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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Your Computer Might Demand Your Age Soon, No Matter Where You Live (uk.pcmag.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by iloveyou@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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This is unacceptable. And I’m sick of all the fucking workarounds to maintain basic privacy.

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[–] Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Imagine a world where everyone is connected via brain implants. Reality is fully augmented and thoughts are bought and sold while being carefully screened for violations. Only individuals with enough credits can be free in their own minds. What makes us human gets lost as we progress into the singularity.