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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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Why people don't talk about Google Maps' privacy issues (www.youtube.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Title is editorialized because the original is, frankly, clickbait garbage

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, I'm a bit confused. Is your problem that you feel forced to use Google Maps? Or that you feel forced to ignore your friends because they use Google Maps? I assumed the former with my initial reply, but now it sounds like your have the latter problem.

[–] Substance_P 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm not ignoring my friends; I'm just pointing out that due to the convenience of these apps, the people around me use them without seeming to care about their privacy implications.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

Is that actually a problem for you? It's their life, they are free to do whatever they want. I'm trying to understand how this actually affects you since your original reply started with "the problem for me is...".