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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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The US is now the largest investor in commercial spyware (arstechnica.com)

submitted 5 days ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The United States has emerged as the largest investor in commercial spyware—a global industry that has enabled the covert surveillance of journalists, human rights defenders, politicians, diplomats, and others, posing grave threats to human rights and national security.

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[–] m33@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

I love democracy