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		atatatat on May 31, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows 10 nagging users with Bing advertisements ... Understanding the difference between security and privacy is why I actually use Edge on Windows for some desktop tasks.

ocdtrekkie on May 31, 2021 [–]

There is no difference between security and privacy. If you have no privacy, compromising your security is easy. If you have no security, compromising your privacy is easy.

Guarding one protects the other.

atatatat on May 31, 2021 | [–]

Correct.

Need to do those in different ways at different times.

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