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Aren't we supposed to be checking the code?

Just make sure that when you uncheck all telemetry and don't use an account, they don't send your personal data. Its open source so it should be verifiable. You don't need to "trust" them if there's no data being sent in the first place.

[–] Fern@lemmy.world 33 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Not to be a doomer, but it feels like the skill floor to protecting my privacy is unbearably high and getting higher. Does anyone have a good resource about it?

[–] Coldmoon@sh.itjust.works 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Not very private to put your name on a government list of gun owners.

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 24 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

No, mostly because the main tenet of data security is that nobody should ever be trusted - not fully, at least.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 6 points 19 hours ago

I believe it's phrased, Trust AND Verify.