Is all this bullshit about data collection and other practices by Google and other companies widespread globally or are the most serious things only happening in the U.S.?

Maybe it sounds like a stupid question, and maybe it is, but allow me to elaborate a little more.

First of all, I have been learning about privacy in the digital world for some time now, which has made me rethink certain behaviors and ways of acting with respect to the technologies and software I use.

For example, my personal computer runs Arch Linux (although my preference for Linux over Windows goes way back), I am gradually switching from Gmail …

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