When Snap was introduced Canonical promised it would never replace APT. This promise was broken. Some APT packages in the Ubuntu repositories not only install snap as a dependency but also run snap commands as root without your knowledge or consent and connect your computer to the remote proprietary store operated by Canonical.
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- Jan 2021
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linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io linuxmint-user-guide.readthedocs.io
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- May 2020
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spreadprivacy.com spreadprivacy.com
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Alarmingly, Google now deploys hidden trackers on 76% of websites across the web to monitor your behavior and Facebook has hidden trackers on about 25% of websites, according to the Princeton Web Transparency & Accountability Project. It is likely that Google and/or Facebook are watching you on most sites you visit, in addition to tracking you when using their products.
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- Apr 2020
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www.cnbc.com www.cnbc.com
- Mar 2020
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www.davideocompany.com www.davideocompany.com
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Many people see tracking cookies as an invasion of privacy since they allow a site to build up profiles on users without their consent.
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techcrunch.com techcrunch.com
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multiple scandals have highlighted some very shady practices being enabled by consent-less data-mining — making both the risks and the erosion of users’ rights clear
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