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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

They need to add a row for ~~"Owned by a foreign superpower"~~"Owned by the Chinese government" and a check for Opera.

[โ€“] [email protected] 55 points 9 months ago (2 children)

@DannyMac @Napain They are all owned by foreign powers.
Oh, your definition of "foreign" is non-US?

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago

Everyone knows the world is divided into:

  • United States
  • Everyone Else
[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

How is Mozilla owned by the US government?

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

On one hand, yeah. On the other hand, that could be a point in its favor, depending on your threat model. After all, if you're American, China can't prosecute you for secrets it learns from Opera the way the FBI could prosecute you for secrets it learns from Google.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

On the third hand it's pointless cause they all buy each other's data anyways.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Literally every single entry is owned by a foreign superpower.