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Re:Star Citizen developers intend to drop DirectX support an... by kybernetikos on Sunday March 19, 2017 @12:49PM (#13908151)
I use smart phone apps from fdroid and noscript configured to deny js from telemetry sites.
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Re:Star Citizen developers intend to drop DirectX support an... by pjmlp on Sunday March 19, 2017 @01:11PM (#13908301)
That doesn't remove the telemetry the web sites are able to do via web clicks, or everything else associated with your profile.

Do you create a fake profile every time you buy something?

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Re:Star Citizen developers intend to drop DirectX support an... by some1else on Monday March 20, 2017 @07:51AM (#13913314)
How does not being able to maintain 100% privacy elsewhere matter in this discussion? The fact that there are thousands of abuses happening every minute doesn't justify abuse in any way.
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Re:Star Citizen developers intend to drop DirectX support an... by pjmlp on Monday March 20, 2017 @07:57AM (#13913344)
Because the majority of people that appear offended by Microsoft usually don't have any issue with any SV darling doing the same to their data.
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Re:Star Citizen developers intend to drop DirectX support an... by kybernetikos on Monday March 20, 2017 @03:05AM (#13912313)
No, only occasionally.
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