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		roscas 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Looking back at my transition from Windows to Linu... Any Electron app is a privacy nightmare as it connects to Google for "dictionary" download. You cannot disable this, unless you block redirector.gvt1.com domain.

jcgl 6 months ago | [–]

I use opensnitch and has always wondered what that was. Thank you!

akimbostrawman 6 months ago | [–]

I have not seen that in signal and element desktop apps. I imagine you can configure it.

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