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Our world is overflowing with information, far too much for our brains to readily retain and recall in any kind of efficient manner. Even our personal lives can be a lot to keep up with, which is why many people turn to some type of note-taking practise. This could be in the from of sticky notes dotted around your home; a simple pen and paper notebook; or one of 5 dozen different note-taking apps and services you’ll find on your mobile app store of choice. ...

Setting up a Gmail account for the first time (circa 2007) was exciting for me, especially because it was a free service available to anyone with a computer and an Internet connection. Plus, it came with an unprecedented amount of storage space at the time. Since then, Google has become a ubiquitous part of our modern lives; so much so that the name of the company itself has become a commonly-used verb. Google’s expansion has extended far beyond email, and we now entrust our most of our digital activities to the company in one way or another. ...

The majority people in the world use messengers like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, and Snapchat. The problem, though, is that the companies running many of these services harvest an enormous amount of your data, which they then use to spin big profits. To make matters worse, they can often see and record what you’re talking about in your private chats — especially bad when you consider that they may be legally compelled by federal agencies to hand over this information. ...