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Proton Mail discloses user data leading to arrest ...
> Privacy does not protect you from the state. Privacy is good enough to protect you from the public.
Public doesn't care mostly. Governments on the other hand...
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The public includes online mobs who send you death threats. It definitely matters to protect your identity from the public
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The “public” also means the private industrial sector, and nowadays they are by far the biggest threat for people living in the Western world.
dheera
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The public might care if you are rich, influential, or conventionally highly attractive, in which case privacy is a good thing to have.
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Public doesn't care mostly. Governments on the other hand...