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Re:TikTok to Sue U.S. over Ban by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @09:58AM (#24120285)
In order to exist as functional part of modern society you pretty much have to be on at least a couple apps that exfiltrate all your data and metadata. Sure you can DIY everything but that comes with a huge time cost that most simply cannot afford.

The point out preferring one's data in the hands of a regime that doesn't have jurisdiction to send jack booted thugs to kick in one's door still stands.

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Re:TikTok to Sue U.S. over Ban by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:21AM (#24120514)
> In order to exist as functional part of modern society you pretty much have to be on at least a couple apps that exfiltrate all your data and metadata.

I think you vastly overestimate 1) how much a functional human in modern society actually needs any of this garbage and 2) how much of that data and metadata is meaningful in regards to someone's privacy.

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