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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.

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Do you think sometimes privacy practices of people at c/privacy or r/privacy communities are overparanoid or take things too far? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 23 hours ago by DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I've had people tell me that this is (their words, not mine): "mental illness"

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[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago

Damn this take needs more love. You will get shouted down And downvoted to the lowest depths if you speak against anything that isn't graphene. I like the project, it has merit. It's far far from perfect in so many ways. I don't believe it's the white knight in shining armour we like to think it is. Good yes. Saving grace. Not by a long shot. It's got many fundamental flaws.

Be conscious of your needs, not obsessive. I think a lot of people are obsessive and I get it totally. But FOMO is powerful. Don't overwork your mind trying to be perfect that you never make moves. Life isn't static. If your uneducated enough to truly need the utmost best tech stacks with no real knowledge on how to implement and deploy. You likely don't need to be doing the shit your thinking of, or currently doing.