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lapcattoday at 1:08 PM2 repliesview on HN

> This is why I only run open source extensions that I can actually audit.

How far does your principle extend? To your web browser too? Google Chrome itself is partly but not entirely open source. Your operating system? Only Linux? Mac and Windows include closed source.


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nemomarxtoday at 1:18 PM

On HN of all places it's not that implausible that someone might be running Linux and Chromium or Firefox, surely?

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NamlchakKhandrotoday at 1:20 PM

If they live in California, they're most assuredly borrowing prestige through licenced usage of apple hardware.

Because let's get real, no one ever gets a job in tech if they're not an iPhone user right?