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.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
Don't promote proprietary software
Try to keep things on topic
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
Be nice :)

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Privacy is only a part of this. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by sparrow22@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Anonymity is another.

Privacy is being secure in your files, your thoughts, your private and group conversations.

Anonymity gives you safety to share your findings. Whether that's whistleblowing or ideas or results, having your real identity attached may be more risk than it's worth. Why do we need both?

Since these are separate things, it makes sense for Anonymity to have its own sub.

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[–] libre_warrior@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You make a great point about anonymity. And something I didnt really think about. We should be concious about whether to use anonymity or privacy.

Im not sure whether it's a good idea to create a community for anonymity alone, because that would divide the community. However perhaps creating a community that encapsulates both. With a name that reflects this and encourages members to be concious about this distinction.

[–] sparrow22@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

The idea came from a privacy guide which said not to use Tor Browser.

Tor Browser: it's a browser made for anonimity, not privacy