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Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users: Leak show feds tracking anti-ICE Reddit users like "Budget-Chicken-2425"
(www.kenklippenstein.com)
You are on a public forum, just like reddit. Anyone and everyone can read what you wrote, why would you think otherwise?
Federation and privacy don't really go hand in hand
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So if you do something like call for a protest you'll need to use a foreign VPN and a burner account.
So ~~if~~ you ~~do something like call for a protest you'll~~ need ~~to use~~ a foreign VPN and a burner account.
If they really want to negate "reputational risk", they should look closer at themselves. Alas, theyll never do that
I'm surprised anyone would be surprised by this
I'm surprised only because Reddit is so full of fucking nazi dickheads. Why would DHS spy on the people that lick their boots?
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