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swixm··on When Myspace Was King, Employees Abused a Tool Called ‘Overlord’ to Spy on Users
Isn't this expected to happen? Especially back then... It might not fly in this day and age I guess.
swixm··on A new look, logo, and website for Fastmail
Is there any country left in the world where you could roll out a service like this without backdoors and with freedom of speech?
swixm··on Arsenic in Some Bottled Water Brands at Unsafe Levels, Consumer Reports Says
Isn't that segment of the population unlikely to consume bottled water?
swixm··on Give Firefox a chance
An excuse? I don't need an excuse to use a browser I like. Also userChrome.css doesn't sync does it?
swixm··on ICE Is Paying Millions to Surveillance Company to Spy on People’s Communications
I do actually. Just a bit sad that I will have to switch proxies as soon as dang wakes up.
swixm··on Give Firefox a chance
I switched to Vivaldi a few months ago. It's not as polished as Chrome or Firefox but it was made by the people who made Opera, and it shows.

Just having tabs laid out vertically makes it worth it.

swixm··on Amazon wins ‘.amazon’ domain name, aggravating South American region
Does Google really need .google?

They don't, but why not get it if it's available?

I find these new TLDs to be abhorrent, but if they exist, why not own one if you can?