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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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Reddit started blocking VPN users on old.reddit.com (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 years ago* by lemmylem@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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At this point, I'm not even going to bother trying to go on there anymore.

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[–] LemmyHead@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Depends on how they're implemented. Signal and WhatsApp are e2e encrypted, but they track your phone number, your contacts and IP address. Maybe even metadata

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