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0 pointsbl4k15y ago0 comments

ye not much better

there is a reason datacenters were built

thinking about this after I left my comment, having all that data on your local machine is just crazy - you are one browser exploit or break-in away from having it fall into somebody elses hands. It isn't professional for a web service to be doing this - esp one that is now charging some customers.

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petercooper15y ago· 1 in thread

In principle, this is true, but we're talking Instapaper here. The only sensitive data that could be in a list of URLs is if you were making a bunch of porn or subversive literature to "Read Later." It's not on a par with financial info or even personal notes.

mwg6615y ago

Who are you to say what conclusions can or cannot be drawn between a persons name and a list of URLs they chose to read? I can think of many, undesirable and potentially erroneous conclusions that could be made.

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