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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

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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Your washing machine could be sending 3.7 GB of data a day — LG washing machine owner disconnected his device from Wi-Fi after noticing excessive outgoing daily data traffic (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 10 months ago by minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] survivalmachine 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

What exactly in this article indicates that? I feel you're either mis-reading the article or baselessly fear-mongering here.