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/r/privacy FAQ
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Before you use the "I have nothing to hide" argument please read this paper--all of it. If you can't find the time, then this article should at least get you thinking about why privacy matters.
Why surveillance is not OK
A landmark discussion on DemocracyNow including William Binney, Jacob Appelbaum and Laura Poitras. Do you think that's freedom you're breathing?
Cory Doctorow on the upcoming privacy wars
Reddit uses Google Analytics which may be used to track you across various internet sites.
Continuing discussion about frustrating the efforts of organizations that spy on citizens and consumers.
Suggested Software
Note this section has software that is under ongoing development. No one solution can guarantee your anonymity.
Related Subreddits:
Donate
Consider donating to one of the organizations that fight for your rights.
| Org |
Name |
| ACLU |
American Civil Liberties Union |
| EFF |
Electronic Frontier Foundation |
| EPIC |
Electronic Privacy Information Center |
| FSF |
Free Software Foundation |
| ORG |
Open Rights Group |
| Tor |
Tor |
| Torservers |
high bandwidth Tor exit nodes |
Subreddit guidelines (updated 2016-02-21)
If you find privacy related software, services or subreddits you think are great please run them by the mods before you post them. Close source software is not permitted
If you're a developer or employee of a company that makesprivacy related software or services you can post links/comments about it if it is open source. But, you also must clearly identify yourself and stick around to answer questions people have regarding your product/service. Remember we're a community, not a place to advertise. Your site must be available over https only.
The promotion of closed source privacy software is not welcome in /r/privacy. By its nature you can not verify easily that it does what it claims and as a result this puts your privacy and security at risk
Refrain from repeatedly pushing traffic to personal or other sites, especially if commercial in nature.
Be nice and have some fun. Please don't jump on people for making a mistake or holding a different view. Reclaiming the privacy high ground requires changing minds and you can't do that if you scare people away.
Sexism will not be tolerated.
Don't suggest violence or destruction as a means to an end
Before posting check that a discussion has not already been started. Use the search and check new submissions.
This is not a tech support subreddit. These posts may be removed.
Refrain from editorializing titles, use the original title.
Always link to the original source material
Clear any links to fundraising with the mods first
All surveys should be passed by the mods for approval before posting
Don't post memes or other images funny or not.
Please don't theorize about conspiracies here. We don't need to confuse things by introducing unverifiable conspiracy conjecture.
Due to the commercial nature of VPNs discussion are better directed to /r/vpn
Failure to adhere to the above will result in your post being removed and / or you being banned
