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Is it possible to have a healthy relationship with the Internet? From family reunions to doctors appointments to movie premieres, we rely on it more and more every day. Since we can’t avoid it, let's talk about taking control of our online lives and having a healthy relationship with the internet (or at least find out if that's a thing!). Each episode, hosts Anna Van Valin (Every Day is a Food Day, Screen Dive) and Colin Foy (Lindenfield, SiriusXM) tackle everyday elements of our wifi-connected lives, how we can harness the good and handle the bad. In our Troubleshooting segments, we give you strategies for managing the gnarliest challenges of the internet like Zoom fatigue, unfollowing guilt and compulsive news checking (we see you, 2021). Every episode ends with some Internet Gold, things we love that represent the best of the internet. So kick your family off the landline and dial-up your modem to subscribe today to The More You Scroll. Connect with us on Instagram @themoreuscroll and themoreyouscroll.com

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If You Give a Zuck a Cookie...

March 25, 2021 • Van Valin Productions • Season 1 • Episode 5

“Online privacy” can seem like a contradictory statement. How private can our online lives really be? This week we find out! We tackle how and why our activity is tracked, the pros and cons of targeted ads, and if anyone actually reads those daunting Terms and Conditions. Colin tells us he’s more than happy to pay the ads away, especially after slogging through The Bachelor with ads. Anna shares her favorite data breaches of all time…including a popular vibrator company that was making VERY detailed profiles of its users. In our Troubleshooting segment, we give you tips on how to improve your privacy settings, the benefits of a VPN, and why regular privacy check-ups are good technology self-care. Then as always we end with some Internet Gold for you. Subscribe and stick around!

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Tips and Tricks from our Troubleshooting segment:
Check out the VPNs that Colin and Anna use: Mullvad VPN and ExpressVPN
Here is a link to TweetDelete.net that lets you bulk delete old tweets.

Internet Gold of the week:
Anna: Following Dionne Warwick's Twitter journey
Colin: Band Camp A music platform that directly supports the artists that make them

People on this episode

Anna Van Valin

Host