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Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

There is a way to tell - just check the binary. Actually, you need to check binaries of open source apps as well.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Check the binary for current outgoing traffic? Sure but instant traffic is not the only way to be tracked, and it is particularly difficult to get an overview for a browser.

    A open source project is automatically safer to use. Sure, any binary can be injected with crap but in a closed source app there is really no way to know anything for sure.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    The binary is your source. And it's THE ONLY source of truth.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sure the binary is what I run, but I am not following what your point is. If you are paranoid about binaries from an open source project, just compile it yourself. It’s easy. That’s just not an argument against open source.

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