Unfortunately it's not a drop in replacement. The biggest issue was certain extensions are not available on codium.
stifle867
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Unfortunately VSCode is not an open-source product, it's only based on an open-source product. It's the difference between Chrome and Chromium. VSCode does have telemetry. VSCode is licensed under Microsoft's proprietary license.
It's probably a leading contender for one of the "best for privacy", especially with their business model and even a warrant canary on their legal page. Their Privacy Policy also does a lot to explain things.
It is a slightly different claim to being a privacy first or privacy focused search engine. Privacy is more of a close 2nd priority then a 1st and foremost priority. The difference is small but real. For example, Kagi is incorporated in the USA and has to comply with USA laws. Not a country known for its outstanding track record.
In 2015 Google said "With Google Photos, you can now back up and store unlimited high-quality photos and videos for free". This is no longer true, even considering their vague corporate speak promise of "unlimited high-quality". By Google's own wording within the Google Photos app the options are "Original quality" or "Storage Saver". There is no high-quality unlimited option.
But it's not even about explicit promises. It's about the constant erosion of user trust. Having to read into the details and interpret marketing vs legal speak does nothing to alleviate that Google has done this to themselves.
The article makes valid points but completely misses the real point. The real point, that has been pointed out every single time Google kills another product, is that every time they do that it erodes user trust. This point has been harped on for years, with more and more people agreeing with it the more and more Google kills products.
Is it any surprise then, that we're finally reaching a critical mass of users not trusting Google? It's less update this specific promise being untrustworthy, then the entire company being untrustworthy and this just happens to be the point that the dialogue had changed.
As unfortunate is this is, the more it happens my hope is that people understand how important your privacy and security is on the internet. Trying to explain it to people feels like a losing battle at times. It's easier when you can point and say "how would you feel about your genetic information being sold on the internet?"
There's a lot of helpful comments here and being your age is a great time to start tinkering with computers! Just start by installing them into a VirtualBox because if you don't have the knowledge it's very easy to break things and anyone else that has to use the computer isn't going to be very happy with you.
However, I want to point out something that actually address your concerns.
- If you are concerned about getting "caught" for torrenting then Windows vs any other OS makes zero difference.
- If you are concerned about viruses, Linux is more secure based on the fact that most viruses target Windows. However, this does not mean it is impossible. Learning basic security practices will help you on Windows and much as any other OS.
Consider your threat model. Billion dollar mega corporations have no interests in going after jobless teenagers.
Cool project but doesn't really address OPs concerns.
I think they're trying to say that in some circumstances the "daughter" could be an adult. It would still be rape (in this example) but not child abuse.
CORRECTION: It was pointed out to me that I was confusing userStyles.css with userChrome.css. I'm not aware of anyway that styling the UI outside of the DOM could be directly detectable. Theoretically, if you could resize some UI elements that would change the viewport size and therefore be detectable. I'm not informed enough on userChrome.css to make that call however. Original comment is below.
Yes. As CSS styles can be queried, any differences can be used as an identifiable data point used to form a fingerprint.
I was using Sublime Text for many years. Even after Atom came out I still used ST3. However, ST development is understandably slow compared to VSCode and it is now so far behind that loyalty isn't enough of a reason to continue using it.