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A comment on Microsoft’s purchase of GitHub leaves some scientists uneasy. Parent comment

Re:Microsoft’s purchase of GitHub leaves some scientists uneasy by oaiey on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @04:35AM (#17344728)
I think we should be more careful to distinguish between accessing data and "big data" usage like stats, ads, ... (and scanning illegal stuff). The later is "normal" business while the other is a real breach of trust.
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Re:Microsoft’s purchase of GitHub leaves some scientists uneasy by lucb1e on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @02:08PM (#17348972)
I'm pretty sure they don't ban Skype accounts based on algorithms alone, seems risky.
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