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   Eli the Bearded to Computer Nerd Kev   
   Re: Schneier, Data and Goliath: no hope    
   18 Feb 25 23:47:11   
   
   From: *@eli.users.panix.com   
      
   In comp.misc, Computer Nerd Kev  wrote:   
   > Indeed, so long as you block all FB's scripts and images on   
   > otherwise unrelated websites. Although I don't tend to make close   
   > friends so I don't need to worry about controlling their FB usage.   
      
   Doesn't stop people from posting about you on FB. (Or worse, posting   
   photos of you on there.)   
      
   > Quite mysteriously, all sorts of otherwise respectable open-source   
   > software developers are happy to use GitHub even though it's owned   
   > by M$. So even having ditched their software long ago, M$ are now   
   > very hard to avoid online if, ironically, you want to use, and   
   > especially work on, open-source software. I find that truely   
   > unfathomable, but others barely seem to see my problem with it.   
      
   Many, I suspect, started using Github before Microsoft bought them in   
   2018. Lately I've been seeing people advocating for a switch to   
   Codeberg. I started using it recently, but haven't moved my old projects   
   there, at least yet.   
      
   Elijah   
   ------   
   doesn't use public repositories for much anyway   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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