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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Traveling this summer? Maybe don’t let the airport scan your face. (www.vox.com)

submitted 5 months ago by ooli@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] 800XL@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Standing up for your rights isn't convenient, but it has to be done. Those that engineer this shit know that and make it as convoluted they can for this exact reason.

Always be on guard against those who would make you give up your rights voluntarily while giving up none of their own.

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I understand what you're saying, but if you've ever uploaded a picture or video of yourself to the Internet, they already had enough for surveillance.

A lot of people don't care that much and opting out is your right if you do care.