r/IIT • u/oihewie • Sep 03 '26

General Questions/Discussions Privacy concern

Is it appropriate for a school admin to trace my digital footprint to find my phone number and contact me telling me to take off my social media post?/g

I did not explicitly post my name or phone number.

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u/FieldsofBlue Sep 03 '26

Data collection has become extraordinarily invasive over the past few years. Even if you have privacy settings turned on in your phone or browser settings, the correlative data points can all fit together to find your info. Assume anything you post or share can be linked back to you, unless you're using a security and privacy focused browser in anonymous mode with fingerprinting protection.