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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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The Most Dangerous VPN of All Time (Onavo) (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 week ago by InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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How FB wiretapped millions with a VPN

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[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I used Onavo for a short while. But the ick factor of having someone give me a service for free which I know is expensive fired off all kinds of alarm bells and I stopped using it. It’s truly evil that Facebook was just lapping up so much data and in such an anti-competitive way - Onavo was pivotal in FB buying WhatsApp for pennies on the dollar.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Coupled with the fact they have turned over a private conversation regarding an abortion on messenger; they are a massive undermining of civil rights.