Re:Verso – web browser built on top of the Servo web engine
by amelius on Sunday August 11, 2024 @10:28AM
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The problem with these smaller webbrowsers is that you have nobody to sue if the browser turns out to leak your personal information or credentials etc. Therefore it is better to stick with browsers made by big corporations.
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Re:Verso – web browser built on top of the Servo web engine
by alex_duf on Sunday August 11, 2024 @11:50AM
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This is true for any software though, so if we push that reasoning to its extreme, no one should ever use any free and open source software, which I find a little bonkers.
Re:Verso – web browser built on top of the Servo web engine
by amelius on Sunday August 11, 2024 @12:39PM
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Except browsers are more likely to leak your personal info than, say, a vector drawing program.
Re:Verso – web browser built on top of the Servo web engine
by swiftcoder on Sunday August 11, 2024 @01:47PM
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I'm curious what exactly you think suing Google or Apple in such a case would accomplish?
On the (long) odds that you get all the way to a successful class-action suit, the lawyers get rich, and the class members eventually end up with a free year of credit monitoring
(we have seen this over and over again in settlements for high-profile data breaches)
Re:Verso – web browser built on top of the Servo web engine
by RussianCow on Sunday August 11, 2024 @01:48PM
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Are you really planning on suing Google for leaking personal info via Chrome?
Re:Verso – web browser built on top of the Servo web engine
by lolinder on Sunday August 11, 2024 @10:35PM
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Some people just get warm fuzzies at the idea of theoretically being able to sue someone if they need to. Usually these are people who've never actually looked into what it would take to even start a lawsuit.