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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.

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We want privacy but not that much (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 days ago by petaqui@lemmings.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I was posting some comments on Reddit, in the "Privacy" subreddit, about better privacy options than Android or iOS—like GrapheneOS. I just received a message from the bot deleting my posts that mentioned GrapheneOS or other privacy-friendly operating systems. I accept this, since I'm not the owner of the subreddit. But with all due respect, what's the point of having a place to discuss privacy if comments recommending great privacy-focused OS alternatives get deleted? I don’t get it.

It seems like people in that community want privacy, but apparently not enough to have an open discussion about alternatives. Sure, some people might disagree—that's normal in any discussion! Should we stop talking about the NSA because some people support what they do? I doubt anyone would suggest that.

Am I missing something here? Maybe I just don’t understand the reasoning.

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[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

A group having rule is fine, in fact it's needed for the group to sustain over time.

Unfortunately if this group is hoarding a resources, here a very popular meeting point for people who (in theory) care about "privacy" then the rule itself does not have to be "fair" or "right".

So sure, when joining a group one must aware of the rules of said group, but it does not in itself means the rules of that group are automatically correct. I'm not saying here the rule is fine (I do have a personal opinion about it) but rather that this kind of event if precisely canary in the coalmine showing the genuine nature of the group, not what its name claims to be.

[–] marauding_gibberish142@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 days ago

Your complaint is genuine and I assure you that the sentiment is shared amongst many people here. I do not like that sub for its excessively tight policies. You must also consider that Reddit has its eye on that sub since it might spread awareness to other Reddit users and harm Reddit's bottom line.

Either way, I stick to Lemmy and Kbin. Reddit doesn't let me create accounts over TOR and I2P anymore, which means I'm not going to be able to participate anyway.