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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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I am asked for Gmail (lemmy.ml)

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

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Hey everyone, can you please help me what to do- I don't have and don't use anything from Google. Now for school I am asked to provide Gmail. Is there way out ? What else, maybe some other email provider is compatible with school emailing system, because now teacher must use her personal email to email me and she is not happy at all...

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[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That's because they are all linked to your identity

Which is harmful to you because they're selling all this information about you. And you shouldn't recommend that others do the same. We should help people, not suggest things harmful to people.

There exists many other email providers that do not sell your data (most in GDPR countries), and they won't delete your account if you manage to register it anonymously