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305 points evolve2k | 6 comments | 14 Jun 13 01:53 UTC | HN request time: 1.996s | source | bottom
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rpearl ◴[14 Jun 13 02:27 UTC] No.5877943[source]▶
...and you trust Chrome? Not even Chromium, but... Chrome. Google makes Chrome, you know.
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1. sp332 ◴[14 Jun 13 02:42 UTC] No.5877984[source]▶
You don't have to trust it. You can sniff 100% of the traffic coming out of your own computer. You can even configure a firewall to block all traffic to Google's netblocks.
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2. jafaku ◴[14 Jun 13 02:45 UTC] No.5877999[source]▶
All of which is pointless, since you have already installed their binaries.
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3. daurnimator ◴[14 Jun 13 03:10 UTC] No.5878064[source]▶
Even if you have their binaries they'd have to communicate home to transgress your privacy.
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4. TallGuyShort ◴[14 Jun 13 03:20 UTC] No.5878099{3}[source]▶
edit: Missed the suggestion to block traffic entirely with a firewall - thought the discussion was only on sniffing traffic. Less ridiculous then :)

You're suggesting people that already stated a distrust in Google do a thorough network traffic analysis after every update, so that they know their privacy is violated after the fact? That's a bit ridiculous, really.

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5. jonknee ◴[14 Jun 13 03:43 UTC] No.5878145{4}[source]▶
It's pretty simple with something like Little Snitch...
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6. ◴[14 Jun 13 05:12 UTC] No.5878400{5}[source]▶