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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I believe DDG search sells data to IG. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by tdTrX@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Do your experiments, search for the most random thing, and it will show up in Insta

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[–] calidris@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This right here. If you use any of Meta's services (spyware), you likely granted it permission to rummage through your data. If you have an open browser tab, it can pull info from it.

[–] Aria@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 18 hours ago

If you have an open browser tab, it can pull info from it.

Please elaborate on what you mean here.