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[–] minticecream@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I’m curious what steps we can take as individuals to further protect our privacy online.

Also, what do you think we can do as a society to change the status quo? How do we get more people to see that this is a significant problem?

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

How do we get more people to see that this is a significant problem?

This severely inhibits this part of their question. If the only platform you have to communicate with people are places like here, you're preaching to the choir

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I’m curious what steps we can take as individuals to further protect our privacy online.

A few to consider:

  • Ditch Facebook and Whatsapp.
  • Invest in a VPN
  • Switch to Firefox for web browsing
  • Install GrapheneOS on your phone
  • Pay with cash where possible
  • Switch to XMPP with OMEMO encryption for messaging with your favorite people