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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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[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

It’s naive to think you can’t be influenced into buying things you wouldn’t otherwise.

Also there’s the matter of pricing: they’ll get you to pay as much as possible, either by pushing more expensive versions or by actually changing the price you see on websites like Amazon.