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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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You Should Stop Using Meta (Facebook) Products at All Costs | MindDump (minddump-5f4.pages.dev)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I made a minimal website using Hugo just for writing blogs so I don't have to post them in groups as posts. Hope it's fine here. This is not a promotion. No tracking links either.

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[–] FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago

it’s almost like cigarettes

It really is. They employed psychologists to make it as psychologically addicting as possible. They studied the ways to make ppl engage the most. Which turned out to be in-group vs out-group rage. They designed their algorithms to pump that, nonstop. And on top of htat, every other psych trick they could find.

Avg person has no chance, when an entire ass team of big dollar PhD psychologists comes at them.