Privacy

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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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New digital ID scheme to be rolled out across UK (www.gov.uk)

submitted 1 month ago by abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Welp, this is gonna be a privacy clusterfuck.

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[–] sleen@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

This is quite a succinct response to the status quo. People will be placed under the mercy of the government, and as history has taught us, the government will not resist the urge to torment its people.