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0 pointseinpoklum2y ago0 comments

The majority of FOSS programs don't connect anywhere - although there has been an increase, for sure.

Last year we had an argument this regarding LibreOffice, where an option to collect some telemetry was suggested as a nagging-opt-in. Opponents argued against this because some fraction of our users will press Accept just to get through the installation, or without understanding what they're accepting; plus we just didn't want this kind of mechanism in a respectable piece of software. For now the idea seems to be dead in the water.

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vincnetas2y ago

"The majority of FOSS programs don't connect anywhere" is a very week position. Not sure is english has analogy for saying from other language but it translates to "trust but verify". So parents comment makes sense:

Get a global firewall for outgoing connections.

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0 pointseinpoklum2y ago0 comments

The majority of FOSS programs don't connect anywhere - although there has been an increase, for sure.

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vincnetas2y ago

Get a global firewall for outgoing connections.

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