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Why is that the Normies had shifted from "I have nothing to hide" to "Privacy is not real"???
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this post was submitted on 19 Nov 2024
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e.g. Period tracking apps being used as evidence when prosecuting people who seek abortions
Yes. There are a lot of reasons why any one of us could turn into a high value target at the drop off a hat. If not to a government, then to an organisation or a lone lunatic.
those can be open-source and selfhosted, no?
Yes, absolutely! But that wasn't the point - rather that the spyware ones are popular for some reason, and thus can serve as a sad example of "low-hanging fruit to make an example of".
(TBH I don't get the need for a separate app in general, seems gimmicky, I just use a normal calendar)
they collect data about every user, not just abortion seekers, propably