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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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I made a spreadsheet that ranks messengers for privacy (privacyspreadsheet.com)

submitted 9 months ago by UnHidden@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I've been working really hard to research and rank messaging apps by their privacy. The more green boxes the better.

I plan to turn PrivacySpreadsheet.com into a place for privacy data on everything from cars to video games. It's all open source too on GitHub.

Not trying to advertise, I just put a lot of time into researching all this, and I want to share it since I think others could benefit.

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[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

USA is atleast 100x worse than China, if you cared to look at Snowden and Assange leaks, and Wikipedia page for USA surveillance programs since the formation of NSA in 1960s. Assange is getting drugged and tortured as we speak, and that is not happening in China. Snowden can never go back to his home unless he wants to be "mysteriously dead".

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 5 points 9 months ago

I wouldn't say worse than China, but I'd say they're both equal, in their own way.

It's the nature of state politics and security. I'd bet even money every government on the planet is equally bad, up to the resources they have at their disposal.

Remember, all governments are collections of individuals, and individuals range in their morality.

Certain types are attracted to certain opportunities...like the power of government.