besselj

If the apps don't work without network access and they don't have an obvious need for network access, then I don't want them on my phone. If that's the case, then either app is poorly made or it is being used to spy on people with unnecessary telemetry.

Feels like a race to the bottom

Of the companies that might buy Chrome, I hope DuckDuckGo gets it.

Supernatural encounters within homes have often been associated with carbon monoxide poisoning.

Seems easy enough to preserve old development files long enough to outlast the companies that own the IP. Just gotta not touch them for a decade or two and then "accidentally" find them.

Kompromat, probably

Its why the younger generation uses words like "Unalive". They're growing up on puritanical platforms that use automation to censor sensitive topics and they have to find creative ways to express themselves to get around the censorship.

Works on my machine

It'll make a nice honeypot for extremists, if it wasn't one already.

That's what a sealion would say

Good.

Don't use WhatsApp if privacy is something you care about.