Please, if you don't mind: I have already given a scenario + questions about
that specific scenario.
You are creating another scenario and arguing about different questions that
arise from it. This is meaningless. In an oppression regime you have no
rights and no freedom. In a community without Internet you don't need to
worry about the browser connecting to Amazon or Google. There is nothing to
discuss there, so let's not go off into something else. Please look at what I
am actually asking (if you want), don't invent other things, don't argue for
the sake of defending what you were told to be right. Kindly also note that
the same persons who tell you about all the things you defend wrote:
"If you're looking to surf the web at speed, but with a concern for your
privacy and safety at the same time, look no further than GNU Icecat."
(https://www.fsf.org/working-together/gang/icecat)
A simple test proved that it is not true. IceCat makes connections in the
background and it doesn't even ask the user if he wants that or not. This is
exactly the situation "the software is using me, I am not using the
software". So the bolded statement on FSF's page is an irresponsible one
because it does not show the actuality. It crease a false sense of security
which is worse than knowing something is insecure. They were informed about
that. Still - do you see any article saying "We were wrong, actually IceCat
connects to Akamai without your knowledge"? It has been more than a month.
How many people in the so called community have even offered a workaround
(e.g. through user.js or about:config)? Where is the community who has the
'freedoms' to modify things when such critical issue is found?
You see - giving talks repeatedly about how bad all this is and then offering
a product which does it is an obvious contradiction. It may not be deliberate
and due to inattention but inattention itself is irresponsibility. Without
being absolutely sure about things one should never recommend things,
especially beautiful fantasies. Yet there are those lists of endorsements and
recommendations which so many people here seem to easily fall into.
So if you are serious - forget about what others have said. Don't follow
"look no further" instruction but look further, go beyond. Use your eyes and
your brain.
