> The clarifications I made just for the sake > of better mutual understanding, not in order to oppose for the > sport of it (which would be quite silly).
I believe you. > Initially I shared my findings then tried to explain that careful > observation, questioning, testing (and _not_ trusting an > authority) is what leads to truth. I appreciate that, but since then you have seemed to only mistrust free software developers by default, refusing to accept their software if you can't understand every line of code yourself to prove that it is perfect, while you seem quite trusting of Google, putting the burden on people here who aren't even interested in non-free software like Chromium to use their time to audit it for you to prove that it *isn't* perfect. > You seem to expect me to give > an answer to all these questions which I may not have or for which > others may be aware of recent researches on the matter and so on. No, I had honestly misunderstood you as having said that you had some sort of suggestion. I wasn't trying to be flippant. It is fine to point out a problem even though you don't have a solution yourself, as long as your approach is conducive to finding a solution. > We can all together look at the deeper issues and hopefully come > to something. That's why I opened the other thread (as suggested > in the Troll Lounge) as this is not web browser and not Trisquel > related: Your new thread, like your comments here, is about an important topic. However, it doesn't really add anything new. We already know that no software is perfect, even software under community control. A specific proposal (even if it is not a complete solution) to improve it would be interestng, but simply saying that you don't think software is privacy-repsecting enough doesn't help anyone to improve it. I think you have touched on some ideas that are concretely helpful, but seem to have gotten sidetracked by broad questions with no helpful answers. I suggest staying focused. Take any questions you have about browsers to the developers, keeping in mind that the specific situation you are testing is not the be-all-end-all and that as Magic Banana as explained there are some compromises inherent to the system (browser developers do not get to decide how the internet works), but that if their decisions are making some users unhappy they may address or at least explain them, and that if the browser is free software than a fork may be able and more willing to make a change that the original developer is not.
