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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PSA Use your display name to help move others to privacy respecting replacements. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by autonomoususer@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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For example, on WhatsApp, use the whole 25 character limit for profile name. Examples:

Bob Moved To Signal.org

Alice MovedTo Signal.org

CharlieMovedTo Signal.org

Say Signal.org, not Signal, because they won't know it's an app.

Use your about section too. Same on Discord, Steam, Instagram, etc.

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[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 36 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Imagine not trying to fight network effects because it’s “kinda cringe”. Of all the reasons not to do it, this screams “I’m insecure” the loudest.

[–] NicolaHaskell@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I imagined it and felt more secure in not proselytizing.

"Attention all, I went somewhere else!" OK love that for you.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 4 weeks ago

See, now that’s a valid reason!