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.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

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Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
Don't promote proprietary software
Try to keep things on topic
If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
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[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 42 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

We use Chromebooks at my work (along with the whole Google suite), and we are bound by the rules of HIPAA. Without a way to opt out of this AI crap, I increasingly worry about what all of this means for our clients' privacy. Especially with this administration, with RFK deadset on targeting people with disabilities.

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[+] BubblyRomeo@kbin.earth 6 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

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[–] rothaine@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What kind of backwater hospital/healthcare company uses chromebook

I was at a specialist's office and noticed they were using Windows XP. This was 3 years ago.

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[–] jnod4@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Windows XP might be more secure soon than any machine running Gemini

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[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

Privacy =/= Security. Windows XP might have good privacy (I would argue Windows 2000 is better for that, as it doesn't have Product Activation), but security is nonexistant in 2025 in either case. For malware, it's free real estate.

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[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

I did care before COVID, and the chromebooks were the safe option. Some sites had desktop computers available, but those had no antivirus and we logged into the admin account with full permissions.