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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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How American Surveillance Got So Terrifying (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 day ago by yogthos@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Oestradiolo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nice try YouTube.

But also, TLDW?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

Big tech companies like Google made deals with agencies like the NSA to harvest user data. On top of that, these companies will sell data to everyone else who'll pay for it with effectively no oversight.