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From: wraeth <wraeth@×××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 38.1.0 :-(
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2015 09:21:16
Message-Id: 55BDE104.90500@wraeth.id.au
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Firefox 38.1.0 :-( by Frank Steinmetzger
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4 On 02/08/15 19:13, Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
5 > On Sat, Aug 01, 2015 at 08:30:41PM -0700, Lee wrote:
6 >> Not an answer to your question, but Google - chrome is a much
7 >> better browser imo, and installs itself very quickly and tidily
8 >> with portage.
9 >
10 > If you are interested in software that tells its maker where you go
11 > and what you say all the time ... *SCNR*
12
13 Precisely the reason [1] I stopped using Chrome (plus chromium takes
14 so long to build and the theming is painful).
15
16 The so-called "black box" was supposedly removed from Chrom{e,ium},
17 but if Google were willing to do it once, they've lost my vote WRT
18 privacy advocacy and openness.
19
20 [1]:
21 http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/23/google-eavesdropping-t
22 ool-installed-computers-without-permission
23
24 [2]:
25 http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jun/25/google-pulls-listening
26 - -software-chromium
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28 wraeth <wraeth@×××××××××.au>
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