Privacy

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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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I'm very bad at convincing people to care about their privacy (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by pandorabox@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The title says it all. Part of what i do now is to convince people to care about their privacy. I know I cannot force people to do anything. And I have a charisma level of -1, if this was an rpg. Like its nonnexistent.

I feel lonely in general because it feels like people make me feel like I'm delusional for caring about protecting my privacy. Maybe there is a support group for that🤣🤣🤣

But anything I can specifically say that works best in planting a seed in people's mind?

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[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

But anything I can specifically say that works best in planting a seed in people's mind?

'It fails to include a libre software license text file. We do not control it, anti-libre software. Don't fall for their scam.'

You need to make them ask you. People are bored of privacy. They will not ask you about privacy. Also, people care less about getting and more about losing. Listen for complains and always link back to software freedom.

Never say privacy. Never say anything technical, a derailment strategy used against us. Never say 'open source'. This misses the point of libre software. Say simple words, scam and abuse.

Here's more: https://lemmy.world/post/21620691