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Originally this was a reply to this article about a Windows feature called Recall, but there's a good argument the author's concerns resonate far beyond Windows and Meta to proprietary generally.

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 2 days ago (17 children)

Its a bit odd to see an employee of a company that has always had a terrible privacy policy now be suddenly alarmed.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What exactly in the privacy agreements is this person worried about? All I’m seeing is PANIC but without a reason given…

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (20 children)

Shit I was just about to install PopOs! Which is developed by a US company. It's maddening trying to find the right distro that fits all the requirements.

Edit: Opting for Mint.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (5 children)

According to Distrowatch mint and Zorin are from Ireland, opensuse and manjaro are from Germany and more was lazy for more searching

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

Mandrake/Mandriva is from France

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Suddenly Ubuntu doesn't seem so terrible now, does it??

Ubuntu gang represent.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Does that mean that fedora is not recommended?

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