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.

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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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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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I don't have anything to hide, so I don't care (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by max@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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What to say to people who say this kinda of thing? Usually I just say "ok then"

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[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Okay, but what if their carelessness about privacy directly or indirectly affects you? For instacne, if someone in your contacts doesn’t prioritize privacy and has granted apps access to their contacts, it could potentially expose your information indirectly.

I understand this and every other example you point out, but let's be real: I can't physically check what my friends, family and beloved ones do with my (meta)data without heavily invading their privacy (that's ironic) or schooling them about how evil GAFAM are and so on. Most of my friends aren't also technically inclined, so it would be both a waste of time and a source of useless arguments. I just do my part and I can't do more. Neither can you, frankly.

[–] gayisha@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I was focusing on the notion of 'Not my business. Their data', because when our data becomes their, it is not solely their data anymore...

Plus, their data becomes a bridge to ours.

A bridge that connects our information makes privacy a shared concern.