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<blockquote data-quote="SerialCart" data-source="post: 1025626" data-attributes="member: 83401"><p>With all respect I completely disagree with you.</p><p></p><p>Yes, many of companies are selling their customers data. But we have selling and <strong><u>SELLING</u></strong>!</p><p></p><p>Meta (facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram ...), Microsoft and Google and majority of the VPN providers are selling non-anonymized data of their customers. Meaning, name, address, Wifi location, visited websites, installed software and exact time points which all has happened.</p><p></p><p>While there are others who are saying that they are selling your data but they anonymize them. Best example is Mullvad! In their privacy policy they clearly say they are selling your anonymized data. The do not collect you name, address or even email. </p><p></p><p>There is a huge difference between these two. And the sentence "I have nothing to hide" is something which (IMO) the MOST STUPID sentence that I have ever heard.</p><p></p><p>You do not need to be a terrorist to hide something. We as humans all have secrets at different levels. We should accept the fact that some people take their own lives because of their secrets being revealed. So privacy <strong><u>IS</u></strong> important.</p><p></p><p>Of course 100% privacy is far behind and we will never get it back but we still can create a balance by changing our lifestyle, the software and the hardware that we choose and with a correct thinking.</p><p></p><p>My answer to your question is THERE IS NO 100% private software, however, you can find the best based on your own settings such as the location that you live in and many other parameters.</p><p></p><p>For example a person who is living in the EU, might prefer not to share his data with an Australian or an American company (it is an example). Then I would say he/she should focus on an European product.</p><p></p><p>I would also look at the history of the brands. Some products have a history of not respecting privacy of their customers. I personally would not trust these products anymore. If they can do it once, they can do it 1000 more times. </p><p></p><p>And also with VPNs I would be double cautious. I have had many meetings with different VPN providers and I remember one of them which is extremely famous and is selling itself as the most private and secure VPN provider (sorry I can not name any brand here), told us that the data analysis section of their company consists of 2/3 of their company! </p><p></p><p>Sorry if I talked a lot <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite116" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SerialCart, post: 1025626, member: 83401"] With all respect I completely disagree with you. Yes, many of companies are selling their customers data. But we have selling and [B][U]SELLING[/U][/B]! Meta (facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram ...), Microsoft and Google and majority of the VPN providers are selling non-anonymized data of their customers. Meaning, name, address, Wifi location, visited websites, installed software and exact time points which all has happened. While there are others who are saying that they are selling your data but they anonymize them. Best example is Mullvad! In their privacy policy they clearly say they are selling your anonymized data. The do not collect you name, address or even email. There is a huge difference between these two. And the sentence "I have nothing to hide" is something which (IMO) the MOST STUPID sentence that I have ever heard. You do not need to be a terrorist to hide something. We as humans all have secrets at different levels. We should accept the fact that some people take their own lives because of their secrets being revealed. So privacy [B][U]IS[/U][/B] important. Of course 100% privacy is far behind and we will never get it back but we still can create a balance by changing our lifestyle, the software and the hardware that we choose and with a correct thinking. My answer to your question is THERE IS NO 100% private software, however, you can find the best based on your own settings such as the location that you live in and many other parameters. For example a person who is living in the EU, might prefer not to share his data with an Australian or an American company (it is an example). Then I would say he/she should focus on an European product. I would also look at the history of the brands. Some products have a history of not respecting privacy of their customers. I personally would not trust these products anymore. If they can do it once, they can do it 1000 more times. And also with VPNs I would be double cautious. I have had many meetings with different VPN providers and I remember one of them which is extremely famous and is selling itself as the most private and secure VPN provider (sorry I can not name any brand here), told us that the data analysis section of their company consists of 2/3 of their company! Sorry if I talked a lot :D [/QUOTE]
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