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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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Huge Group of Experts Warns Meta That Its Pervert Glasses Will Enable Terrible Crimes (futurism.com)

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[–] FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 13 hours ago

But those who I know who are into it, just do not care at all.

I have friends like that too. Which is why it's so hard.

It's not even a fair fight, b/c the big social medias employ psychologists to design their product to be as addictive as possible. So it pits Jane and Fred Doe of Main Street against a team of psychologist PhD who study every possible way to weaponize Jane and Fred's normal human feelings and emotions. Jane & Fred doesn't want to quit, so will find ways to rationalize a use of the products.

It's a big damn problem. It impacts everyone. All of us. Not just the ones who use FB, IG, or X.