Why should I be wary of my browsing data being sent to China? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 months ago by cybercitizen4@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Hi all,

I don’t really know how to ask this question. On one of my devices, I downloaded a web browser (Opera) and one of my friends made fun of me, saying that “you better like China knowing all the stuff you do online”.

I read the Opera website and it says it’s a Norwegian company, but on Wikipedia it does say it was bought by a Chinese company.

My question is: what does “China” do with my personal browsing data? Why is it useful for them? (and who are we referring to here, is that the Chinese government, a private company, who?)

I’m looking forward to learn more about digital privacy, but I don’t currently understand the “obviousness” of how it is wrong to use Opera.

I’m a tech enthusiast (hence why I’m here), but I’m cognizant that I have large knowledge gaps in some of these topics.

Thank you in advance.

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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Block me or I’ll keep saying forbidden things

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2022/04/the-right-loves-free-speech-unless-they-disagree-with-what-you-say

[-] occhionaut@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago

Prove you are not some little pink and make 3 bullet points of nothing but criticisms (not constructive, not positive, NEGATIVE criticisms) of the Chinese Communist Party. You wont. You cant!

[-] pop@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Will you give actual evidence that China's surveillance is worse than USA if I can say negative things about China?

China is a authoritarian country that should be broken up.
It should be investigated and sanctioned if found guilty of Uyghur genocide.
Fuck Xi and his cronies
Free Tibet
Free Hongkong

Do you need more?

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Russian trolls are greatly superior to Chinese ones, because Russian trolls are allowed to criticize their own government and that of their allies. Chinese trolls must support the "China is amazing" narrative, which makes them super easy to spot and call out.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world -5 points 2 months ago

Mao was an absolute moron who, in addition to the intentional genocide, also accidentally killed tens of millions of his own people by being too stupid to understand ecology.

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