How to escape the corporate eye? Protection through relays

How to escape the corporate eye? Protection through relays
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Have you ever talked to a friend about a product, only to see an ad for it on Facebook later? Or liked a TikTok video about a specific brand, and received a promotional offer from a competitor an hour later? This is no coincidence – it's the result of advanced tracking that email relays can effectively stop.

How do corporations connect the dots?

Modern corporations use your email address as a central identifier that ties all your online activities together. Here's how it works:

Scenario without relays:

  • You register at a store using the address your.mail@gmail.com
  • You log into TikTok with the same email
  • You like a video about healthy eating
  • The algorithm connects this information and sells your profile to advertisers
  • You receive personalized ads for dietary supplements

Scenario with relays:

  • For the store, you use a relay: shopping.health@my-relay.app
  • On TikTok, you have an account with a relay: entertainment.social@my-relay.app
  • Corporations cannot link these two identities
  • You maintain your anonymity online

Practical examples of escaping corporate tracking

Online shopping without consequences

When you use a unique relay for each store, advertising networks cannot:

  • Track your shopping preferences across different platforms
  • Create a detailed consumer profile
  • Target you with aggressive ads on other websites

Social media without surveillance

By creating social media accounts using different relays, you prevent:

  • Your activity from being linked across platforms
  • The creation of a psychographic profile of your personality
  • Your behavioral data from being sold to brokers

Mobile apps without tracking

Many apps request access to your email inbox. With relays:

  • The app receives a unique address that isn't connected to your real identity
  • You cannot be tracked across different apps
  • You maintain control over your data

How do corporations use the collected data?

When all your activities are linked by one email address, corporations can:

Create detailed profiles

  • Age, gender, location
  • Shopping preferences
  • Social media behavior
  • Browsing habits

Sell your data

  • Data brokers pay for detailed user profiles
  • The more information, the higher the price
  • Your data circulates among hundreds of companies

Manipulate your choices

  • Show you ads in moments of weakness
  • Influence your purchasing decisions
  • Create artificial needs

How to implement a protection strategy?

Step 1: Segment your online life

Divide your online activities into categories and assign a unique relay to each:

  • shopping.clothes@my-relay.app – for a clothing store
  • social.media@my-relay.app – for a social media platform
  • entertainment.stream@my-relay.app – for a streaming service

Step 2: Gradual migration

Start with your most important accounts and gradually replace your main email address with relays in subsequent services.

Step 3: Regular reviews

Every quarter, check which relays are active and whether you need additional aliases for new categories.

Your data is your capital – protect it!

In the digital age, your personal data is more valuable than ever before. Corporations invest billions in tracking systems because they know that the more they know about you, the easier it is to influence your decisions and profit from your habits.

Hetman Relay gives you a simple weapon to fight this system. Thanks to relays you can:

  • Fragment your digital footprint into unconnected pieces
  • Prevent corporations from creating detailed profiles
  • Take back control of your data
  • Browse the internet with a sense of privacy

You don't have to accept constant tracking. Start using relays today and discover what true online privacy protection looks like. Your freedom online is worth this simple change