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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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Reddit blocking web search (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 days ago by 10x10@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I noticed today, having searched about TOR nodes possibly being run by government departments in a browser, I got this message, " Your request has been blocked by network security. Please try to login with your Reddit account. " I didn't login in the app!

Haven't come across that before. Has anyone else seen i?

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[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I got that notification for the first time today as well, guessing it's just a tactic to get people to create accounts they can data mine to sell to AI companies.