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by akerro 3843 days ago
>They now have a desktop app

It sit on the top of a close-source browser...
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exo762 3843 days ago
Chromium? No more closed source blobs [0]

[0]: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/26/googles_not_listenin...

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sneak 3843 days ago
No it doesn't. If you're going to wave this flag, you should be complaining about the management controller inside of your CPU (presuming you are already running an open source OS).
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akerro 3843 days ago
>you should be complaining about the management controller inside of your CPU

And I am! I can't wait for Novena! Also notice a difference. Having a close-sourced CPU is different than having a close-source browser which has much more possibilities to compromise you. It can start camera, microphone, read disk files, locate you and transmit everything to "cloud".

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oceanofsolaris 3843 days ago
You can also use it with chromium, which is open source.
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akerro 3843 days ago
Which downloads blobs from google when you're not looking...
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