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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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I hate how the privacy services shove in your face the "unprotected" word (lemmy.today)

submitted 1 day ago by JohnDarlen@lemmy.today to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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You disable the VPN, they show "unprotected", come on, I'm not really unprotected, why such a dramatic word, I just disabled the thing a little, I'm "disconnected" but it doesn't mean I'm actually unprotected, the same way it doesn't mean I'm actually protected if I'm using a VPN.

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[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That could theoretically be misconstrued by some users as meaning "not connected" to any network, though. And explaining it might be a little wordy for a notification. Maybe "VPN disconnected" or something.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

True. Users are able to misconstrue things well beyond my imagination

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Half of all people are dumber than average, yes.