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Re:Companies that buy data derived from scraping the content... by JohnFen on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @03:56PM (#22302752)
> Most native desktop apps can't run without access to the filesystem, for instance.

True, but in terms of privacy, that doesn't matter if the app can't communicate out.

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Re:Companies that buy data derived from scraping the content... by dheera on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @05:53PM (#22303851)
WeChat is mostly an instant messaging app, so not letting it communicate out would defeat the purpose of using it in the first place.

I agree with you for purely offline tools such as Inkscape/GIMP/etc. though.

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Re:Companies that buy data derived from scraping the content... by JohnFen on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @03:21PM (#22312393)
> not letting it communicate out would defeat the purpose of using it in the first place.

True. Apps that must communicate out in order to do their jobs are a different category.

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