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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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Signal Is More Than Encrypted Messaging. Under Meredith Whittaker, It’s Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong (www.wired.com)

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[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Someone should audit your downvote

[–] MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Jokes aside, I'm a firm believer that upvotes/downvotes should be private and I think it's very unfortunate that they aren't. I'm fine with people downvoting me and me not knowing who they are.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wonder how you get negative one down vote…

You see this?

[–] MerchantsOfMisery@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

Yeuup