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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Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
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Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
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Exactly why I finally moved away from ProtonMail (lemmygrad.ml)

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

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cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/40877

Email is inherently insecure. If you want or need secure communications, that's what software like Briar, Matrix, or Signal (yes despite some drama).

Secure emails can always be done manually with PGP and will be a lot hardier than trusting an organization that gives away subscriber payments to Western-backed coup attempts and color revolutions.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

In 1998, someone did a finger search on the email server I was using and it returned my personal info. The lack of privacy at the time horrified me. I started a website dedicated to privacy. That attracted visits from every branch of the Federal govt. It also attracted stalkers trying to negate what I was advocating. I keep multiple layers between my online activities. You'd be amazed at how persistent people can be to silence you for having a difference in opinion to them. The layers don't give me more privacy, but they do shine a spotlight on stalkers. One anonymous email provider posted on his site... If you plan on doing anything illegal, be aware that the FBI visited him daily and he was on a first name basis with the agents.