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

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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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[-] Zak@lemmy.world 30 points 8 months ago

"But personalised ads are really convenient!"

Not seeing ads is really convenient, and I have trouble understanding why anyone wouldn't block ads aggressively on every device they spend much time using in 2025.

To cover a couple common objections:

It's a corporate/institutional device and I can't

Then it's the institution's IT department I'm puzzled by. If I was running corporate IT, ad blocking would be part of the standard install. The FBI recommends it for security.

The device is too locked down for that

Why would you buy such a device, or continue using it now that you know better?

[-] Paddy66@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago

Good points.

Similar to the other reply - I haven't moved to a privacy OS on Android yet because of money.

My fancy Samsung is not supported by those OSs (yet).

[-] Zak@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I haven’t moved to a privacy OS on Android yet because of money.

That's entirely reasonable. You can still block most ads if you want to:

You can use a web browser that supports extensions. That includes Firefox and its various forks, and perhaps surprisingly, Microsoft Edge. uBlock Origin is still available for both, despite Edge being Chromium-based and Google trying to cripple adblockers there.
You can use web, rather than app versions of most services so that they're covered by the browser's adblocker.
You can use DNS-based adblocking to reduce ads where you need/want to use apps that display ads.

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