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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Feds Ordered Google To Unmask Certain YouTube Users. Critics Say It’s ‘Terrifying.’ (www.forbes.com)

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[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Its someone else's computer, but where your traffic is mixed with a ton of other people's traffic coming out of that computer. Essentially you're mixing your traffic with others. And youre often coming out of another countey with better privacy laws thsn your country. That has value in a number of ways.