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.

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Where do you draw the line between privacy and having a presence on ? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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It's a slippery slope. I mean, I want a new job. But at the same time, I don't want all that info out there. What says you?

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[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

FWIW (overlooking the privacy issues w/ using Google, yes), you can generally add a + followed by between your and the "@gmail.com" to somewhat filter results internally (and maybe even tag the source of your email getting leaked/sold. /my2¢