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.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

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Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
Don't promote proprietary software
Try to keep things on topic
If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
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I just watched a video that explained how Google, the CIA and the NSA work together to get all of our online data. What are ways to minimize that besides not using Google? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The only one I have a hard time leaving is YT

Subscribe to YouTube channels through RSS, view content through a front-end or FLOSS apps. It goes a long way.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's not a bad idea, thx!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

NewPipe is rly good on Android and FreeTube can be glitchy especially if you have a VPN but I've found its the best option for desktop