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I missed that news 😞 Is there any sign that it's spying on us yet?
I'd say the fact that it was bought by an analytics company tells you everything you need to know.
Why else would they buy it?
of course, I want to know how urgent this is - it's stealing my data now, or they've only just bought it and perhaps just blocking updates is enough (until I find time to find a FOSS replacement)?
It's been years since they bought it at this point, I haven't looked into it myself, but i'd be astounded if they weren't already.
It was announced in July 2022 and also they bought Sesame which I use too 🤦
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