimers! We are a&hellip;
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    <entry>
        <title>What to do on your (social media) vacation?</title>
        <author>
            <name>Janet Vertesi</name>
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        <link href="https://www.optoutproject.net/stop-the-scroll/"/>
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        <updated>2025-07-02T00:32:45-04:00</updated>
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                    Stop the Scroll I teach a class at Princeton called the Sociology of the Internet. Famously, one of the first&hellip;
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    <entry>
        <title>Will My Tech Enshittify? How to tell...</title>
        <author>
            <name>Janet Vertesi</name>
        </author>
        <link href="https://www.optoutproject.net/will-it-enshittify/"/>
        <id>https://www.optoutproject.net/will-it-enshittify/</id>
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        <updated>2025-03-27T18:04:21-04:00</updated>
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                <![CDATA[
                    The Enshittification Problem You've just found a cool new tool that does the thing you want to do. Or maybe&hellip;
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        <content></content>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Who&#x27;s Watching Your Watch?</title>
        <author>
            <name>Janet Vertesi</name>
        </author>
        <link href="https://www.optoutproject.net/smarter-watch/"/>
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            <category term="Accessories"/>

        <updated>2025-03-23T23:11:10-04:00</updated>
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                    Whence the Smart Watch? In 2012 the Pebble smartwatch hit Kickstarter, and the funding site exploded. While there had been&hellip;
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    <entry>
        <title>Day Twenty: Fix your Phone</title>
        <author>
            <name>Janet Vertesi</name>
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        <link href="https://www.optoutproject.net/secure-phone/"/>
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            <category term="Phones"/>
            <category term="Cleanse"/>

        <updated>2025-01-18T23:17:24-05:00</updated>
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                <![CDATA[
                    You are walking around everyday with a massive tracking device that is hemmorhaging data all over the place, in your&hellip;
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    <entry>
        <title>Day Ten: Leave Social Media</title>
        <author>
            <name>Janet Vertesi</name>
        </author>
        <link href="https://www.optoutproject.net/social-media-1/"/>
        <id>https://www.optoutproject.net/social-media-1/</id>
            <category term="Cleanse"/>

        <updated>2025-01-10T22:07:50-05:00</updated>
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                    A social, not just technical, toolkit There are a lot of posts out the on the internet that will teach&hellip;
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        <content></content>
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    <entry>
        <title>The Cyber-Cleanse: Take Back Your Digital Footprint</title>
        <author>
            <name>Janet Vertesi</name>
        </author>
        <link href="https://www.optoutproject.net/the-cyber-cleanse-take-back-your-digital-footprint/"/>
        <id>https://www.optoutproject.net/the-cyber-cleanse-take-back-your-digital-footprint/</id>
            <category term="Techniques"/>
            <category term="Cleanse"/>
            <category term="Basics"/>

        <updated>2025-01-01T22:09:27-05:00</updated>
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                <![CDATA[
                    New Year, New Digital You! New Years are an opportunity for committing to resolutions, starting new habits, discarding what no&hellip;
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        <content></content>
    </entry>
    <entry>
        <title>Why I bought an Encyclopedia</title>
        <author>
            <name>Janet Vertesi</name>
        </author>
        <link href="https://www.optoutproject.net/what-is-true-on-the-internet/"/>
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            <category term="Philosophy"/>

        <updated>2024-06-11T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
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                    NOTE: This is a companion post to my piece in Public Books, "The Encylopedia Project: Or, how to know in&hellip;
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        <content></content>
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    <entry>
        <title>Linux is like Ice Cream</title>
        <author>
            <name>Janet Vertesi</name>
        </author>
        <link href="https://www.optoutproject.net/linux-is-like-ice-cream/"/>
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        <updated>2024-06-09T15:28:40-04:00</updated>
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                    Princeton is famous for its university, but the town is also known for its amazing ice cream shops. There are&hellip;
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    <entry>
        <title>Chromebook? Schmomebook!</title>
        <author>
            <name>Janet Vertesi</name>
        </author>
        <link href="https://www.optoutproject.net/chromebook-schmomebook/"/>
        <id>https://www.optoutproject.net/chromebook-schmomebook/</id>
            <category term="Reviews"/>

        <updated>2024-05-31T13:25:53-04:00</updated>
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                <![CDATA[
                    When is a computer not a computer? When it's a tracking device too! Today's computers are increasingly used for data-gathering,&hellip;
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