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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
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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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submitted 9 months ago by anarchy79@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

CNN might be the only site I've seen that actually checks if you have made a cookie choice then. The whole cookie acceptance thing is dumb, but they are following the law.

Thankfully there is a plan that EU will make changes fo current policy so those popups might go away.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

The plan should be "Tracking opt-in required - no banners or notifications allowed."