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Premium Privacy Services: are they really that private ?
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this post was submitted on 24 Apr 2026
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Currently Google takes all your data, bundles it up, and sells it to the US government (and basically anyone else willing to pay). The goal of these paid privacy services is not necessarily to prevent the government from getting your information, but rather to make sure the government at least needs to ask for it first.
There are few services that offer both anonymity and privacy, they do exist but nobody really needs that level of privacy unless they're journalists, whistleblowers, activists, or criminals.
There's also security reasons, having your messages out in the open unencrypted is a security risk.
Aside from services with limited, capped capacity, we all benefit from those services having a broader userbase. Quit gatekeeping the good shit that needs to be shared.
Few people "need" that level of privacy. When you are both private and anonymous that makes the services very inconvenient and uncomfortable to use.
It's not gatekeeping to say "you don't need a home security alarm, just a good lock on your door is fine for most people".
Alright, how about for those of us noncriminals you listed 3 categories for?
Inconvenience is fine, so long as its doable.
That's why I made the exception. I didn't say "nobody really needs that level of privacy unless they’re criminals". I said ...