Should you leave red herrings about yourself online?
Summary
An Alcazar Security blog post arguing that for most people, planting red herrings about themselves online is an ineffective privacy tactic against data brokers and OSINT. It breaks down common approaches (pseudonyms, compartmentalization, and targeted decoys), explains why broad fake personal data typically backfires, and offers practical privacy strategies built around threat modeling, data minimization, opt-out hygiene, and careful use of pseudonyms and compartments.