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As the Internet Gets Scarier, More Parents Keep Their Kids’ Photos Offline (getpocket.com)

submitted 7 months ago by tuckerm@supermeter.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Here's a non-paywalled link to an article published in the Washington Post a few days ago. It's great to see this kind of thing getting some mainstream attention. Young children have not made an informed decision about whether they want their photos posted online.

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[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

For those who don't want to use "Pocket"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2024/04/08/parenting-keeping-kids-offline/

[-] slimarev92@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

What's wrong with Pocket?

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 months ago

Not great for privacy

[-] slimarev92@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Explain

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 months ago

It is a marketing platform. How could it not be bad for privacy? It does analysis on your your behavior.

[-] Lon3star@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I use 23Snaps. Gated social sharing among your contacts.

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[-] K0W4LSK1@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

I use ente.io can share it with like 5 family members too

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this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2024

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