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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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Ways to convince people to take online privacy seriously - common objections debunked (blog.rebeltechalliance.org)

submitted 2 days ago by Paddy66@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Our latest blog post is aimed at people who 'get it' about online privacy, but who struggle to convince friends and family to take it seriously. We hope it helps!

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[–] jherazob@beehaw.org 2 points 2 days ago

The point is that by fighting back they cannot get any more accurate than that, which helps, even if it's incomplete and imperfect.

There's also the spite angle, because fuck them, i am not gonna give them shit if i can help it!