Re:Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft
by SoftTalker on Monday June 12, 2023 @01:14PM
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You're putting a lot of faith in uBlock Origin though. You have to grant it full permissions when you install it. Not at all saying that uBlock Origin is doing anything nefarious, but it certainly could.
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Re:Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft
by aceazzameen on Monday June 12, 2023 @02:16PM
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I mean, anything you install on your hardware can do something nefarious. Edge is built into Windows, so who knows how deep its permissions can go.
Luckily uBlock Origin is open source and viewable on github, and isn't driven by greed. So I trust it more than Microsoft or any big tech company.
Re:Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft
by nottorp on Monday June 12, 2023 @02:43PM
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Well some people are putting a lot of faith in Chrome, which is owned by Google. I don't know which choice is more risky...
Re:Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft
by arepublicadoceu on Monday June 12, 2023 @02:45PM
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Yeap, everything can do nefarious things.
But, somehow I trust a random dev that refuses to accept donations, even though my cheap ass would definitely donate to him, more than Microsoft, apple and (insert BigTech here)