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    Comment #16372966

    I wouldn't "launch this" because it's not needed in the first place. You should accept email for what it is. The same point the article is defending. > and was actually trying to m…

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    Comment #16372670

    I was typing a long, long reply too but I just realized I wouldn't even use my own suggestions because I don't trust Google anymore, specially to do the right thing in the long run…

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    Comment #16367586

    Email is already fucked. In my experience Gmail often failed to receive emails from services like Yandex and Zoho. Plenty of people here that setup their own servers, and know what…

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    Comment #16356158

    I know nothing about the subject, how does file removal work in decentralized networks? I understand once something is on the internet it's out of your control but what if I accide…

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    Comment #16318737

    I live in fear https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12062807

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    Comment #16292289

    Like I said you can de-anonymize data. I wouldn't know since I'm not a security researcher and haven't tried to analyze Windows traffic with external hardware. It's like asking if …

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    Comment #16291839

    > In regards to trust, you can actually view the diagnostic data since the insider build half a month ago using windows diagnostic data viewer. Once again a matter of trust (or not…

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    Comment #16291656

    With all that's going on with the world (especially the last decade) a lot of people, like me, feels that having telemetry at the OS level is going too far. And think again about d…

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    Comment #16288159

    Maybe the original version. I heard things got lost in translation.

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    Comment #16286579

    There are several referer settings. https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pyllyukko/user.js/master/u... user_pref("network.http.referer.userControlPolicy", x); // TODO: https://github.…

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    Comment #16284106

    "When you compare Linux and Windows applications feature for feature, there is very little, if anything, that Microsoft has that Linux hasn't yet perfected." https://i.imgur.com/Pc…

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    Comment #16279622

    Even if they define a 5 to 10 years warning before "deprecating" it is better than finding ourselves in the same hole the same amount of years from now.

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    Comment #16275790

    I register all my accounts using Gmail because I feel DNS/domain security is a joke (this was debated here in the past but I don't have the technical knowledge to explain it any be…

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    Comment #16275755

    I wish that was enough. The articles that show up here on HN from time to time make me think they can cross-reference data and fingerprint you through many data sources and more ad…

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    Comment #16271320

    And if you want things like "receiving updates" and "no bloatware, stock android" you have to compromise on the hardware side. Gets even worse when you add phone carriers and warra…