• redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    Before coming to Lemmygrad I realise I was fucking clueless about privacy and security. I thought I knew but I wasn’t even close.

    • silent_water [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      the political perspective helps ground the theory. corps have social reasons to collect data, even when they pinkie swear not to - it builds power over people. the profit motive ensures that they will pursue power because power is capital.