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Re:Atom editor still phones home prior to consent dialog by BubRoss on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @09:01PM (#21644669)
This is about not lying to your users
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Re:Atom editor still phones home prior to consent dialog by sjwright on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @05:32AM (#21646766)
It's not a lie if they aren't logging anything.

(I'm not saying that's the case, by the way. It's just an observation. We can't really know if they're lying or not—and to that extent I agree with your point.)

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