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Why we can’t just protect "smart" people from data tracking (medium.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by Grail@aussie.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] barbara@lemmy.ml 34 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I have never read even once your statement.

So I see some people falling into the trap of “If I just teach all my friends to use safe software and privacy tools, then at least us, the smart people, will be safe”.

Someone who thinks he is smart just because he blocks ads and trackers is dumb. Remove that whole thing about smart people and the article may become good. As long as that's there, the whole article is in my opinion dumb because it's based on a false statement.

[–] Grail@aussie.zone -1 points 7 months ago

The article is meant to be based on a false statement. The purpose of the article is to criticise that statement.

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