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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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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by CoderSupreme@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

True, but corporations are the most clear and immediate threat and making it sufficiently (!) expensive for them does discourage bad behaviour.

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

it does not discourage anything. illegally designed cookie notices? the dozen tracking providers on all the websites? digital public passport passes that track your habits, but never told you about it, not even at purchase?