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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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[META] This comm has a rule against promoting proprietary software. What does it mean? Is it being followed? Is it still relevant? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by davel@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I have no opinion and am just seeking clarification as an admin who occasionally gets complaints that I’m unsure how to address.

Thanks!

cc: @TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml (the most active !privacy@lemmy.ml mod)

Edit to add an example edge case: DuckDuckGo is proprietary, but is anyone going to argue against its promotion? Isn’t Proton Mail similarly only FOSS on the client side?

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[–] eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Proprietary software = software thats not open source

yes its still followed

yes its still relevant

if the software is closed source then you dont know if it respects your privacy or not, and 99% of the time it doesnt

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And even if it does, the policy can change in the future and nobody will be able to fork and save it

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 8 months ago

See: Unraid

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Ddg wouldn't be all proprietary then? https://github.com/duckduckgo/

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

almost every proprietary thing, including windows and macos, has some open source components.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yes, if your talking about non free JavaScript