Privacy

31982 readers

523 users here now

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.

Some Rules

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
Be nice :)

Related communities

Chat rooms

[Matrix/Element]Dead
Discord

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

418

I deleted my google accounts today (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by mertn@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

116 comments fedilink hide all child comments

It took a few months preparation but I deleted all my google accounts today, and it feels good.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] jacktherippah@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I can't wait to graduate college so I can stop using my Google account. I still have to use mine for the online office suite. I use LibreOffice if it's just me but I have to collaborate and do group assignments on Google Docs and Slides too.