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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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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It'll certainly cause more people to get malware by normalizing people to scan QR codes on a whim without thinking

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 1 points 3 months ago

And then google will sya "we think about the users security!!! That's why i will not let you install apps outside the playstore" Fuck Shitoogle