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Re:Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain by betaby on Monday May 06, 2024 @10:57PM (#40281881)
> 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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Re:Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain by dheera on Monday May 06, 2024 @11:01PM (#40281909)
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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Re:Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain by littlestymaar on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @12:40AM (#40282403)
The “public” also means the private industrial sector, and nowadays they are by far the biggest threat for people living in the Western world.
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Re:Proton Mail Discloses User Data Leading to Arrest in Spain by habitue on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @12:45AM (#40282434)
The public includes online mobs who send you death threats. It definitely matters to protect your identity from the public
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