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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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Isn't brave supposed to be "private"? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by TuxEnthusiast@sopuli.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Saw this in my adguard home query logs.

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[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social 17 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm a grown adult and can check for updates my own damn self. This phone-home telemetry in the guise of updating bullshit needs to stop

[–] Junkers_Klunker 34 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Then use an actual private browser and not some techbro cryptobrowser.

[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social -3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Name them.

[–] Junkers_Klunker 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They have already been named in other comments. you’re a grownup, you could probably read them yourself.

[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social -2 points 3 weeks ago

Only one other was named and its not sufficient because its not truly private. Please name them