If this seems like a little much, you are not alone in your concern for diligence. Now for the next bad news to any readers of Ecosteader who may also be tech luddites ... yeah, all those (I think Mark Zuckerber´s words were ¨Dumb Fucks¨) who _really think Fascistbook wants nothing in exchange for all of those warm, fuzzies .. you are in for bad, bad news:
Each cell/mobile phone needs these settings, too.
You can, in fact, go through all of the steps on your home computer / work machine / wherever AND still be tracked by the MALWARE of #fascistbook if you also look at #InStalkergram, or if you message on its ¨Messenger¨ or if you browse Fascistbook on your mobile phone.
Is a different computer from your main desktop / workstation... sends pings to cellphone towers, bypassing security at the local level, where they may be configured differently. If insecure devices are on your local network, they are easy to compromise. Zoom exploits use this path frequently, though they never do anything but make the perpetrators look idiotic.