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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submitted 10 months ago by Zerush@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Curious website that explains how pages want to deceive you with examples (save to use and not taken very seriously)

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[–] mkulima@baraza.africa 21 points 10 months ago

A big one is when an advert is made to look and feel like organic content. The “Ad” flag (legally required) is in faint small font like someone forced them to have it there.