Privacy

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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

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Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
Don't promote proprietary software
Try to keep things on topic
If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
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what got you into privacy in the first place? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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mine: i got recommended an mental outlaw video by YouTubes algorithm and that's where i got the pro privacy mindset

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Reading 2600, running a BBS and the phreaking scene. Reading 1984, Dostoevsky.. all more or less at the same time. Gave me strong opinions on the need for privacy, and the shear insanity and corruption of thought crime.