Making new online accounts is the ultimate privacy power play
Aaaand... delete. (BestPhotoStudio via Depositphotos/)If you’ve spent any time on the web or on a smartphone in the last few years, chances are that advertisers and tech firms have amassed a substantial amount of information about you, including your life, habits, and interests.There are multiple ways you can protect your privacy from within your various accounts (including these guides on how to limit tracking on your phone and on the web), but sometimes, that’s not enough.If you want to go the extra mile, a more drastic option is to start fresh. That could seem especially scary if you started your accounts back when the very concept of online privacy and security were non-existent, but new accounts have nothing attached to them, and that gives you a chance to be more careful about the data you give away.GoogleYou can create a new Google account here. You’ll be asked to provide a...