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How To Use Silo Working To Protect Your Digital Identity

Silo thinking shows you how to spread your digital identity around.

Roger Skibowski
5 min readFeb 10, 2021

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Silo thinking shows you how to spread your digital identity around.

Silo thinking distributes your digital identity across many platforms instead of concentrating it into fewer data banks. It is the only way to insulate your data information from being centralized. More like spreading your breadcrumbs around, not having all your eggs in one basket. You must keep them separated.

Merriam-Webster Definition of Silo

1: a trench, pit, or especially a tall cylinder (as of wood or concrete) usually sealed to exclude air and used for making and storing silage.

The intent was that each silo contained original material which is independent from each other.

Digital Identity

Your Digital identity is comprised of your Digital ID and your Digital Data. Contained within your digital data, there are digital breadcrumbs defined as forensic places you visit on the internet. The fewer places where your data resides, the more power and leverage those who…

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