Privacy

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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.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

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Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
Don't promote proprietary software
Try to keep things on topic
If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
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I don't have anything to hide, so I don't care (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by max@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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What to say to people who say this kinda of thing? Usually I just say "ok then"

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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Insurance companies in some countries give you a discount if you agree to put a tracker on your car...

[–] anguo@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

Or use their app on your phone, which will "detect your driving patterns" and adjust your rates accordingly.

But honestly, even without all that, modern cars already have trackers and Internet connections even without your knowledge. (Mine did a couple of impromptu OTA updates for the media center at the beginning. It also has an SOS button on the roof, which you need to be subscribed to use, but can activate the subscription through the button. This implies there is a GPS tracker, as well as a cellular connection).