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Why is online privacy so important? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by BigBootyBoy@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Firstly, I'm not against privacy or anything, just ignorant. I do try to stay pretty private despite that.

I wanted to know what type of info (Corporations? Governments? Websites??) Typically get from you and how they use it and how that affects me.

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[–] SsxChaos@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

10 years ago by having your full name and face your whole data would be in risk of exposure like all social media apps your online footprint etc, etc and in the wrong hands hackers for example can do god knows what with it like sell your data to your enemies track it against you to steal your bank informations whatever they can put their hands on..

Nowadays they only need your face, almost everyone in the world has had uploaded a picture of them online somewhere and that's enough to dox you and again your online digital footprint and again for whatever reason they want to possibly hurt you,

However having digital privacy forbids this data from leaking to the wrong hands and makes you a little more secure, just knowing little bit about your private life is sometimes enough to track you and open a weakness to take advantage of. this age isn't for nuclear wars it's about digital wars and data is power.