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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Is your phone secretly listening to you? Here's an easy way to find out (www.pcworld.com)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yea pretty much a real thing was talking about bikes the other day and now getting ads for bikes in youtube

Google listening to everything

Apple, Facebook, Instagram etc all of it are constantly working on the back.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

If you share wifi with someone who has done the search on their devices, It will do that.