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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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Europe is ready to ditch US tech for private alternatives (proton.me)

submitted 1 week ago by angrywaffle@piefed.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Ferk@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Still, the title is misdirected, and it sounds like Proton trying to do marketing.

Neither is it true that Europe is ready yet (most companies are stuck with MS products like the other commenter said) nor are all those who want to switch looking for privacy (but rather more independence from US).