The most common argument used in defense of mass surveillance is ‘If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear’. Try saying that to women in the US states where abortion has suddenly become illegal. Say it to investigative journalists in authoritarian countries. Saying ‘I have nothing to hide’ means you stop caring about anyone fighting for their freedom. And one day, you might be one of them.
  • alvvayson@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Religion, sexual orientation, union membership and political beliefs have all been used in the past to persecute people.

    To think that it’s not possible again is naive.

    Privacy is the most fundamental right to be free.

    Without privacy, the Chinese CCP model will be the model we all will eventually live under.

  • DannyMac@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I love Mullvad. You don’t see them in any ads (No “this video is brought to you by Mullvad VPN”) and you can pay them any way you’d like… Including cash!

  • other_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve got a bit of a VPN question if anyone wants to educate a newbie a little. When I tried a VPN (Mullvad actually!) it defaulted to Sweden but then accessing my banking information didn’t work. If I switch a VPN to reflect that I’m somewhere randomly in the USA, is that still sufficient protection?

    • yukijoou@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      1 year ago

      it depends™

      what are you protecting yourself against?

      for my use case, that’d be good enough, i don’t want my school/building admins to snoop on the websites i visit, and don’t want to fear academic repercussions for torrenting and such

      though if you think your government is out to get you, then tunneling to another country is probably best!

      • other_cat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Nothing that serious, thankfully. Just want to obfuscate my data and leave as little of an impression on the internet as I can. Good advice, thank you!