Re:Bunny fonts – privacy respecting drop-in replacement for ...
by fritigern on Sunday June 19, 2022 @01:33PM
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I am not worried too much about corporate surveillance. I can always shop somewhere else. I can't change my government.
I use DDG because I don't like Google. I can't do the same with my government.
Re:Bunny fonts – privacy respecting drop-in replacement for ...
by dundarious on Sunday June 19, 2022 @08:17PM
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Fair enough, and in a sense I don't even really disagree, but my point is essentially that self-hosting eliminates the class of problems almost entirely, meaning there would be no need to rely on this kind of 2nd order competition at all.
But when it comes to surveillance on this quotidian level, I think private/corporate surveillance it’s far more relevant and problematic. In that regard, I’d slightly prefer a European country with good privacy laws like those you listed, because (probably) Bunny is not itself at the level of a panopticon such as Google, and the likelihood it has or would avail of avenues for resale to panopticon capable data brokers is less than it would be for US companies.
But even there, it does seem like a quite incremental improvement. The door is still wedged open, but now probably less wide, and probably with a stronger doorstop. It would be nice to not leave the door open at all.