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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Is there such a thing as a privacy driven credit card? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by wuphysics87@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 78 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No. Privacy is illegal in the banking/financial system.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

As it should be IMHO. Nothing is stopping you dropping cash for shit in the untracked economy which is massive but if you want to be a part of the larger system and all its benefits you need to be prepared to play by the rules that are designed by and large to protect people.