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Re: [OT] Tracking, was: Re: Tor's new messaging app

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On 2014-03-02, invis <invis@invis.net> wrote:
> On 01/03/2014 19:42, RS Wood wrote:
>> From the "smells like onions" department: Title: Tor is working on a
>> messaging app that will take privacy to the next level Author: Jacob
>> Siegal Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:10:12 -0500 Link:
>> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBoyGeniusReport/~3/7ssK_6f3S88/
>
> The link you posted
> ("http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBoyGeniusReport/~3/7ssK_6f3S88/2")
> actually goes to
> "http://bgr.com/2014/02/28/tor-anonymous-instant-messenger/".
>
> May I ask that you post the _real_ link in future?
>
> Google already knows too much about me and everyone else - I don't
> want to give them more.
>
> [I can't speak for the other /. refugees, but I think you're doing a
> good job with your stories. This post is intended to provide
> constructive feedback, not be the digital equivalent of pointing a
> finger and throwing childish insults...]

I totally understand the concern.  Maybe that will mean not linking to
articles from BGR.  In theory, it's possible.  But in reality, a lot of
news sites now use Google's Feedproxy as their RSS provider, and I don't
know why, since it's a piece of cake to have your own CMS do it
in-house.

That's the problem with Google, isn't it?  They provide services
people/companies like/want to use, and their products are often better
than the competition.  The user then gets sucked into giving data to
Google.

Incidentally, have you noticed between Pipedot, Soylent, and comp.misc,
there's frequently just a little bit of overlap, but not too much?  Very
cool that among three sites there's such interesting diversity of stuff
to read.

Next week I was thinking of posting something to all three sites to see
how it plays out in the comments.

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Tor's new messaging app RS Wood  <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-01 19:42 +0000
  [OT] Tracking, was: Re: Tor's new messaging app invis <invis@invis.net> - 2014-03-02 05:57 +0000
    Re: [OT] Tracking, was: Re: Tor's new messaging app RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-02 11:18 +0000
      Re: [OT] Tracking, was: Re: Tor's new messaging app Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-03-03 22:16 +0000

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