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Re:Atom editor still phones home prior to consent dialog by BubRoss on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @09:03PM (#21644676)
> i use Little Snitch and DNS blackholing of tracking services

Why do you need that when you can just not use things that spy on you (by your own logic)

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Re:Atom editor still phones home prior to consent dialog by saagarjha on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @11:29PM (#21645252)
The issue here is that there is no way of knowing what'll spy on you without using it and running these services.
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Re:Atom editor still phones home prior to consent dialog by BubRoss on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @07:52AM (#21647411)
Yes I know. This person has been saying 'no one forces you to use atom, just don't use it' as a solution to spying but also says he runs DNS tools to prevent rogue programs.
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Re:Atom editor still phones home prior to consent dialog by catalogia on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @03:43PM (#21651900)
> " This person has been saying 'no one forces you to use atom, just don't use it'"

That is a flat wrong summation of sneak's arguments in this discussion. I think you must have misread usernames, because sneak is saying quite the opposite of what you think he's saying.

Note that sneak is not sjwright (the other person in this thread you've responded to and who's argument you seem to have misattributed to sneak.)

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