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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Against ‘chat control’: we can’t eliminate child abuse by eliminating privacy (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 18 hours ago by HailSeitan@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Banning online anonymity tools like Tor won’t stop crime. It will only drive people underground and normalize government control over the internet

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[–] ominouslemon@sh.itjust.works 12 points 15 hours ago

It's about surveillance. Federated services are not a threat to big tech since it's so small