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As the Internet Gets Scarier, More Parents Keep Their Kids’ Photos Offline (getpocket.com)

submitted 8 months ago by tuckerm@supermeter.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Here's a non-paywalled link to an article published in the Washington Post a few days ago. It's great to see this kind of thing getting some mainstream attention. Young children have not made an informed decision about whether they want their photos posted online.

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[–] Manzas@lemdro.id 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

https://gitlab.futo.org/videostreaming/grayjay it is a paid program that is why it is not allowed to fork from it atleast without approval .Altough you can use it without paying

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Exactly, it is not Foss

[–] Manzas@lemdro.id 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean it is not foss ,but more open than the youtube client app

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago

That's bad comparison. Why use something that harms your freedom when you could use something that protects it? Grayjay is up there with Nord VPN and other services shilled by Youtubers.