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		sejje 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: StarDict sends X11 clipboard to remote servers > That sentence right there would kill their userbase No, it wouldn't. People don't take privacy very seriously.

devmor 9 months ago | [–]

If this were about a Windows or MacOS program, sure.

The overlap between Linux desktop users and digital privacy concerns is pretty large.

bornfreddy 9 months ago | [–]

This is Debian, of course they do.

But it wouldn't kill their userbase because nobody reads the package descriptions anyway.

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