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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In case you want something to send to your humans that say "I have nothing to hide" when you mention privacy. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR7D6Fx0fTQ

Not 100% in agreement with some of her videos, but I believe this one is spot on, and probably easier to understand by regular folk.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Saying you have nothing to fear, if you have nothing to hide is the equivlent. of saying i dont need the freedom of speach beacause i have nothing to say.

I belive the quote is from cory doctrow. BASED person

[–] captainlezbian 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I always liked his differentiation between private and secret. Something along the lines of if you have kids it’s not a secret that you have sex, but it is private.