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Google is the master of fake Privacy features - gHacks Tech News (www.ghacks.net)

submitted 10 months ago by ooli@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Libb@jlai.lu 1 points 10 months ago

Agreed, on all points.

For me, the main issue will be to get people who have not considered the big picture to realize that even if it helps reduce a real issue, and it does, the solution may be worse or much more costly than the issue. Even more so in the long run.