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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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I just watched a video that explained how Google, the CIA and the NSA work together to get all of our online data. What are ways to minimize that besides not using Google? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 days ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Sweet summer child... it's a LOT! Especially now. Tl;dr FOSS is your friend, EVERY actor you engage with in a capitalist system, even the state itself is an adversary... You WILL be spied on doing modern anything online, you basically need to do a cost/reward calculation about what you are willing to do. There are many reputable online privacy guides, there are communities here on Lemmy, but sadly there's no good one size fits all solution here in the modern chaotic landscape.

(Glossary: FOSS is FREE open source software, like Linux, among a galaxy of great projects run by humans for humans and not for capital, and all free as in speech, not beer)

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

free and open not free open