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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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Plex starts narcing on its own users' anime and X-rated habits with an opt-out service, and it's going terribly (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] mob@sopuli.xyz 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Old term. Think it was short for "narcotics agent", used to call someone a snitch basically

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I think it's somehow related to the prohibition era. Perhaps alcohol was under the jurisdiction of narcotics?

It's odd that above doesn't know it, I thought its definition was well known and would have had no qualms about using it, I wonder if it's a regional word now?