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.

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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
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I just started caring about my own privacy. What apps should i get rid of, why and what can i replace it with? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by prousername@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] eruchitanda@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Other awesome FOSS (Free and Open-Source Software) lists for your other OSes (computer/tablet).

[–] eruchitanda@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I think you *should* think about moving to more FOSS-friendly OSes, but in time, down the line, not this instant. Maybe the next devices you'll own, or when you feel ready, comfortable, with privacy; anyway, GL!

E: wording

[–] prousername@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I daily drive Void Linux as i do consider Windows being spyware.