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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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snowden on "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by comma_egomaniac@midwest.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I really hope that, within my lifetime, the CIA, FBI and any other state spy apparatus will be correctly seen as the evil, irredeemable orgs they are.

[–] Libra@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago

Capitalism's Invisible Army often acts as the propaganda arm of the US hegemony, so it is in a very real sense a part of their job to make sure this doesn't come to pass. Sadly they seem pretty good at it.