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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.

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Majority of Americans now use ad blockers (www.theregister.com)

submitted 7 months ago by ylai@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] 0oWow@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Why are people recommending Microsoft spyware in a privacy thread??

[–] HumanPerson@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

The better option is not to use windows at all, but if you are, I don't think disabling windows defender will stop them from getting whatever they want anyway.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Here we are spaking about that this Spyware is pretty resistant against all kind of malware, not about that it's needed to gut it from all kind of telemetries, bloatware and not needed services before the first use, that is another thing.