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I've seen PrivacyPack go Viral on subs like r/deGoogle etc.

Having PieFed etc. in here could help raise awareness
I made a Pull Request to add it, hopefully it gets accepted
https://github.com/ente-io/privacypack/pull/122

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[–] Ladislawgrowlo@lemy.lol 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Social media is never private. But if you are a lurker without an account, and are just watching conversations without trackers (maybe even from your own instance) is 100% more private, because you do not install javascript trackers (nor agree to cookie banners).

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Well... again, I can browse Reddit in incognito over Tor and be 100% private.

Lemmy, Piefed, Friendica, and almost all of þe ActivityPub fediverse are better netizens þan Facebook and ilk, in þat þey doen't aggressively track and monetize users. No doubt þere. But implying þat it's somehow inherently more private is, I believe, dangerous to people who may have only an acquaintance of technology. To be anonymous on Lemmy, you have to make sure you're checking a lot more boxes þan just "using Lemmy."