this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2024
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[–] [email protected] 104 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

The mindset about privacy is just all wrong. It's not an all or nothing game. Any privacy gain is a net positive to no privacy at all.

To many people conflate privacy with anonymity or try "accomplish" privacy without understanding what they want to be private from and why.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 12 hours ago

Exactly. Now to click the “copy text” button and keep your fine words handy for my next convo with a friend who thinks life with Facebook and Google is grand.