• finalarbiter@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 hours ago

    By that logic, it’s also a hostile activity to close the bathroom door when I’m taking a fat shit. Privacy isn’t just for criminals.

  • brillotti@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    I’m tired boss. This governmental fight against privacy all over the world is wearing down my willingness to be on the internet at all.

    • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca
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      8 hours ago

      Now is a great time to invest some time and effort into offline hobbies, whether they be on your computer or otherwise. Limiting or eliminating your time online these days is just a straight net gain for your mental health, especially if you can fill that gap with some other fulfilling activity.

    • VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 hours ago

      I am already self-hosting Matrix for my friend group. I suppose where just gonna move more and more stuff onto there. Doesn’t fix the issue, but you don’t have to go quietly.

  • Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    This year has been absolutely relentless. Got to be the worst year for privacy by far, and tech in general. Especially in the UK and especially these last few months. I will never forgive Labour for this. I know a lot of the legislation like the online safety act was passed by the previous Tory government but they were supposed to be an improvement, not come in and start immediately enforcing it to a greater extent than the Tories.

    I don’t think there’s been a single week since the summer where I haven’t seen something that’s filled me with dread. I think it’s actually making me sick at this point

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      Yeah its been an affront on all sides. Privacy and freedom of expression is dying, unfortunately the majority of the population will only realise the levels of authoritarianism too late.

  • Kairos@lemmy.today
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    8 hours ago

    The UK has become a mockery of its own legal system. Even the current state in the U.S. respects common law more.

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    7 hours ago

    You know you can stand up your own Matrix-Synapse server as part of your home lab, its the “we have Telegram at home” answer.