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
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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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[–] FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

the really big players contract that out to companies whose entire purpose is data-harvesting

For sure, blocking those scripts goes a LONG way. But that'll only work until lots of ppl do it. If it ever catches on big, the Identity Brokers will adapt. They'll integrate their shit into sites in ways that are hard or impossible to separate this easily without totally breaking the site you were trying to visit.

IDK for sure, but I fear we could be living on borrowed time.

[–] GaumBeist@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

As long as there's an incentive to violate privacy, it will always be an arms race. The upside is that we'll get better and keep adapting just as they do.