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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.

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I deleted my google accounts today (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by mertn@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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It took a few months preparation but I deleted all my google accounts today, and it feels good.

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[–] ensignrick@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wanted to but my pixel bootloader is carrier locked. Supposedly you can call and ask them to unlock it if you own the device but not sure if that's true.

[–] geoma@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I think it is true. At least it was last time I checked. Give it a try.