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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 spy in your pocket (reason.com)

submitted 8 months ago by minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] ioslife@lemmy.ml 16 points 8 months ago

Ad for a book. That said, book sounds terrifying and interesting.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Dont install Google, leave it in airplane mode, and never put a SIM card in it. Now you're safe from 99.9% of spying

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

I left a cheddar bay biscuit on my work desk and now it's as hard as a rock

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 8 months ago

I wouldn't call it "new"

[–] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 2 points 8 months ago

Thats also very important for the EU as the situation here is probably more solvable. If data storage, analysis and sale gets completely outlawed in the EU, it will not be as feasible to continue in the US.