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minnix@lemux.minnix.dev to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months ago

84% Of Americans Want Tougher Online Privacy Laws, But Congress Is Too Corrupt To Follow Through

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84% Of Americans Want Tougher Online Privacy Laws, But Congress Is Too Corrupt To Follow Through

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Americans are, apparently, tired of having every last shred of personal data over-collected, hyper monetized, then improperly secured by a rotating crop of ethics-optional corporations and lazy exe…
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      good luck with that… the bigger problem is that Americans are already demoralized to the point you cannot make the majority of them understand logic and reason, or science and proof for that matter, or they would already have this problem solved.

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      Boycott only works with niche products, you will never make a business stop using microsoft office.

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