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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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Every privacy app asks you to trust them. We ask you not to. (github.com)

submitted 2 days ago by anongratis@thelemmy.club to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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We build free, open-source privacy tools — encrypted chat, anonymous mail, untraceable voice, a whistleblower drop, a browser, a network layer. All given away.

But "free and open source" means nothing if you can't check it. So:

Source is public — read every line: github.com/Anon-Gratis
Hashes are signed — verify the binary matches what we published
Build it yourself — don't want our binary? Compile it from source

We don't want your trust. We want you to not need it. The only privacy tool that survives "trust me bro" is the one you can read.

🌐 anonymous.gratis · ✉️ admin@anon.gratis (PGP on site)

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[–] Steve@communick.news 38 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So many people conflate privacy with anonymity.
They're largely unrelated.

[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

I think this would be a relatively straightforward explanation. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Privacy - whether your door's keys are given to someone.

Anonymity - whether or not someone can see what's behind your door.

Security - whether or not your door is locked and has alarms.

Good & Bad practice examples

Good privacy: people can only enter and leave your door with your consent.

Good anonymity: people don't know what's behind your door.

Good security: people can't break in easily, and if they do, you know.

Bad privacy: adversaries can enter and leave your door without your consent.

Bad anonymity: adversaries know what's behind your door.

Bad security: adversaries can break in easily, and if they do, you don't know.

[–] Steve@communick.news 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Privacy is about activity.
Anonymity is about identity.
Security is about ensuring the other two.

I would say: Privacy is everyone seeing you come and go from a house with no windows.
Anonymity is when you're covered head to toe when you come and go. So nobody know who lives there.
Security is a measure of how good your locks and coveralls are.

Real world examples: Going to a protest with a mask is anonymous, in public.
Sessions with your court appointed therapist are private, not anonymous.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Anonymity - whether or not someone can see what's behind your door.

that's also privacy. anonimity is whether the neighbors know who lives in your house

[–] portnull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Privacy is related to activity

Anonymity is related to identity

Security is related to access