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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Don't promote proprietary software
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If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
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I don't have anything to hide, so I don't care (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by max@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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What to say to people who say this kinda of thing? Usually I just say "ok then"

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[–] navi@lemmy.tespia.org 31 points 11 months ago

Medical privacy is a great example.

Consider a situation like Texas right now where abortion went from a normal, legal thing to something that you can be fined and jailed for.

Would such a person be OK with the state having access to their medical records so they could jail or fine them?

People need to understand that much of privacy precautions are "layers" of security against "what if" scenarios that can sometimes be very real.