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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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Your washing machine could be sending 3.7 GB of data a day — LG washing machine owner disconnected his device from Wi-Fi after noticing excessive outgoing daily data traffic (www.tomshardware.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I think it's a character to keep laymen interested.

[–] Squizzy 1 points 10 months ago

I don't know I was very put off with his recent comments in the India episode where they spoke about people who sell their families information so scammers can contact them.

He mentioned how his cousin is homeless and he hasn't talked to him in years and he was making a joke of the kinds of things he'd likely do to make some money.

Very weird comment