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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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What are some privacy mistakes you've made? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by Charger8232@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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All of us have made privacy mistakes at some point in our privacy journeys. In an effort to help those earlier on in that journey, please share some of the mistakes you've made, and how you could have prevented it.

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 11 months ago

True story:

When I was a kid I wrote a review for Dexter's Laboratory on the internet. I wrote "I think the show fuckin sucks!". I don't know why. Again, I was like 10. AOL ratted me out to my parents somehow and I got banned from the dial-up for a week.